Recovering from substance use disorder (SUD) is not easy. For you to heal, you will have to make many changes in your life, overcome challenges, and address difficult issues. However, with a strong work ethic, you can take step after step. Both in treatment and after, you will benefit from each step that you take, and eventually, they will lead you to lasting recovery from SUD. Treatment at Rancho Recovery helps you direct your work ethic toward your recovery and effectively guides you in building a new life for yourself through structure, work, and support.
The Work Ethic of Addiction
When you are addicted to drugs or alcohol and struggling with SUD, you have a strong drive towards continuing to use drugs or alcohol. This is due to the changes that occur in the brain. These changes hijack the pleasure center of the brain, rewiring it to direct you to continued drug or alcohol use.
While this may seem quite different from what you have standardly thought of as work ethic, there are many similarities. As a person who has a history of addiction, you understand the single-mindedness that addiction causes. Therefore, you know what it is like to consider a single thing, addiction, in relation to other aspects of your life.
Having a Strong Work Ethic to Change
Through detox, you can heal your brain and body from the changes that have occurred. With help from an addiction treatment center, you can do so in a safe and effective manner. However, the physical changes are only the first layer of change you must make. In addition, you will need to make changes in your health habits, lifestyle, and community. These changes will help you to heal and recover, improving the process of recovery both in treatment and after.
In Treatment
When you are healing from addiction, staying in treatment is challenging. You will feel physical, emotional, and mental discomfort that is easy to want to run away from. However, with a strong work ethic and the knowledge of how to stay focused on an outcome, you will stay in treatment.
Staying in treatment takes continued motivation. However, in order to be motivated, you need to know why it is important. In treatment at Rancho Recovery, your strong work ethic will be redirected towards goals that have meaning for you. Then, you will feel motivated and ready to finish your treatment and begin your new life afterward.
After Treatment
Addiction is a disease that is chronic. Therefore, even after treatment, you will need to continue to work towards your recovery. Fortunately, when you have learned to direct your strong work ethic toward the goal of recovery, you will have the motivation to stay on track with healing.
After treatment at Rancho Recovery, you are not alone. Alumni programs are available that can help you solve problems when needed, get support, and stay connected with your recovery process. However, even with these programs, your work ethic is what helps you to take step after step in recovery.
Benefits of Using Your Strong Work Ethic in Recovery
Addiction is a chronic disease. Fortunately, when you use your strong work ethic in recovery, you can continue to keep your eye on your recovery and make adjustments as they come up in your daily life.
Keeping Your Eye on Recovery
Relapse is common after addiction treatment. One reason why relapse occurs is because of a lack of focus on recovery. When you are in recovery, it is easy to get complacent. However, when you stop focusing on your recovery, small slides lead you back towards substance abuse.
Fortunately, when you learn to focus your strong work ethic on your recovery, you can keep your focus. Knowing that recovery takes continued effort and work helps you keep your eye on the ball. With this amount of focus, you are more likely to catch yourself when things in your life start to slip, such as thinking about drugs or alcohol or having cravings.
Continual Learning
Due to recovery being a lifelong journey, you will need to continue to learn and grow as a part of recovery. Things in your life will change. This includes circumstances, stress levels, and relationships. When these changes occur, you can continue to learn and grow in each instance in ways that support your recovery.
A strong work ethic helps you to do this. When you continue to work towards your recovery, you are willing and focused on making the change you need to make in order to be successful in your recovery. Therefore, directing your work ethic toward your recovery gives you the tools and motivation you need to continue to grow and change.
When you have struggled with substance use disorder (SUD), you know how it feels to be driven toward a single thing: addiction. In treatment at Rancho Recovery, we can help you redirect this work ethic toward your recovery. By building a strong work ethic in treatment, you are not only more likely to be successful in treatment but also more likely to achieve long-term recovery. If you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, we can help. We offer comprehensive addiction treatment services, personalized care, and luxurious amenities that can help you build your work ethic and motivation to serve you with lasting recovery. Call us today at (877) 484-1447 to learn about how we can help you.