Planning Ahead To Prevent Drug and Alcohol Relapse
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Nothing can be more devastating to both an addict and their family than a relapse after completing a drug program. Especially if it is the first time that an addict is entering a program, both are usually filled with such hope that the thought of relapse never enters their minds until it happens.
Once relapse occurs it is as if all hope goes down the drain and once again they feel this pending sense of doom. While these feelings are completely understood, relapse is does not need to be a certain fate.
The Most Critical Choice You’ll Make In Preventing Relapse
The truth is that it is not uncommon for addicts to complete a recovery program and return to a life of addiction. This is especially true of those who opted for short term placement or outpatient placement and this could be the case for various reasons. Thirty days is simply not enough time to complete a recovery program and many believe that releasing a patient after thirty days can be like feeding them to the wolves as they are in the height of their treatment.
Most recovering addicts need a longer continuum of care in a drug or alcohol recovery center to truly learn how to think like a sober person and to create a solid relapse prevention plan.
More often than not the first question that an addict will ask prior to entering a drug rehab is how long they have to be gone. While that might seem like a completely logical question, the true answer to that is as long as it takes.
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Just wanted to comment and say that my experience really jives with what you are all about here on this website, as I finally got clean and sober after entering long term treatment for men over 7 years ago.
Long term treatment saved my life, and succeeded in helping me get sober when other forms of treatment had failed. I don’t know if I ever could have made recovery work for myself without the support and huge accountability that came from living in a long term treatment program. I think it’s awesome that you started your own long term program and that you are helping people to get sober.
Another idea regarding planning ahead for a strong recovery is the use of overwhelming force. People generally underestimate their addiction and how much effort it will require to stay clean. Those who “make it” seem to be those who dedicate their entire lives to sobriety, at least in the beginning. I know I did.
Keep up the great work on this website. You are making a difference Mark!
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