There are two kinds of drug abuse treatment patients: Those who buy in, and those who don’t.

The drug abuse treatment patient who buys in is the one who really wants to get better; the one who’s engaged with his healing and who’s committed to the fight. The drug abuse treatment patient who doesn’t buy in is the one never makes that commitment; the drug abuse treatment patient who doesn’t buy in talks about wanting to get better without really meaning it, or at least without understanding what it means to mean it. The drug abuse treatment patient who doesn’t buy in is the one who waits to get healed, and who expects drug abuse treatment doctors to do the heavy lifting for him.

The drug abuse treatment patient who doesn’t buy in, in the end, is the drug treatment patient who doesn’t get better. The drug abuse treatment patient who does, well…

Let’s just say there’s nothing sweeter than an investment that pays long-run dividends.