Once you have committed to rehab, you have taken your first steps towards beating your addiction and improving your quality of life. Rehab centers are designed and managed from the ground up with the sole purpose of helping their patients succeed in beating their own addictions. Once you have signed up, there are a few things you should do to mentally prepare yourself for the road ahead. These preparations will help you succeed and leave rehab in a better place. These are a couple of things you will want to take care of before heading off to Oklahoma for drug rehab at your center of choice.
Tie Up Work Matters
Unfortunately, all too often by the time someone commits to rehab it is too late, and they have lost their job. If you are fortunate enough to still have your job, then you will need to make arrangements with your boss for your extended leave. In most cases, once you have committed to rehab, you cannot lose your job for seeking help. This is not always the case, however, so check with an attorney or your company’s human resources department first. Going in armed with the knowledge of your state laws regarding employment and addiction treatment will help you make an informed decision and may help save your job. This protection, however, is not retroactive. This means that if losing your job was the boiling point that made you seek out rehab, then committing to rehab will not get you your job back, unfortunately.
Take Care Of Financial Issues
Making sure your bills are going to be paid is a very important step. You can arrange for someone else to make the payments on your behalf if you need to, or you could also setup automatic bill pay to make sure they get paid. If no one is going to be home, then you can shut down services like cable and internet and have them reconnected when you get back, not only will this save money on extra bills, but it will also you save on energy and utility bills. Be sure to make these changes before being admitted. Once you have been admitted your access to the outside world might be restricted, especially at first.
Once you have made the commitment to go to rehab you will still need to take a few additional steps to make sure everything is taken care of while you are away. Getting these out of the way will give you peace of mind while you are in rehab and allow you to focus entirely on beating your addiction.
