For every clean and sober person who has been through drug rehab or alcohol rehab in Los Angeles or anywhere else, there is a person inside who was once terrified of what would happen if they gave up drugs and alcohol. Each of these people, no matter where they came from, have common ground: there came a time that what their life would become if they didn’t stop became more terrifying than what would happen if they did. They asked for help. They accepted help, allowed their bodies to go through the drug addiction detox, and they didn’t drink or use, no matter what – one day at a time.
You may have people around you who don’t understand why you can’t “just stop,” why the things that keep happening will sometimes keep you straight for a day, a week or maybe even sometimes a month – but you always go back. And the cycle starts again. It can be difficult for people who aren’t alcoholics and addicts to understand. In a drug addiction rehab center, you will be surrounded by people who are doing the same thing you are: changing everything and starting fresh, getting sober and staying that way one day at a time. Surrounded by people who understand where you have been, where you want to be and how difficult the process is.
It might never seem like a good time to get sober but there is never a time better than now or a better way than surrounded by people with the same goal and professionals who make your recovery their priority.