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There is so much to do in rehab, until there is nothing.

You will be woken up early, at least initially, for your 6:00 AM dosage of your Serax taper. You will take your Serax taper several times a day, at least for the first 4-5 days. The Serax taper will prevent you dying.

The RA will come into your room, wake you up, and you will walk to the nurse's station, where you will take the Serax and several other pills.

You should be polite and charming to the African woman providing your medication.

She has the power to give you snacks.

This is a good opportunity to grab a cup of coffee from the lounge area.

Coffee runs out quick, so the early bird gets the worm.

After you have acquired your coffee, the best thing you can do is go to the gym while it is still pretty empty.

The Gym at this hour is occupied only by the older Alcoholics and Drug Addicts.

They come from a demographic that does not hog the weights. They tend to use the elipticals, or the treadmills at a low speed.

Once you have gotten a decent pump on at the gym, you will have a chance to engage in your first "Fresh Air" of the day.

The inner atrium of the rehabilitation center is right next to the gym, between you and your way to breakfast. This is where we get Fresh Air.

Fresh Air is overseen by an RA. The RA is obligated to have a lighter on them. The RA will scan you and give you their lighter so you can smoke a cigarette.

This is Fresh Air.

Afterwards, you can continue on to breakfast, and you should.

Because you will be hungrier than you can possibly imagine. After quitting drinking, I found myself absolutely ravenous.

Three plates at least per meal. The biscuits were actually good. The eggs were powdered and the only breakfast meats we got were ham and turkey bacon.

God blessed us when we got Sausage Gravy.

Afterwards, it would be around 8:30 AM, and there was optional Morning Commitment, which I often enjoyed.

Those who wished to attend would show up, the "President" and "Vice-President" of the floor would chair the meeting, and it was mostly a reading of certain AA prayers, and a check-in, with us expected to list our goals and gratitude's of the day we were looking forward to.

I always liked morning commitment, because it was only attended by the people who were serious about rehab and recovery.

The True Believers.

I don't count myself among them.

And this brings us to our First Group of the Day.

There is so much to do in rehab, until there is nothing. You will be woken up early, at least initially, for your 6:00 AM dosage of your Serax taper. You will take your Serax taper several times a day, at least for the first 4-5 days. The Serax taper will prevent you dying. The RA will come into your room, wake you up, and you will walk to the nurse's station, where you will take the Serax and several other pills. You should be polite and charming to the African woman providing your medication. She has the power to give you snacks. This is a good opportunity to grab a cup of coffee from the lounge area. Coffee runs out quick, so the early bird gets the worm. After you have acquired your coffee, the best thing you can do is go to the gym while it is still pretty empty. The Gym at this hour is occupied only by the older Alcoholics and Drug Addicts. They come from a demographic that does not hog the weights. They tend to use the elipticals, or the treadmills at a low speed. Once you have gotten a decent pump on at the gym, you will have a chance to engage in your first "Fresh Air" of the day. The inner atrium of the rehabilitation center is right next to the gym, between you and your way to breakfast. This is where we get Fresh Air. Fresh Air is overseen by an RA. The RA is obligated to have a lighter on them. The RA will scan you and give you their lighter so you can smoke a cigarette. This is Fresh Air. Afterwards, you can continue on to breakfast, and you should. Because you will be hungrier than you can possibly imagine. After quitting drinking, I found myself absolutely ravenous. Three plates at least per meal. The biscuits were actually good. The eggs were powdered and the only breakfast meats we got were ham and turkey bacon. God blessed us when we got Sausage Gravy. Afterwards, it would be around 8:30 AM, and there was optional Morning Commitment, which I often enjoyed. Those who wished to attend would show up, the "President" and "Vice-President" of the floor would chair the meeting, and it was mostly a reading of certain AA prayers, and a check-in, with us expected to list our goals and gratitude's of the day we were looking forward to. I always liked morning commitment, because it was only attended by the people who were serious about rehab and recovery. The True Believers. I don't count myself among them. And this brings us to our First Group of the Day.

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2 parts and I'm hooked... I hope you intend to write more of these.

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Fuck it.

Take it.

On Fridays, after all group sessions had ended, there would be one more Optional Meeting, an AA Meeting, in the cafeteria.

The people who chaired this AA meeting were...

Really nice assholes?

They were on the younger, more aggressive side of AA.

Definitely Philly Union Guys who got way too drunk and high at a few different points in their life.

They meant super well, but they were just assholes.

They were taking time out of there week to put back into the community of sobriety, but they just kept spitting dirty dip into empty coffee cups, and at the end of the meeting, they would randomly choose one of the spare attendees, point at them, and ask them

You ever tried AA before?

They would never wait for an answer.

They would just say "Oh, you haven't tried it, how'd that work out for you?"

Always expecting the person to devolve in front of them, admit how nothing could work except for AA.

They tried it once on me. I just told them I never tried AA before because I had never been in rehab before.

They didn't really say anything after that. They were just kinda "Bro AA".

I actually love AA meetings though. I think they are a special place.

People will admit things there that cannot be understated.

You have to admire the honesty.