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I’m glad it helped you and I hope that your friend does continue to recover. It is amazing how physical appearance can change when someone’s taking better care of him/herself isn’t it! I definitely noticed this too.

Just a thought on rehab – I really thought that when my husband went to rehab he would come out ‘fixed’, but I learnt the hard way that recovery isn’t a straight road and there might still be relapses even afterwards. That doesn’t mean that rehab isn’t useful, or that the person will never get sober, but it isn’t a magic fix (especially if the person won’t accept there’s a problem or put the work in). It sounds like you are being optimistic and supportive, but not unrealistic, which is definitely a good way to approach things.