Addiction Recovery Basics

Here are a few relapse prevention resources…

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I have written a few articles on relapse warning signs, and was curious to see what other bloggers had to say…

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A real life saver in addiction recovery is the development of a social support system. One of the concepts behind 12 step programs is that recovery is only possible by enlisting help. Here is another great article by Larry Smith that addresses hey concepts of continuing care.

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I was hunting for some information on relapse prevention to share. While the following recipe for relapse is not in the form of an empirical study, it has the down home truth of human nature found in the 12 step programs. Working a solid addiction recovery program by the steps deals with all these warning signs of relapse.-

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Women in drug abuse treatment relapse less frequently than men do, at least partly because women are more likely to engage in group counseling. Researchers have found that cocaine-addicted women and men differ in the factors that cause them to relapse, indicating that males and females might benefit from different relapse prevention strategies

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When a person has a drug or alcohol relapse, I think a very fair question to ask is "What were you thinking?" Oddly enough when you edit the 'blah, blah, blah' of the individual explanation or rationalization, it comes down to some really basic addictive thinking errors.

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