A client returns to the program after a relapse and still doesn’t have his priorities straight.
A condition of his return was that he’d give up his job and focus on his recovery. Or at least take a leave of absence.
But instead of giving up the job, he elects to leave.
Unfortunately the choice he made is not unusual among our clients.
Many will choose working a job over working on their recovery.
And the challenge with this is that they often get support for their decision from family and friends. After all, our society believes in hard work. What could be wrong with that?
But for addicts work is a way of denying their addictions. After all, if I can hold a job, how much of a problem do I have?
This is the answer: If a job will keep them sober how did they end up with us?
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