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    Relapse

    Relapse is a real possibility. Getting sober is not as hard as staying sober. To pursue recovery, one has to put in protective measures against relapse. This requires a daily focus on recovery such as meetings, support groups, counseling and other activities that compete with use/using behaviors.

    Relapse can take different forms: some relapses (or “lapses”) are short. The person scares themselves after one or several episodes of use and then climbs quickly back onto the beam of early recovery. In other relapses, the episode of use (re)opens the floodgates to further use and the desire for sobriety ends for the time being.

    Relapsing is the trial and error of recovery. Patience and understanding are needed.

    recovery from addiction

    Recovery from Addiction Is a Bumpy Road

    Your Loved One was doing better than ever before. With the lockdown and without sufficient recovery input, they were thrown off course. Dominique Simo…
    Dominique September 24, 2020
    Allies in Recovery, AiR, Dominique Simon-Levine, dsl, addiction, drugs, recovery, drug testing, Craft, relapse, boundaries, testing

    Drug Testing at Home?

    Guest blogger, Laurie MacDougall responds to a member explaining what she and her husband did when they let their son move back home to work on his re…
    Laurie September 24, 2019
    Allies in Recovery, Dominique Simon Levine, dsl, addiction, addiction recovery, SUD, CRAFT, drinking, alcohol, patience, patient, treatment, psychiatry, therapy, natural consequences, abstinence, dry drunk, well-being

    I Have no Patience Left

    The courts failed to enforce treatment for her daughter, once out of jail. Now her daughter's life is a real mess. Take a look at how Dominique Simon-…
    Dominique July 10, 2019
    Allies in Recovery, AiR, Dominique Simon-Levine, dsl, addiction, addiction recovery, treatment, hope, opiates, rape, relapse, sobriety, stories of recovery, drugs, SUD, CRAFT,

    We Thought we Had Lost Her, but CRAFT Worked

    This family member had given up on ever getting her daugher back again. Her powerful tale of hope credits CRAFT with helping turn things around. We ar…
    an-allies-in-recovery-member March 26, 2019
    Allies in Recovery, Dominique Simon-Levine, dsl, addiction, recovery, drugs, alcohol, rehab, shaky ground, communication, treatment, CRAFT, opioids, opioid crisis,

    She’s Back From Rehab But on Shaky Ground

    She's worried her daughter may be heading towards relapse, having just returned home from rehab. It's a real strain to have things start off this way.…
    Dominique March 22, 2019
    Allies in Recovery, AiR, Dominique Simon-Levine, dsl, addiction, addiction recovery, drugs, withdrawal, relapse, benzos, benzodiazepines, job loss, CRAFT, loved one, natural consequences, emotion, shame

    Relapse and Job Loss

    Her son is struggling with withdrawals from a recent relapse. As the family anticipates another job loss, and possibly more, this mom wonders how to p…
    Dominique March 12, 2019
    Allies in Recovery, AiR, Dominique Simon Levine, dsl, addiciton, recovery, CRAFT, relapse, drug dealing, home, protect, rehab, danger, risk, responsibility, consequences

    He’s Likely Dealing From Our Home

    She is discouraged, even ashamed, by her son’s choices, especially the drug dealing. How can she set firm boundaries to protect her home and family,…
    Dominique January 29, 2019
    Allies in Recovery, AiR, Dominique Simon-Levine, dsl, addiction, addiction recovery, SUD, opioids, opiates, MAT, relapse, relapsing, David Sheff, Beautiful Boy, CRAFT,

    He’s Relapsing Right Now, Should he Leave Home?

    If, as family members, we wait around for a 100% commitment from our loved one, we will almost certainly be waiting a long time. Family members must m…
    Dominique December 20, 2018
    Allies in Recovery, AiR, Dominique Simon-Levine, dsl, addiction, addiction recovery, CRAFT, craft method, street, boyfriend, homeless, SUD, marijuana, cocaine, opioids

    She’s on the Street With a No-Good Boyfriend

    With her daughter now on the street, this mother wonders what she can do to reach her. To further complicate things, she has a manipulative boyfriend.
    Dominique November 27, 2018

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