Relapse Prevention: A Problem of Wineskins —Not Motivation or Grace
March 1st, 2018 posted by:
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Addiction Treatment
Relapse Prevention: A Problem of Wineskins —Not Motivation or Grace The addict’s journey from the wreckage of relapse can be fraught with anxiety for an uncertain future and fear that past failures will be repeated. Struggling Christians report that the grip appears to be more powerful than their connection to the source of redemptive freedom. The […]
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Identifying the Stages of Relapse and Recovery From Relapse
February 23rd, 2018 posted by:
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Identifying the Stages of Relapse Why Learning to Identify Relapse is Critical to Recovery When our social media consultant suggested that I write a blog on relapse prevention with the tagline “identify the stages of relapse” I was thrilled. The fact that consumers are searching the Internet with the phrase “identifying the stages of relapse” […]
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The Process of Relapse Recovery and How to Commit Yourself to Sober Living
January 3rd, 2018 posted by:
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The Process of Relapse Recovery Relapse is a process, not an event, and NOT a crime The Boston Globe ran a story in September[1] of last year which reported on a case involving a woman who violated her probation by using drugs citing that leniency was shown when the judge sent the woman to a treatment […]
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Understanding Active Addiction and Identifying Relapse Triggers
December 13th, 2017 posted by:
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Understanding Active Addiction Understanding active addiction is essential to the recovery process. Most people who are looking for a better understanding of the term active addiction are not generally in pursuit of academic wisdom or merely curious. If you want to understand active addiction it is usually in relationship to someone whom you fear to […]
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Our Model of Relapse Prevention and a Personal Account of Recovery
November 13th, 2017 posted by:
Shawn Leadem to
Addiction Treatment
“My name is John and I’m an alcoholic” A simple introduction, while commonplace in addiction recovery meetings, was not so easy for this presenter to acknowledge 46 years ago when he reluctantly began his journey to sobriety. The reluctance was in part due to the shame that society associated with such a moral defeat. […]
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How to Avoid Relapse…How to Put a Relapse Prevention Technique Into Action
October 20th, 2017 posted by:
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How to Avoid Relapse Relapse can be identified, intervened on, and prevented A plan for avoiding relapse must begin with a definition of abstinence. Abstinence is a self-enforced restraint from indulging in bodily activities that are widely experienced as giving pleasure. Because the regimen is intended to be a conscious act, freely chosen to enhance […]
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What is Relapse? What is Relapse Prevention?
September 18th, 2017 posted by:
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What is Relapse? If you have accepted the notion that relapse is a typical and understandable process from an addiction, then you have been cheated The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) defines relapse as “… a return to drug use … [by a person] … who’s trying to stop using drugs… [but who] … […]
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