Relapse Self-Test
What is Relapse?
Relapse is defined as returning to a specific behavior after
a period of abstinence (stopping), that particular behavior.
- Relapse does not come on suddenly and without warning,
it is a process over time.
- Staying clean/sober is not recovery, working a program
is.
- Relapse cannot be avoided by sheer willpower or self-discipline.
| TAKE A SELF-TEST FOR RELAPSE WARNING SIGNALS CLICK HERE |
If you can relate to the warning signals found above, or
if you find yourself using the "Relapse Danger Words" listed
below, you are in a relapse stage.The severity of your stage
of relapse will depend on how many of the behaviors listed above
you're now experiencing.
Relapse is a complicated problem.It is something that has
numerous warning signs and many plans of attack, but without
help and a serious commitment on your part, it will win and you
will lose.
Avoiding fun, overanalyzing yourself, blaming other people,
too much or too little sleep, or trying to make a major life
change in the first year of your sobriety, are all danger
signs that you are entering into an area that may take you
somewhere you don't want to go.
RELAPSE DANGER WORDS:
I
forgot
maybe
kinda
someway
I'll try
This is BS |
I
don't know
More or less
Sorta
I can't
As I can
Who cares |
Problem!
I guess
Sometimes
I don't see how
It's too hard
You're picking on me |
Relapse can be avoided. You will have to be honest, open and willing to deal directly with each symptom as it appears .Without help, it is too much for us. Recovery is a process that gives us the choice of life or death. Addiction leaves us no choice but death...
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