People talk about drug rehabilitation like it’s a magical process, some sort of cross between sorcery and shamanism that heals addicts by virtue of mystical forces, and unseen powers. But that’s not right. Not even close, actually. The truth is that drug rehab, when it works, works because drug rehabilitation patients make it work: because drug rehabilitation patients are engaged in the healing process, and committed to the recovery fight.

If that’s magic, well…who knew magic could be such hard work?

Make no mistake: There’s nothing easy about drug rehabilitation. There’s no easy way out of the darkness; anyone who wants to get better in a drug rehabilitation center had damn well better be ready to work for it, because drug rehabilitation, whatever it is, is certainly not a spectator sport.

The point here: Drug rehabilitation really can work for you…but only if you’re game for the fight. There are no miracle elixirs in drug rehabilitation centers, no one-shot cures or sacred spells. There’s only struggle, and sacrifice, and the sort of resolute faith that gets drug rehabilitation patients where they need to go.

For some us, that’s all the magic we’ll ever need.

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