The Stages of Rehab Recovery: The Third Stage of Recovery

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The Stages of Rehab Recovery The Third Stage of Recovery From Buddy T, your Guide to Alcoholism After approximately 90 days of continual abstinence, you will move from the early abstinence stage of recovery to the third stage, maintaining abstinence. If you started in a residential treatment program, you will now move to the continuing or follow-up counseling phase of your rehab program on an outpatient basis. The Third Stage Maintaining Abstinence The maintain abstinence stage of rehab will begin at about three months into your rehabilitation program and last until you reach approximately five years clean and sober. Avoiding a relapse is the main goal. Avoiding Relapse Warning Signs of an Alcohol or Drug Relapse The steps to a relapse are actually changes in attitudes, feelings and behaviors that gradually lead to the final step, picking up a drink or a drug. Addiction Relapse Similar to Other Chronic Diseases Relapse rates for addictive diseases do not differ significantly from rates for other chronic diseases. Relapse rates for addictive diseases range from 50% for resumption of heavy use to 90% for a brief lapse. Dealing With Having an Relapse In recovery circles, it's called a slip, or falling back to previous behaviors. When it happens, it is important that you get back up, dust yourself off and get back on the path to recovery. What Are Relapse Triggers? If you are looking for an excuse to go back out, it's easy to find one. Almost anything can be a trigger, if you have not made up your mind to quit. This email is written by: Buddy T Alcoholism Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Missing a lesson? Click here. About U. is our collection of free online courses designed to help you learn a new skill, solve a problem, get something done, or just learn more about your world. Sign up now, and we will email you lessons on a daily or weekly basis. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the About.com 'The Stages of Rehab Recovery' email. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement