Title:		Consciousness Acquired from the Group Exchange
Author:		A dweller in the rehabilitation center
After being in this Rehabilitation Center for about six months, I want very much to express myself in some way to tell the people about my consciousness acquired from being with the group members. Through the exchange with the group members, I am no longer unsociable and eccentric, and self-humiliation. All those good things, pleasing characters used to be on mine returned to me as old friends. But, on the first few days when entered the rehabilitation center, I was totally different from what I am now. Over a few years of addicting, I became very unsociable and eccentric, depression, reluctantly to cope with people, self-closed, feared to communicate with common people, and even hated to recall the past experience, lacking of enough courage to face the reality and life.     Since I came into this Rehabilitation Center, I really learned a lot from the group discussion. At the very beginning, I took part in some group activities and acquainted myself to the friendly and harmonious group life. Everybody in the group honestly introduced about his or her background, along with life experience. Motivated by old group members mingling with the easy circumstances of idea exchange, I gradually felt at ease and threw myself idea into the group discussion to share with everybody. The intercommunication between the group members enhanced the acquaintance and understanding between one another in the group. Moreover, each of the group members gained the sense of trust from each other. During the group discussion, everybody is encouraged to talk freely, to express whatever on their minds, express the ideas from their own points of view, and to tell the other members of the past bitter experience. The listeners are all very cooperative with cordial feelings. Afterwards, they will give their own opinions about what they have been told. Everybody holds sincere attitude while talking and chatting in the group, respecting everybody and everybody's talk. As time moves on, I understand to liberate my happiness. In the past, I had nobody to talk through about my suffering and secret that set heavy pressure on my mind. However, the group discussion released me, let out all my worries and pressure. The past self-righteous and wealth are no longer burden on my mind. I began to understand that only by throwing away all those burdens could my heart be liberated to face the future.     What I think more important is that every talk in the group discussion is well protected as confidential only between the fixed members of the group. Without the permission of the related person, nobody can deliver the event to any other members out of the group. This rule teaches us to respect the other's privacy and respect the others. Only by this manner can we gain trust from the other people. I will always carry on this rule even after I leave this Rehabilitation Center.     The short stay with the members in the group has recovered my person confidence. I learned to cope with people with a happy heart. While I try to understand the other people in the group, they are trying to get close to me to understand me. We have enhanced the understanding between us. On the other hand, I have also found that something wrong reflected from the other's behavior can also be found in myself. Our friendship is started and developed from among the group members, it helped us to share the pains and happiness between and amongst us.