This, in spite of the fact that he received seven months of intensive counseling and groups. He had the benefits of visiting a gym seven days a week. His doctor visits and prescriptions were paid - as was housing, transportation, and meals. And, he’s living sober and in the good graces of his family once more.
In other words, he got what he came for: a start on a new life. Yet he has this objection about what the insurance was paying for the program that was giving him a start.
This seems another example of the uniqueness of our disease. I've never heard anyone who had serious surgery complain about how much the insurance company paid the hospital. In fact, many seem to take a perverse pride in how much their surgery cost.
Yet addicts – until they enter serious recovery - fight the process with forms of denial masked as rational complaints. The food's bad. The properties are old. The staff is almost 100% addicts. I have to look for a job. The program's too costly.
While some of these might seem valid, the reality is that concern about what a program earns has little to do with recovery. But a lot to do with what's going on with the addict.
Twenty two years of experience has taught us that when one is hungry for change there are no obstacles as long as the basics are met.
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