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 someone else's recovery and make it your own through well-informed but personal choices. Choose to embrace this opportunity, it may be the one and only time you'll have to dedicate to creating your extremely personal version of you. Positive change, one minute, one hour, and one day at a time isn't always personal as a son or daughter, a student, or an employee. Recovery works because you start to recognize your value system and learn how to stand up for your values without a fight and use in it's place, conversation. And when they don't agree, use acceptance because not everyone will agree.

The Emotional Side of Learning New Stuff: Active addiction was a lonely life-style that becomes repetitive and uninteresting after awhile. It leaves you alone or with people you do not particular care for. It became 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: Change doesn't happen instantaneously. It happens slowly over time: "inch by inch, life's a cinch. Yard by yard, life is hard." But in choosing sober living, you are choosing to be responsible for your recovery. Make no double about it, it is work.