Boston Rehab Center

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The Boston Rehabilitation program doesn’t distinguish people addicted to drugs and alcohol as addicts. Instead we view them as students, people learning to live with out substance abuse. Our addiction treatment program is designed to enable graduates to get back into their life on their own. The programs focus is on teaching students to live ethical lives free of their addiction, and be able to become a contributing citizen.Common Traits With Substance AbusersPostponing or delaying uncomfortable responsibilities such as paying bills going to school finding work etc. I’ll take care of this tomorrowIf I sit here and don’t talk sooner or later they will go away and quit yelling at me.Reacting explosively when confronted to make things go away. “Leave me alone!Lying to avoid uncomfortable confrontations. “I swear I didn’t use drugs todayAvoiding uncomfortable confrontations of any type. “I don’t want to talk about this right now. Can we deal with this later?Avoiding uncomfortable problems by immersing themselves for long periods in distractions such as television music or even gambling.Playing the victim to make them feel more comfortable. This isn’t my fault. If you had my problems, you’d use too.Shifting the blame. If you wouldn’t give me such a hard time, then I wouldn’t use. Not taking accountability for their actions. “This wasn’t my fault.In other words, a substance abuser isn’t actually addicted to drugs (although he may have become temporarily physically dependent) they are actually addicted to is avoiding uncomfortable feelings things and situations . This manifests itself in so much more than just the drug abuse.If we do not work on the real problem this instinctive avoiding of uncomfortable things then no matter how long we take the substances out of the abuser they are probably going to eventually seek it out again…and in the meantime continue avoiding facing uncomfortable life situations which will create its own share