Addiction Recovery Basics

Some people believe that addiction recovery should be a smooth continuous process. For most people this is not the case, they come times of getting stuck. Progress for most people instead of a continuous smooth transition goes more like progress, progress, stuck, stuck, stuck breakthrough, progress, progress, stuck, stuck, stuck, breakthrough.

Getting stuck can occur at any point during the recovery process. This usually occurs when they're and faced with a situation for which they do not have the coping. Or there is a lack of confidence in the ability to make the correct decisions. There are other cases when the problem, be it psychological, physical, or social somehow makes it difficult to utilize their supports that they have developed in recovery.

When people generally get stuck there are one of two outcomes the can occur. 1. They realize they have a problem and take constructive action to resolve it with the help of others or 2. They resort to that age-old problem solving scale of ‘ignore it and hope it goes away’. If you do not have the correct relapse prevention skills to identify and successfully cope with the problem anxiety and stress will increase. It starts a chain reaction as the problem remains unsolved the anxiety and stress will continue to increase we will cope more and more ineffectively and the result is relapse.

It is important to not be embarrassed about getting stuck in recovery. It happens to all of u, what is important to realize is that staying stuck is heading toward a relapse. The key is to get help and take action, and continue moving forward in an addiction recovery.

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