Do you feel like it helped you or hurt you or left you about the same? Do you feel like you are a better person now because of that experience?
Most people are forced in by family and don’t want to admit they have a problem but will go through the motions to please the family.
The provider will try to keep you in the maximum level of care they can justify ( initial detox is very expensive, your last days in the facility are rather cheap by comparison).
It’s shitty, hard, and was for me, completely necessary.
Alcohol?
Thanks for sharing
It was court ordered. I did not feel like it helped me. I did what I had to do to complete my probation and I got out. This program was funded by the county, so perhaps a privately funded rehab would have been better. In either case, my behavior has not changed, mostly because I felt it didn’t need to change.
My court ordered rehab was putting dudes w >1year clean time on suboxone.
It was a grift, the profitization of the Healthcare and criminal justice system.
I went there after jail, and it just felt like an extension of county jail. So it was “better than jail” but never quite felt like rehab. Largely dependent on the community vibe. One person could throw a wrench in it.
Ultimately I had found change before I ever got to the rehab. The rehab was more like a ridiculous reality TV side bonus to getting my real freedom back.
Thank you! I’m always curious about court ordered rehab stories.
People who quit/change do it because they want to. I didn’t want to, and didn’t think I had a problem. I assume it really depends on the place and the group of people. I don’t think myself or anyone else there was helped much if at all. Was basically just a lot of angry, resistant, bored folks being preached at.
I’ve since realized I had/have a problem and adjusted my behaviors and life. Change comes from within and you have to be committed to it. It takes constant effort and will. I think the only successful rehab facilities are filled with people who want to be there. They’re mostly a scam. John Oliver, Last Week Tonight did a pretty good episode on what a scam rehab facilities are a while ago. From my experience all his points seemed pretty accurate.
Also, anything associated with parole/probation systems is about the same thing. No one wants to be there. Including the underpaid person running the thing. They help no one but the corporation running it. Everyone is being scammed.
My experience was overall good. Not from the program or facility itself, but cause of the human connections I made.
The rehab was a really shitty, state run thing mostly for parolees.
They were putting people w mad clean time on suboxone etc. So it was a big grift on multiple levels.
Alot of their practices I did not agree with.
Ultimately it was not the rehab, but what I found within myself that helped me and I’m not sure the rehab actually provided that spark at all. It was a long time coming for me personally.
The entire experience was actually really funny and I look back on it fondly. Very surreal.
Thank you for sharing your story!
If you have access to Netflix, comedian John Mulaney made a whole special on the subject recently : link
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Yes! That counts too!
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Wow, thank you for sharing your story. I hope you’re doing better now
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