Drug Rehabilitation Logos

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Packing for your drug rehabilitation visit is a crucial part of ensuring your success. This is especially true of the clothes you bring. Bringing the right kind of clothes can help increase your comfort level during this difficult period and may even help you get along better with your rehabilitation specialists and anyone else staying in the center.
Clothes to Bring Most drug rehabilitation centers are pretty open about what kind of clothes you bring, as long as you follow some pretty basic guidelines. Every piece of clothing you bring should be pretty casual and should lack any type of logos or inappropriate items. And while drug rehabilitation treatment can last anywhere from 30-120 days, most centers will only allow you seven days of clothing. …show more content…

Clothes like these often annoy other people staying at the rehab center. Even worse, it can indicate a lack of seriousness to your treatment specialist. However, you should also avoid going in the opposite direction of overdressing for the occasion. You're not a country club and this isn't a vacation: it's a serious and important medical treatment. That's why you should avoid wearing excessive makeup, jewelry, or showing off fancy clothes that are only appropriate in very specific situations (such as a tuxedo or high heel shoes).
Toiletry Items to Bring The items you bring to drug rehabilitation don't stop at clothing: you will also need to bring any type of toiletry that is essential for your day to day living. While some centers may provide hand soap or even shampoo, others won't. So always make sure to bring a bag with enough toiletry items for at least a month. Toiletry items you should bring to drug rehabilitation include:
All prescription drugs (carefully sealed and stored in a locked container, if possible)
Unopened over-the-counter medications, such as melatonin or …show more content…

Most centers will offer a very specific diet, one that is designed to bring you back to stronger health. Therefore, bringing in items such as soda or chips is usually frowned upon. Drug rehabilitation centers will generally let you bring cigarettes, but limit the amount you can bring depending on your length of stay. For example, some centers will allow only five packs over a 30 day period or a carton over three months. Monitoring your daily smoking will be crucial. Self-help books or those focused on recovering from addiction are usually allowed in drug rehabilitation centers. However, more generalized books (or those glorifying any type of drug use) are probably going to be taken away from you until you finish with your treatment. And don't even think about bringing iPods, tablets, or any other item that can connect to the Internet. These items will be quickly taken away from you should you try to bring them to any rehabilitation center and will be stored safely until you're done. Likewise, cell phones are

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