Why Addicts Enter Treatment
The three most common reasons addicts enter treatment are:
1. A sincere desire to recover.
2. Coercion.
3. Manipulation.
A SINCERE DESIRE TO RECOVER
Addicts may come to appreciate that it’s time for a change. An old joke of AA is that addicts who drink and drive may make a change after a DUI—they stop driving but continue to drink!
The changes we are looking for are to stop using drugs!
An addict may make a change when he or she hits rock bottom, such as losing a job, losing an important relationship, an arrest on drug charges, or facing homelessness. Maturity is another reason an addict may make a change. Teenagers and young adults think they know everything when the exact opposite is true. As an addict grows older and becomes more in touch
1. A sincere desire to recover.
2. Coercion.
3. Manipulation.
A SINCERE DESIRE TO RECOVER
Addicts may come to appreciate that it’s time for a change. An old joke of AA is that addicts who drink and drive may make a change after a DUI—they stop driving but continue to drink!
The changes we are looking for are to stop using drugs!
An addict may make a change when he or she hits rock bottom, such as losing a job, losing an important relationship, an arrest on drug charges, or facing homelessness. Maturity is another reason an addict may make a change. Teenagers and young adults think they know everything when the exact opposite is true. As an addict grows older and becomes more in touch