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Ashley8888
Ashley8888
I was thinking last night about rehab....I am not sure if I need it or not...I kind of want to go just to get myself together fully...I keep messing up...not drinking but smoking weed...I tell myself it is not that bad but I want to be off all substances that alter my mind....I know I can get help with bills while I am gone...only 30 days....but I would have to go to the goverment place here and it is where you go if you are court ordered and stuff....I just dont know if that is the place that I want to be right now....This is not an emergancy situation....I have stopped drinking...my life is not in danger, I just want help getting everything going in the right direction and on the right path....I am not sure what I should do????I do not want to go to the goverment place and I do not have insurance....but right now is a pretty good time in my life to get treatment....I am going back to school nd dont want to mess that up either....I want to be strong by that time...
does this sound stupid?
I am thinking I may just need to dive into meetings...I am having a hard time with that though...procrastination and just being lazy...
What do you all think? Have any of you went to rehab when things where going okay and you just needed the support...I mean I also think I would learn A LOT too about recovery and other stuff
I dont know, just thinking about it....
deleted_user
deleted_user
Sounds like you know what to do, but you are doing it. Stop BSing yourself and do what you know to do! You are the only one who has to do this deal for you.

Darrell
deleted_user
deleted_user
Try going to NA as well, I smoked weed for a while, guess what I ended up back on the booze.
You are playing around with something dangerous.
Think about the rehab, it could be where you end up INvoluntarily. Good Luck with whatever you decide I hope you choose the right path
deleted_user
deleted_user
right there with darrell-you have the answer ashley, I can totally sense it. Listen.
kathyrsh
kathyrsh
i don't know what state your in but the government one thats here is talked well of..people i've know that have been in that rehab seemed to get alot out of it and seemed to have liked it there...good luck..maybe you could ask people at a meeting.
deleted_user
deleted_user
If you are thinking of going to rehab, then you need it.
Sober2day
Sober2day
Ash ask yourself are you ready to go to any lengths to stay sober and that does not mean swapping the witch for the bitch. and if the answer is yes you will know what you need to do.

Probably one of those posts I wish I could have explained a little better anyway.

God Bless...

Lionel
deleted_user
deleted_user
Ashley, I know you don't need to physically detox. If you go to a good treatment center it is going to cost you 5 figures. The main thing you will learn if the treatment center is any good at all is that you need to follow up treatment with a 12 step program.
Why don't you save your money and just go to a couple of free meetings very day for a month see what happens. Just a suggestion.
nodp2day
nodp2day
Ashley. An alternative could be to start with an Intensive Outpatient program. They usually run a few hours a day and you will get a lot of the same information just not as intensive. Those programs utilize one aspect that you won't have if inpatient. Personal responsibility. I can tell you one thing they will strongly suggest. Your in the wrong line of work. Find another job that does not serve alcohol. The program offered at my place of employment runs 3 days a week for 2-2 1/2hrs per day. It also requires daily attendence at AA or NA.
deleted_user
deleted_user
The first time I went to rehab was in 1995. I thought that I could go and get straightened out and come out and smoke pot. From 1995 to 2004 I've been to six more rehabs and to prison three times because I thought that I could smoke pot. " It's not that bad and it doesn't impair me like alcohol..." That is how I use to think, but it always led me to the drink again and to the harder drugs which were my bigger downfall. Maybe you are one of those that can do it and have no ill affects of it....I was not so fortunate, but I have found a way out and I do not use any mind altering chemicals today...and just for today...Good luck with your decision.
Ashley8888
Ashley8888
Thank you all for the great advise...I think I am going to check out outpatient treatment tomorrow....great idea Jim....I know I need to start DOING and stop talking and just hoping to get better w/o putting in the work...