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6 Stages of Relapse into Addiction - and how to not pick up again

➟ Relapse is not an event but a process People seem to think that relapse just happens, it’s an event - no explanation for it. If you ask somebody who has relapsed you might get the answer: “I don’t know what happened. It just happened.” Thankfully that’s not how we see it. There is a lot of evidence that relapse is actually a process. ********************************* ★ Please contact [email protected] if you have any questions or need help. ★ **************************************** ➟ Relapse starts with not dealing with our emotions - denial that we're not doing well in recovery It’s a process that starts with us not recognising or being able to deal with our emotions. 1. We start to not deal with emotions and what’s actually going on. That can then morph into a denial. We don't deny that we're an addict but we start denying that we’re feeling unwell, that we’re unable to cope, that we’re stressed. We haven’t had a drink yet, we haven’t relapsed - so we’re still in recovery. But old denial patterns are coming up again. ➟ Next step towards relapse is compulsive behaviour - to make us feel better 2. Then we might be able to notice that we’re displaying some compulsive behaviours, e.g. dieting excessively, maybe we’re exercising excessively, getting into promiscuous or unhealthy relationships… We will do things that fill that need within us to feel good but actually not dealing with what’s really going on. ➟ Triggers become harder to deal with and bring you one step closer to relapse 3. Through that what can happen is that triggers that normally are not difficult to deal with become difficult. In recovery you have to deal with triggers. You learnt to deal with them. When you’re not in a good place though these triggers can be far more powerful than they need to. That can manifest as inner chaos. You have all sorts of issues going on but you’re not telling anybody about it. Problems start to mount up. ➟ The next stage of relapse are resentments - towards others and your recovery 4. Then these feelings start to become external and you find yourself arguing with family, you become resentful - resentful even towards recovery. You start thinking that recovery is a lot of work and you’re not getting anything out of it and that can lead to a feeling of loss of control. Unable to actually deal with what’s going on. Still not talking about it. You move further away from support groups and your support network. ➟ Next on your way to relapse is addictive thinking 5. Your addictive thinking starts to kick in. You start thinking about your using friends or acquaintances, you’re start thinking about visiting them - not because they are using, but because they’re fun. You’re tricking yourself again through rationalising. ➟ Before we relapse we put ourselves in high-risk situations 6. Then we can find ourselves going back to our dealer’s house or past our favourite bar with 50 bucks in our pocket when all we wanted to do was buy a bar of chocolate. You start noticing these things. We find ourselves in high-risk situations… we start going to parties or places that we know will trigger us - in the belief that we’ll be okay. This leads to a point where our recovery is hard work, we’re getting fed up with it, we can’t see the point in it, we feel miserable… Once we get to that point, one of two things is going to happen: We either reach out, ask for help, talk to our support network and get our lives back on track or we pick up that drug and/or drink. ➟ You can prevent your relapse into addiction at any time during this process One of the good things about it being a process rather than an event is that if you can be honest with yourself and recognise this stuff - and you do have the awareness and ability to recognise when things are off key - then it gives you an opportunity to do something about it. That’s when you phone your sponsor or talk to your support network, that’s when you reach out for help to the people around you that will help you get back on track. Otherwise you’ll end up picking up. And then you’re back in all the misery, the chaos, the lying… except this time it will be ten times worse because we have a head full of recovery. ********************************************* For more information on this topic have a look at our suggested reading list: ○ "Relapse Prevention at Hope Rehab": https://www.hope-rehab-center-thailan... ○ "Relapse Triggers & Radar": https://www.hope-rehab-center-thailan...