Why do most centers take your phone/laptop?
I've been trying to find a rehab that allows phones and laptops. I've been to rehab a few times, most of them never work because I get so unbelievably bored and numb that I just leave early and go back to my drug of choice, which completely ruins the point of being there. They say "we want you to focus on your recovery" but what does that even mean? I'm supposed to focus on how bored I am and the cravings I have 24/7 because there's nothing to do? If I could literally just watch some YouTube or bring my laptop to play some games and talk to my friends it would be a breeze. Yeah I'll have cravings, but that's why I'm in rehab and can walk to the counter and tell them and they give me meds to help. I don't see any real benefit of restricting electronics when you're detoxing and trying to kick an addiction. If you know any place in Colorado that takes Medicaid and allows phones/laptops please let me know. The only places I've found don't take Medicaid and cost like 20k. Funny enough though they have the highest success rate out of any rehab in the entire state but they don't take Medicaid. The last rehab I went to there was no tv, no phones, no laptops. You could do puzzles, drink coffee, play board games, and smoke cigarettes. Not really conducive to someone trying to keep their mind off of an addiction. Not to mention they legally couldn't keep you there, so if it gets so bad you can't stand it you can just leave and go do your drugs. I don't have any legal issues or anything so this is all just me wanting to get better. But it's hard to have the willpower to stay at such a boring and non-productive place when I know I can just go home and drink, but I know if I had my phone and laptop and could keep in touch with friends, play games, watch YouTube, it would be way more productive to stay in a place where I know I can't get drugs until I can kick the habit of using them.