Beyond helping addicts and alcoholics with the basics of recovery, we also teach life skills.
It's amazing how many of those in new recovery don't know how to take care of themselves.
We have grown ups that have never had a bank account. Some whose only job has been drug dealing or crime. Others don't know how to do laundry or even basic housekeeping. They know nothing of budgeting or saving. We have some who can barely read or write.
When they start with these deficiencies it becomes even more challenging to help. Yet, many of these clients do succeed if they don't run away.
I recall a young client a few years back who brought his first pay check to our office to pay his service fees.
After we cashed his check and gave him change he started to leave, then stopped.
He turned and exclaimed, "You know that's the first time in my life I've paid to live anywhere."
If clients stay with us long enough they learn to be responsible and go on to live productive lives.
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