{"id":119,"date":"2011-01-31T07:50:33","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T07:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/movingbeyondaddiction\/2011\/01\/the-law-of-sobriety-and-mapping-out-a-life-that-you-love.html"},"modified":"2011-01-31T07:50:33","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T07:50:33","slug":"the-law-of-sobriety-and-mapping-out-a-life-that-you-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thecelebritytherapist\/2011\/01\/the-law-of-sobriety-and-mapping-out-a-life-that-you-love.html","title":{"rendered":"The Law of Sobriety and Mapping out a Life that you Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

 I want to go back
\nto a point Dr. Drew made a few weeks ago on Celebrity
\nRehab<\/i> when he was talking to Frankie Lons about how to control her anger
\nand live a more responsible life in sobriety. The same thing struck me when I
\nsaw Leif Garrett in the final episode of the show, and Jason Davis, too. They
\nall have immaturity issues–they’re stubborn and rebellious and lash out in ways
\nthat are similar to how a 15-year-old might behave.<\/span>That is because they are developmentally the age they were they were when they started using drugs and alcohol.<\/p>\n

            <\/span><\/span>Drew told Frankie that her
\nbrain is stuck at the age when she began using. This happens to all
\naddicts–their social and emotional development stops when they start using
\ndrugs and alcohol. They never grow up. <\/p>\n

            <\/span>This is
\npart of what makes the period right after rehab so dangerous: You’ve got a
\nnewly sober adult who is going to go out and deal with all the temptations of
\nlife, using the judgment and emotional skills of a teenager. <\/p>\n

            <\/span>How do
\nyou learn how to make decisions like an adult? You hang out with other adults
\nand watch what they do. You think before you make decisions. You set goals and
\nplan how you’re going to work towards them. <\/p>\n

            <\/span>The Law
\nof Sobriety offers a guide for how you find your way to adulthood by finding
\nyour passion and mapping out a plan to help you fill your life with what you
\nlove. It’s not so bad to grow up when you have a direction and a passion to
\ngrow into.<\/p>\n

Sherry Gaba, LCSW, is a Psychotherapist and Life\/Recovery Coach in Agoura Hills and on Celebrity Rehab.  She is also the author of “The Law of Sobriety<\/a>.”  Contact Sherry at sherry@sgabatherapy.com  to learn more about her teleseminars<\/a>, upcoming book signings, speaking engagements, workshops, and coaching packages.<\/p>\n

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