Does rehab let you bring your computer? - SoberRecovery : Alcoholism Drug Addiction Help and Information

stalln4x · 10-25-2012, 09:15 PM

Seems like some of you are posting from rehab but I thought that when you go, they don't let you bring phone, laptop, video game systems, etc.

Is this the case?

Ragamuffin · 10-25-2012, 09:26 PM

No, I didn't get anything either of the times I went, I was self admitted and they searced me and searched my things. It's really a good thing though, lets you repair your soul and not worry about all that technology stuff.

Are you thinking of going to rehab?

soberbrah · 10-25-2012, 09:28 PM

Lmao no,

I just didn't get frisked from detox to rehab and after discharged from detox I had access to my phone, so it was on my person

They toss the room everyday and random strip searches but I've been good so far

stalln4x · 10-25-2012, 09:41 PM

Gotcha. I was gonna say... sign me up! Then again, it wouldn't be very good separation from the "real world" to get your s*** together if you just got to play xbox the whole time lol.

I am thinking of going. I want to and need it bad. K2, weed, dabbling in a handful of other stuff, and oh my god sleep aids... ambien is my drug of choice and whenever I tell my doctor that he just goes "well, does it put you to sleep though?".

Strip searches??? Are you in some court ordered thing? I'm not going to stand in front of anyone naked, I can tell you that much (I have gained like 20 pounds since I relapsed on k2 anyway... I know i'd be temped to do "marijuanna maintenance" sobriety--I'm trying to tell myself getting my physique back is a good reason not to do pot lol).

soberbrah · 10-25-2012, 09:49 PM

Nah, I'm here on my own, strip search was just you hand a guy your clothing other than underwear and he goes through them

Natom · 10-26-2012, 01:00 AM

I had the usual search and rummage. Wasn't allowed a phone. Two 15 minute phone calls on the weekend. The first two weeks I wasn't allowed any at all. It was all about making sure there was nothing that made me want to leave in the first couple of weeks. I didn't use a computer for 3 months, and as you can probably tell I am making up for lost time.

jennikate · 10-26-2012, 06:04 AM

No electronic devices where I went. We were allowed to use a pay phone during certain times of the day but there was only one (the other was broken) and even that one didn't work well. It was also in the common area with lots of tv and conversation noise. Didn't make the phone too desireable that's for sure.

lilgolden73 · 10-26-2012, 06:07 AM

I think if I went to rehab, it would be for the alcohol and my internet addiction, I think it would be best to leave both at home....I didn't even think you could bring a phone..

Mark75 · 10-26-2012, 06:09 AM

Nope.

10-25-2012, 09:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
stalln4x Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 20	Does rehab let you bring your computer? Seems like some of you are posting from rehab but I thought that when you go, they don't let you bring phone, laptop, video game systems, etc. Is this the case?

10-25-2012, 09:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
Ragamuffin Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 197	No, I didn't get anything either of the times I went, I was self admitted and they searced me and searched my things. It's really a good thing though, lets you repair your soul and not worry about all that technology stuff. Are you thinking of going to rehab? __________________ "Courage is the price life exacts for granting peace" Amelia Earhart

10-25-2012, 09:41 PM	#4 (permalink)
stalln4x Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 20	Haha ok Gotcha. I was gonna say... sign me up! Then again, it wouldn't be very good separation from the "real world" to get your s*** together if you just got to play xbox the whole time lol. I am thinking of going. I want to and need it bad. K2, weed, dabbling in a handful of other stuff, and oh my god sleep aids... ambien is my drug of choice and whenever I tell my doctor that he just goes "well, does it put you to sleep though?". Strip searches??? Are you in some court ordered thing? I'm not going to stand in front of anyone naked, I can tell you that much (I have gained like 20 pounds since I relapsed on k2 anyway... I know i'd be temped to do "marijuanna maintenance" sobriety--I'm trying to tell myself getting my physique back is a good reason not to do pot lol).

10-26-2012, 01:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
Natom Not Alone Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South East UK Posts: 1,240 Blog Entries: 2	I had the usual search and rummage. Wasn't allowed a phone. Two 15 minute phone calls on the weekend. The first two weeks I wasn't allowed any at all. It was all about making sure there was nothing that made me want to leave in the first couple of weeks. I didn't use a computer for 3 months, and as you can probably tell I am making up for lost time. __________________ Tiny little boxes in a row. Ain't what you want it's what you know. Just happy in the shoes you're wearin.

10-26-2012, 06:07 AM	#8 (permalink)
lilgolden73 Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Somewhere in the sands of time Posts: 1,206 Blog Entries: 11	I think if I went to rehab, it would be for the alcohol and my internet addiction, I think it would be best to leave both at home....I didn't even think you could bring a phone.. __________________ Lola "First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you." "It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can't remember if it's the thirteenth or the fourteenth". "Drunkenness is nothing but voluntary madness."

10-25-2012, 09:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
soberbrah Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 128	Lmao no, I just didn't get frisked from detox to rehab and after discharged from detox I had access to my phone, so it was on my person They toss the room everyday and random strip searches but I've been good so far

10-25-2012, 09:49 PM	#5 (permalink)
soberbrah Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 128	Nah, I'm here on my own, strip search was just you hand a guy your clothing other than underwear and he goes through them

10-26-2012, 06:04 AM	#7 (permalink)
jennikate Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Connecticut Posts: 733 Blog Entries: 3	No electronic devices where I went. We were allowed to use a pay phone during certain times of the day but there was only one (the other was broken) and even that one didn't work well. It was also in the common area with lots of tv and conversation noise. Didn't make the phone too desireable that's for sure.

10-26-2012, 06:09 AM	#9 (permalink)
Mark75 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 6,819	Nope.

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