I have a question for everyone.it seems to be a touchy topic in another group I'm in. Is relapsing a part of recovery?
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I see it as the journey of recovery. I have relapsed a few times over the past 10 years- but those times I felt like I had my addiction under control still. It hasn’t been until this recent relapse that I see I don’t have control over this addiction. So my relapse journey has brought me to this more humbling point in my recovery.
Thank you for sharing. I faced the same thing in my recovery.my relapses always started before I even picked up a drunk and that is where my recovery was weak and it needed more help.
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I agree with Kandi, it is the journey and there is no cure. It will end the way everyone else's will. The only suggestion would be to stay in support groups as a reminder that we never can partake again.
Best of luck
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No. It happens to some but it is not a requirement. Not everyone makes it back from a relapse.
I agree it's not a requirement . but can it be a way to strengthen a recovery program?
I learned a ton from my relapse. Mostly that I really need to listen and participate in recovery...stay humble and teachable...serve others...and that I don't want to go back out there again.
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Man, I guess I didn’t fuck my life up enough, so I went back out there and really applied myself. But that’s what brought me to my knees and into 12 step. Do for me it was necessary
It harems but shouldn’t be purposeful
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Happens
Until I got serious about my recovery, I didn’t think it was possible not to release. I hope and pray I’m done with relapsing. I do everything to avoid it but I’m still very cautious about the situations I put myself into.
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As long as you are learning from your mistakes and develop the grit to stick it out. It is part of the journey.
34 years straight time.
In my opinion relapse can be part of recovery. Recovery is a practice, meaning we are not perfect at it, so that in turn would translate to some people relapsing. I think everyone is on their own journey and that some of those journeys include relapse and some don’t. I don’t appreciate when people discount or harp on people for relapsing, I don’t go to AA, but they have the saying “progress not perfection”
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I think some people relapse and learn from it. At l think I have. It would be easier if I didn't relapse but I accept it as part of my journey.
Every time I relapse I feel worse and worse. Sometimes it makes me feel hopeless and uncomfortable with the thought of continuing on but this last relapse has really reminded me of how I have a disease and I'm not okay. I have come to the point where I don't have a choice anymore. Fuck relapsing! It doesn't have to be apart of your recovery and honestly it shouldn't be. People always told me it's apart of the journey but that made me convince myself that it'd be okay to relapse. It's not okay.
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Relapse is part of recovery not part of staying in recovery for me, it’s one or the other
Relapsing isn't a part of recovery, but learning what triggers using is. Learning how to hold on to sobriety when everything in you wants to use is a part too. Relapse is what happens when the lesson wasn't learned.
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I really appreciate all the responses.this has been a touchy topic in meetings i have been to.some believe a relapse starts before the act of using and some believe it's only a relapse once you use.
Every program has different views on this topic.it is great to see the variety of opinions and how they apply to each individual.
I can say a relapse is a way to learn and grow and strengthen someone's program.seeing many responses should show us we can all achieve the same goal in different ways.
Thank you all for your comments
In a clinical setting, it is a symptom of the disease, but its not a symptom everyone in recovery experiences. What SHOULD be a part of everyone's recovery is the development of a relapse prevention plan. That is a crucial part of keeping a person's SUD (substance use disorder) diagnosis in remission. What all encompassses that plan is up to the individual.
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