New York, NY 3/18/2010 1:55:42 AM
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Recovery Involves More than Stopping Drug or Alcohol Abuse

 Just as many factors may have been involved in one’s beginning to abuse drugs or alcohol, so, too are there extenuating circumstances surrounding the recovery phase. A good addiction recovery center realizes this, and incorporates those factors and the effect they had on both initial addiction and addiction recovery into its programs.


A few examples of factors which affect both the addiction and recovery phases include those involving relapse, co-dependency, and the choices that were made that led to the drug or alcohol addiction. One or all of these played a part in the addiction process, and consequently will need to be addressed during the addiction recovery program.


  • Relapse: When relapse happens, an addicted person may be reluctant to re-enter an addiction recovery program. Some people may even feel, erroneously, that the addiction recovery center that was used the first time may not accept them again.

Each addiction recovery center operated by recoverforever.com recognizes that relapse can and does often occur. To this end, they welcome those who have relapsed to begin the recovery process all over again at the same center they formerly used.


  • Co-dependency: Co-dependency is often a major factor in an addiction. Because co-dependency frequently stems from the fact that the co-dependent desires to feel needed, this can sometimes act as a barrier in the recovery process. A good addiction recovery center will address the matter of co-dependency during counseling sessions, both individual and group, with everyone who is a part of the patient’s life.

  • Choices that were made: recoverforever.com does not flinch from informing a person who is going through an addiction recovery program that the addiction was a result of choices made by that individual. The person in recovery is honestly informed that he or she did not have to take that first drink or use drugs for the first time, and that each time another drink was taken or another drug use episode occurred, it was that person’s choice to allow it to happen.

While this may seem a harsh approach by an addiction recovery program, a recoverforever.com addiction recovery center is not concerned with that. They are concerned with a person’s recovery. This is not to say compassion is not a part of the program, for it is. They are, however, in the business of addiction recovery, and that is their primary goal.


Log on to http://www.recoverforever.com/ or call 1-866-923-1134 to find the addiction recovery center near you that will show compassion while at the same time approaching your recovery process with open honesty.