Changing Our Perspective in Rehabilitation

Sometimes when we are having a hard day or a hard time in general it can be as simple as needing to change our perspective. As alcoholics both before and after going to alcohol detox, AA, or Above It All Treatment we can go to extremes when it comes to our emotions. Everything in our minds is either really great or really bad. There is rarely an in-between for us. What we need is balance and stability, but most of us don’t know how to achieve that. When we receive rehabilitation we can begin to think in Technicolor as opposed to black and white. We can begin to see that while things may not be the way that we want them too that it doesn’t mean everything is horrible, it just means that we didn’t get our way. We are also able to start living in gratitude for the things we are blessed to have instead of focusing on what we don’t have. Many of us begin to see that if we want what we need then we will always have what we want. We start having faith and building a relationship with a power greater than ourselves. Through this relationship we are restored to sanity and see how sometimes all we need to turn a negative situation into a positive one is a change in perception. Through sobriety we are able to let go of being closed-minded, learn how to remain teachable, and continue to work towards growth and acceptance.