Posted on 02/07/2015 1:11:35 AM PST by lee martell
There have been a few First Ladies who have given us lasting legacies. One example is The Betty Ford Center, opened in 1982, in Rancho Mirage, California. The BFC, offers inpatient, outpaitient and residential day treatment for alcohol and other drug addictions, as well as prevention and education programs for family and children. The center has 100 inpatient beds available on their campus, and additional lodging for 84 clients in the Residential Day Treatment. Betty Ford's decision to undertake such a project came after her own struggles with alcohol dependence and diazapam addiction.
It's remarkable just how many people this center has been able to help. One doesn't need to be a Hollywood Star to check in for treatment, but it helps to be well off, just to pay for the treatments. A typical inpatient stay of four to six weeks can cost between $20,000 and $32,000. dollars. Many insurance policies will cover a small portion of that basic cost projection. Famous patients include, Drew Barrymore, Lindsey Lohan, Jay-Z ,David Hasselhoff, and scores more. This is a gift created by toil, focus and a strong sense of serving others, a gift that keeps giving the choice of a better life to thousands of people, their loved ones and their families.
Quiting an addition is simple, want to quit and quit.
People that can’t quit don’t want to!!!!
There’s no half way.
Is that it? Is that all you wrote? Where is the “secret for leaving addictions”?
You often strike me as very cantankerous and not a terribly deep poster.
However, this is the single most profound and true thing about addiction I have ever read on this forum.
Well done.
Signed, Laz -- a former addict.
There is a secret here....but it’s not the secret intended. The vast majority of people who attended the BFC didn’t get over their crisis...unless they put additional time and effort into it, and had people around the clock monitoring their behavior and acting like life-coaches. BFC just helped to ‘dry’ them out and give them some basic advice...that’s it...nothing special.
I guess you could say the headline was a rhetorical question, one that may or may not have a specific answer. I bring this center up because I am impressed at how many people they have been able to help over many decades.
I heard the Betty Ford center makes patients do chores, does not coddle them, they are brought back down to earth, to reality in a no-nonsense way and as a result, the patient loses the isolation or sense of grandiosity.
Is there a secret for posting unanswered questions in FreeRepublic posts?
There’s another true thing about addiction...
For many people, drugs and alcohol are really fun.
I had the two easiest - or perhaps the most slowly destructive - addictions.
Cigarettes and marijuana.
I quit both around age 40, not because I wanted to, but because I knew they would destroy my health if I did not.
Smoke free for 25 years (and I live two blocks away from a legal marijuana store!), but I thoroughly enjoyed every puff before I stopped.
OOps I may stepped into something
What?
Quitting an addiction is not simple. There are often a number of mental issues to deal with. But you are right that you have to want to quit and be willing to do the hard work necessary to overcome the addiction.
And of course, commitment to God is a big plus.
There is that. However, most people need the social support to be able to keep from being tempted. Not everybody has a family member or friend they can visit to keep them occupied until temptation passes.
It also helps to develop a healthy fear of that first use.
Here’s the trick I use to quit smoking and other vices: When the craving comes, I say to it (the craving, the Devil), “Bring it on! Is that the BEST you can do?” I laugh at the pathetic detox symptoms.
It’s a trick. He has no answer but now you’re hooked for every episode in the season.
extra credit for anyone citing the source of that remark
For those suffering from the darkness of addiction, there is a highly effective, faith based center near you. It’s for adults.
Have you ever tried leaving one WITHOUT wanting to do it?
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