Staying Sober: Later Sobriety Part Five

Typically, two thirds of those who try to break an addiction are back on their drug within three months. Stopping then is not the biggest problem. Many people can get off their drug, whatever it is, for a few days, a week, even a month or two. But inevitably, cravings, denial, and addictive thinking return and despite well intentioned vows and promises, they somehow end up using again. Staying off, it seems, is even more challenging than getting off.

The good news is that with a conscientious relapse prevention effort chances of recovery from addiction, arresting the compulsion, and living a full satisfying life are very good. But as with any illness, just getting the diagnosis is not enough. A person will need to put his own effort into prescribed steps in order to see improvement, for recovery is active not passive.

In this series we will present many of the tools for avoiding relapse that have worked for others.

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