“Focusing on staying clean and sober alone is not enough to change one’s life permanently. When dealing with victims of drug addiction, I felt one of the most important steps to rehabilitation was for the individual to achieve an insight into what they could become. Most substance addiction programs focus only on staying free from substance addiction/relapse. They are without setting a goal and a clear image of becoming a new individual with aspirations of a new life. Hope is the foundation for change. To have hope, one has to authentically visualize themselves as a new person with new values
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