Sometimes clients seem unsure about wanting recovery.
As an example, a client who wanted a job since he walked in the doors a couple of months ago finally landed one a few weeks ago. When he first came in he said he’d had enough treatment. He just needed to make money. He already knew enough about recovery.
Yet, since he’s gone to work he’s failed tests on more than one occasion. The first time he said he was at a company party and "accidentally" sipped an alcoholic drink. And because he wasn’t certain it contained alcohol he had to try it again to be sure. Yeah, right.
This is a man who's been in at least two treatment programs in six months. He has a family who cares enough to underwrite his treatment. The mother of his children is raising them without his help. Yet, he returns to his addiction in a short time.
He's a glowing example of what happens when addicts forget their primary issue: their addictions.
One reason I go on and on about jobs and relationships is because they're not our problem.
While it might seem an oversimplification our only challenge is staying clean and sober. If we do that everything else works out.
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