Introduction

The traffic on Recovery Road is pretty heavy these days, and that's good. But a lot of people are getting lost or falling by the wayside, and that's not good.

Part of the problem is that there has been no real good road map to Recovery-something that could show people what to expect along the way.

We've tried hard to take into account individual differences and reactions-the fact that although all are going in the same direction, the road isn't the same for every traveler.

If you are in treatment and reading this, then traveling is what you are going to do! Treatment is an introduction and will lay out an itinerary for you. SouthCoast is a transitional program and will show how to avoid getting stuck in the mud of apathy, describe to you what you can expect in recovery, and walk you through the three distinct phases leading from the slavery of addiction to the freedom of sobriety.

The first steps are the hardest. After that, it's going to get better and better, and easier and easier.




� 2006 SouthCoast Recovery