Every packing list for rehab reads the same way. Two columns. Bring this, don't bring that. No mouthwash, no aerosols, no hoodies with drawstrings, no spiral notebooks. Nobody explains why. So the rules land like bureaucracy — one more arbitrary hurdle in a week that's already full of them. Families read the list, decide some of it can't possibly be serious, and pack the bag anyway. Then half of it gets pulled out at the door. Here's the reasoning behind the list. Not to defend it, but because the rules...
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