CHOOSING SOBER LIVING OVER GOING HOME

Embrace the Opportunity for Growth: Understand that entering a sober living like the Right Path House environment signifies a huge commitment to your personal growth, recovery life-style, and well-being. So, choose not to be spoon fed your recovery. Choose to embrace this opportunity, it may be the one and only time you'll have to dedicate to creating your personal version of positive change, one minute, one hour, and one day at a time.

The Emotion Side of Learning New Stuff: Addiction is a lonely life-style that loops after awhile and had left you alone. It is impossible to learn new things in a vacuum sealed environment like the one you had created while addicted. Make your new lifestyle one of peace, adventure, and purposeful new experiences. Don't overwhelm yourself like the good addict you are, family members take note on this one; one day at a time can also be one thing at a time or keep it simple.

Change Happens Slowly over Time: Or, intersperse the now "occasional fighting" with moments of peace, adventure and purpose. Change doesn't happen instantaneously. It happens slowly over time. But in choosing sober living, you are choosing to be responsible for your recovery. Make no double about it, it is work.