When people think of child stars and things such as alcohol rehab, they tend to think of them as has-beens; they see a 35 year old who has not been able to do anything with their life past age 15. They see these people who have issues with their life, and think nothing of it when they hear that they’ve checked into alcohol rehab.

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Addiction recovery is ongoing. It will be a continuous struggle in the beginning stages. It gets better though, becoming a matter of day-to-day maintenance instead of conscious choices throughout the day. You will find that you have to refer to the lessons learned in recovery less and less. Instead of choices, you will have developed habits. No longer will you be consciously choosing to avoid drugs. You will be living a life style of drug rehabilitation. (more…)