After completing detoxification and inpatient rehabilitation, a recovering person will return to their normal life. This includes work, family, friends, and hobbies. All of these circles and events can cause cravings and temptations. Research suggests that most relapses occur within the first 6 months after treatment. When you're recovering instead of an active addiction, you feel good mentally and physically.
This translates into better work performance. Even if you lost your job because of an addiction, recovery gives you a chance to start from scratch. Once you recover, you can pursue a career that uses your unique gifts and talents. For those who are about to complete their rehabilitation stay and those who feel the family attraction of addiction that calls them, try one or all of these 10 things to make a smooth transition to your life after rehabilitation:1.Get involved in activities with friends. Friends means events, activities & projects.
Instead of cooking alone in your room thinking about how much you want a dose, you go out bowling and eat French fries half as greasy as an 8-pound bowling ball; instead of hitting a friend you used to get high with, you're in an escape room trying to figure out a combination of locks before running out oxygen (metaphorically); instead of tempting fate by prowling outside your familiar trampling grounds, you'll form huge papier-mâché spears and face off in a joust from the sunroof of your cars in an empty parking lot.
2.Volunteer
. The other benefit of volunteering is that it stops self-destructive thinking. Every addict suffers from those negative thoughts that make them crave the long-term comfort of their drug, but when they give back to the community, they feel the instant gratification that comes from helping someone less fortunate than you. Your brain may start to have quick and negative thoughts, but you can walk away from them and realize that there is a person on the street who has a pair of dry shoes and a full belly because of you.Get involved and see how your self-esteem increases.
3.Exercise
. In addition, many recovering addicts are more susceptible to depression and anxiety, and exercise has been well studied as a means of preventing those negative emotions. In addition, if your body is exhausted, you can rest assured that sleeping is much easier when it's well exercised.4.Build a support system
. Having a wide network of friends and family to support you in your efforts to maintain sobriety is not only a pleasant thing to have, but a necessity.But sobriety is a 24-hour struggle, and that means you might wake up in a cold sweat at two in the morning and need something to move forward.
5.Become a student for life
. Rehab is great for staying clean and sober, but a multi-level support system is needed to stay sober. In many ways, the school analogy works just as well with recovering addicts. The goal of the school is not your degree or diploma, but rather to become a student for life.Similarly, the goal of rehabilitation is not to obtain a 30-day chip, but to provide you with the applicable tools for lifelong sobriety.