What is Relapse Prevention?

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Relapse prevention helps you identify and prevent triggers and high-risk situations that may lead to substance abuse. This treatment program is key to helping you experience a successful, long-term recovery from addiction. Relapse prevention should be included in everyone’s addiction treatment plan.

Why is Relapse Prevention So Important?

复发可能发生在恢复的任何一点 - 从治疗开始到长期清醒后的几个月或几年。复发预防从成瘾治疗开始，您或您所爱的人将学习用于预防和避免复发的有用技能和技术。

复发预防是重要的，因为它可以帮助您恢复并避免可能导致复发和过量的潜在危险情况。在克服毒品或酒精依赖并在一段时间内清醒过来后，你的身体对你曾经使用过的物质失去了耐受性。当你复发时，如果你使用太多，你会面临酒精中毒的风险或致命药物过量。您还面临恢复旧，不健康习惯的风险，这些习惯可以让您快速回馈毒品滥用和成瘾的道路。

哪些疗法可用于复发预防？

Relapse prevention is available in the form of medications and behavioral therapy.Medications通过降低戒断症状的严重程度，最大限度地减少您的渴望，并在使用物质时引起令人难闻的反应来防止复发。复发预防药物仅适用于阿片类药物和酒精等特异性物质，可能无法治疗其他药物使用障碍。

行为治疗helps you change the way you view substance abuse and identify the reasons you started using it in the first place. Therapists work with you to modify harmful thinking-patterns and behaviors that may be driving your addiction so you can navigate through life with a smaller chance of relapsing.

我会在复发方面面临什么挑战？

治疗可以发挥重要作用,帮助你之前vent and avoid relapse. However, common relapse triggers such as stress, drug cravings, and post-acute withdrawal symptoms like depression and anxiety may increase your risk for relapsing. Learning more about common triggers like these along with your triggers can help with recovery. Relapse prevention at rehab can help you better understand and prepare for any challenges you may face throughout your recovery.

Steps you can take to reduce your relapse risk:

• 了解更健康的方法来管理不涉及毒品和酒精的压力，例如听舒缓音乐或散步。
• Exercise regularly to naturally reduce stress, cravings, and anxiety, and to help restore brain chemistry imbalances caused by substance abuse.
• 练习谨慎，冥想或瑜伽 - 所有这些都提高了周围感受的意识，并帮助您更有效地控制您的行动。
• 获得充足的质量睡眠，以减轻压力，渴望和焦虑，并从更健康，归一化的大脑化学中受益。
• 练习您在治疗中学的内容，因为您在康复中学的技能，如果您将其应用于您的日常生活，那么只有有用。
• 参加常规的相互支持小组会议，允许您与已经花费时间恢复的其他人联系。
• Follow up with your therapists regularly, since therapists offer good psychological support that enhances your recovery.
• 写作或期刊关于威胁复发的实例和经验，因为写作是一种可以提高康复的治疗活动。
• 对自己和其他有关时代的人来说是诚实和透明的，你可能会挣扎，这样你就可以根据需要寻求和接受支持。

Is Having a Support System Important for Relapse Prevention?

是的 - 克服的成瘾是许多长期的过程和旅程，并不容易自己经历。朋友，家人和真正关心你的其他人将被投资于瘾的恢复。当您怀疑复发可能在地平线上时，不要害怕向这些人寻求帮助和支持。

Friends and family can help you feel stronger at times of weakness, and lend an ear so you can talk openly about your struggles with addiction. Your loved ones can often provide you with all the support you need to avoid relapse and continue with recovery.

其他支持来源可能是12步支持群体，如酗酒者匿名，在线支持小组，以及康复的您的治疗师和辅导员。虽然在设施接收治疗时，您将遇到一个可以成为您的支持系统的患者和工作人员的网络。

Does a Relapse Mean I’ve Failed?

Sometimes, no matter how much work you put into avoiding relapse, a relapse can still occur. Relapse rates for drug use disorders are between 40 and 60%, which means relapsing after receiving treatment is a normal, common occurrence. A relapse should not be seen as a failure but rather an indication that it is time for you to seek further treatment and learn new skills to help you fare better next time around.

您复发的那一刻，立即在朋友，家庭成员，治疗师或AA赞助中致以复发，以及导致您复发的情况。这些支持性的个人可以让您对复发和恢复更好，并可能有助于促进您的下一步 - 无论是returning to rehab，学习新的压力管理技巧，或恢复参加AA会议。请记住，恢复是一个旅程，而不是冲刺到终点线，并且始终提供帮助，附近有助于让您回到轨道。