In Real World, Rehab Is Unglamorous but Successful

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A few years ago, I went on a ride-along with a Volunteers of America outreach van. Walt, the driver, was making a concerted effort to reach out to people who most of us give a wide berth. Many were drunk. All were homeless. Walt was offering rides to a shelter where these men could detox and, perhaps, enter a treatment program.

He impressed me on several levels. He had a friendly, nonjudgmental manner about him. He met folks where they were and respected that not everyone was interested in the hand up he had to offer. That was a real education for me. Maybe they wouldn't give up the booze and drugs, but weren't these men interested in getting off the cold, dangerous streets for the night? A good many weren't. Perhaps they were mentally ill or they simply did not want to conform to shelter rules. Still others didn't believe they needed help.

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In Real World, Rehab Is Unglamorous but Successful

Recently, I've thought a lot about that last category of people. I'm fairly convinced that Lindsay Lohan fits in that group. Sure, she'll go through the motions of "rehab," bu...

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