When an individual becomes sober they are starting to engage in what you may think of as a new and unnatural pattern of behavior for them. What this means is that their normal behavior, which they have learned and become accustomed to , has involved a drinking /drugging life style with all of the possible behaviors which tend to go along with that lifestyle They may be desperate to change their life but at the same time they are in a way comfortable with that life and have great difficulty changing. People who get sober are usually provided with a strategy for them to utilize in order for them to be able to stay sober and to also change their perceptions, beliefs, behavior, morals, actions, and their life priorities. They are in effect reintegrating themselves back into “normalcy”.
Their strategy for staying sober may involve various actions they must take to give themselves the best chance of remaining sober. These may include participation in 12 step recovery, addiction treatment, ongoing therapy, medication, meeting and forming bonds and relationships with other sober people and many others. It is when someone begins to depart from their strategic sobriety plan that the risk of relapse occurs. And, relapse is not just a one time event of using drugs again after a period of sobriety. Relapse is gradual process involving the person’s complacency and failure to do the things that were recommended for them to do to stay sober and this process can take a lot of time i.e., the gradual deterioration of their sobriety until they do eventually pick up a drink or drug. And there may also be environmental “triggers” which set off the persons drug and alcohol centered thinking once again. These triggers must be explored, the person must learn to self identify their own triggers and they must develop an action plan when they realize that their thinking and behavior is being influenced by such triggers.
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Challenges Relapse Treatment & Prevention Program
5100 Coconut Creek Parkway
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33063
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