If you need information about the dialectical behavior therapy programs Worcester Massachusetts offers or want to know more about detox and other recovery options, then you are on the right track. The disease of addiction like any disease, can’t go unchecked, and if it does, like many diseases, the consequences can be deadly.
Many people may think about putting recovery off until after the holiday season, with so much to do and so much going on, it just seems to make sense. Unless you are fighting a disease like addiction, because addiction doesn’t take the holidays off. A sober Thanksgiving, if you are struggling with addiction, isn’t realistic without help, and neither is recovery.
Steps Towards a Sober Thanksgiving
If we are being honest, this is also the time of year when we have office parties, holiday celebrations, and many of us find ourselves using much of that vacation time during this time of the year too. All of that equates to more free time, more festive atmospheres, and more occasions where alcohol will be present and an opportunity to use drugs will be available.
Nobody struggling with an addiction needs an excuse or reason to use. The holidays simply make those urges much stronger. This all adds up to a very dangerous recipe for someone dealing with an addiction, and it doesn’t bode well for having a sober Thanksgiving either. More importantly, it may make the need to get help even more pressing because, remember, addiction doesn’t take vacation days or holidays.
Steps Towards Recovery
If you picked up the phone and began your recovery today, right now – you won’t overcome your addiction before Thanksgiving. Depending on your needs, you can begin a drug or alcohol detox program that will begin your path to sobriety. You would still be in the early stages of recovery and quite possibly dealing with some tough issues during this time of year. What is also certain is that you will be happier, yes, happier. You will also be sober, not recovered but not using, and you will be able to have a sober Thanksgiving.
What this means is that the steps towards having a sober Thanksgiving look exactly like the steps towards recovery. Addiction isolates us, leaves us feeling helpless, and during this time of year, it can make us question what we have to be thankful for. It won’t take long once you start on the road to recovery for the fog to lift. If you started now, you would be able to think more clearly and not only have a sober Thanksgiving but be able to count all your blessings too.
You Can Take Those Steps Today
Were you sober last Thanksgiving, do you remember? How about Thanksgiving the year before that? Do you remember the last time you were sober? It isn’t your fault, and we know that you didn’t ask to have an addiction, so isn’t it time to do the responsible thing and do something about it? The good news is, you can, and there is help available.
If you want to have a happy and sober Thanksgiving this year it isn’t too late. More importantly, if you are ready to end your addiction, it is never too early to start. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, then the first step begins by reaching out for help. It’s time to take back control of your life.
Help can begin with finding a quality drug and alcohol treatment center, and could there be a better time than now to start? Contact us today at 855.298.3104 and let us help. We believe in getting better together, and that is just one more thing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving.