No one can promise that participation in a residential drug rehab will induce sobriety, but no other drug treatment program offers as great a probability of successful recovery. Between 40% and 60% of participants in drug rehab leave the program to lead better lives of complete sobriety; some others may eventually relapse and need some degree of additional therapy; and some recovering addicts may need to undergo a residential program more than once.

No. You just have to give it a try, putting your analytical mind on hold, and preferably try it more than just once. Skill improves with practice. But a lot of skeptics end up doing quite well with imagery.

Some types of proceedings are formulaic and predictable, and can be dull. Sometimes the work is thoroughly fascinating, exciting, dramatic, challenging, stimulating, and fun. Not infrequently it is exhausting and stressful (imagine interpreting at the war crimes tribunal in Bosnia, or at the O.J. trial). But if you ask around, you will undoubtedly find that most interpreters will tell you they enjoy their work.

CycleBeads are a visual tool that help a woman with regular cycles between 26 and 32 days long to keep track of the days of her cycle and know when she is likely to get pregnant if she has unprotected intercourse. They are a string of 32 color-coded beads, with each bead representing a day of a woman's menstrual cycle. They have a black rubber ring that the woman moves one bead each day in the direction of the arrow.