If you have tried to quit drinking or using drugs but had a复发,你并不孤单。统计数据表明,80% of people who try to quit have at least one relapse before achieving long-term sobriety.
在某些情况下,它可能只是我们在恢复圈中的瞬间失效,请参阅作为滑动。它与全面复发的不同之处在于,人们立即后悔的行动。它可能是在当下的刺激或当人的重点是某种方式动摇时发生的事情。但是,最终的特点是,个人想要立即纠正错误的事实。
经过contrast, a relapse suggests that a person has fallen back into old behaviors. It is most often used to describe when a person who has been sober for some time returns to alcohol or drugs and is less able to stop.
Reasons for Slips and Relapses
在某些情况下,人们会滑倒,因为他们没有工具来克服某些情绪情况。他们可能有一个可怕的一天,并用它作为重新开始饮酒的理由。或者,它们可能不堪重负cravingsthat frequently occur during early recovery.
在其他情况下,人们将使用酒精或毒品来“惩罚”他们周围的人“推动”他们回到旧行为。它允许个人把责任归咎于别人而不是承认成瘾是自己的问题。
关于滑动的主要观点是遗憾的感觉几乎是立竿见影的。当滑动变成一个时,出现了问题全面复发和完全放弃一个人的清醒。当发生这种情况时,出于几个原因,扭转事物的能力变得越来越困难:
- Once a person starts to drink or use drugs again, his or her ability to make rational decision decreases.
- 这个人的清醒的动机可能首先很低,使得重新恢复第二次更难以重新恢复。
- The relapse will often confirm to the individual that he or shecan't克服成瘾。
- Those who supported the recovery in the first place may be less willing to do so the second time around.
- Some people will fool themselves into thinking that they can achieve sobriety again when things are "better," and they are in a "stronger place."
- 其他人将说服他们需要击中“摇滚底部”,以便充分承诺清醒,未能理解它只是一个购买时间并使同样行为延续的伎俩。
如果您或亲人正在与物质使用或成瘾斗争,请联系Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline在1-800-662-4357for information on support and treatment facilities in your area.
For more mental health resources, see our国家助理数据库。
How to Deal With a Slip or Relapse
防止滑动变为复发的最佳方法是立即采取行动。这是你的cannot do alone, and the seriousness of the slip should never be downplayed by you or those around you. However "serious" or "minor" the slip may have been, it is a clear sign that something is wrong and that there are issues that need to be addressed so that the slip doesn't happen again.
承诺退出是不够的;你需要探索滑倒背后的原因并了解什么触发it in the first place. Without some serious soul-searching, you will be less able to avoid another slip should the same issue return.
最后,对滑动有内疚是没有任何好处。重要的是你认真对待它并承认这是一个错误,你有一些东西可以学习。
On the other hand, if you have experienced a relapse and have now recommitted to recovery, there are several things to remember:
- 而不是感到内疚,加倍你的努力实现maintain sobriety。
- 你推荐的事实意味着你了解你的成瘾的深度。
- Instead of feeling shame about your mistakes, look at them squarely and identify what you need to do to avoid making them again.
- Do not feel like you've lost everything and gone back to day one. Everything we do in life informs our recovery is moving forward. A person who has been sober for several days often experiences sobriety in a more profound way than someone who has been sober for years. Use that feeling to move your recovery forward.
而且,最重要的是,提醒自己,唯一的真实失败就是放弃自己。不要放弃。