Relapse Prevention
How to Avoid Chronic Relapse
Saturday, February 9th, 2008Many times people think that when you have recovered from your alcohol or drug problem you are cured, and you will never have these problems again. Many people believe that once someone stops using whatever substance they were addicted to, they have gotten through their problem and are capable of living their lives without ever [...]
Does Addiction Counseling Prevent Chronic Relapse?
Monday, January 28th, 2008In a word, no. Only you can prevent chronic relapse. Every form of addiction counseling is not helpful unless you are mindful of relapse prevention techniques. Even if you have the very best addiction counselor, he/she is unable to prevent your relapse into using drugs and/or alcohol to excess. There is no “magic cure” for [...]
What is Chronic Relapse
Monday, November 12th, 2007A large number of individuals who seek treatment for an addiction will relapse shortly thereafter. A relapse can be defined as a setback with regards to the addictive substance. Usually an event happens that causes the individual to resume the damaging addiction and the lifestyle that had previously consumed them. Despite being armed with all [...]
Relapse Prevention
Monday, November 5th, 2007Relapse and Chronic Relapse – is Recovery Possible?
Statistically 75%-90% of all alcoholics or addicts will relapse within the first year of release from traditional treatment programs. The short term 28 day inpatient model or outpatient programs have in the past demonstrated these failure rates.
Addicts and alcoholics usually do work the programs they are taught [...]
Contributors to Chronic Relapse
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007A Despite the availability of a wide variety of treatment options, the problem of relapse remains the major challenge to achieving sustained abstinence from drugs or alcohol. A relapse may occur at any time after treatment for the drug abuse issue and may occur many times, leading to a repeated cycle of use and abstinence. [...]