What helps people to stay in treatment?
There are lots of reasons that people get into treatment and/or stay in treatment. Often, it does not matter why they come into treatment. What’s more important is their willingness once they are here: willing to learn, willing to listen, willing to change. Some of the many reasons people get into or stay in treatment are: self-motivation (not the most common one by any means), threats of loss (spouse, job), having lost already, and legal charges. Many times, we hear, “I had two choices – recovery or death.
