Cured? Don’t Count on It
Folks who expect treatment to ‘cure’ an addiction often resume use once they’ve satisfied themselves that now, with a period of abstinence behind them, the problem has been resolved.
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by C. Scott McMillin | Apr 8, 2021 | Recovery | 0 |
Folks who expect treatment to ‘cure’ an addiction often resume use once they’ve satisfied themselves that now, with a period of abstinence behind them, the problem has been resolved.
by C. Scott McMillin | Feb 4, 2021 | People in Recovery | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jan 25, 2021 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Nov 5, 2020 | People in Recovery, Recovery | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jul 9, 2020 | Addiction Clinicians, Treatment | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 25, 2020 | Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
by C. Scott McMillin | Jun 11, 2020 | Addiction, Addiction Clinicians | 0 |
That is not the doc’s fault, and frankly, it isn’t really James’, either. It’s what happens where addiction rules. If not at that moment, then the next.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 30, 2020 | Addiction, Public Health | 0 |
Treatment staff know from their long experience that someone with a severe substance problem who insists on relying solely on willpower is very likely to fail.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Apr 16, 2020 | Recovery | 0 |
The question is, when you have all those years of apparently successful recovery, why throw it aside? How could that improve your situation?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 28, 2018 | Addiction, Public Policy | 0 |
But if a community treats a correctional institution as a kind of locked flophouse, what else we can expect?
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Jun 14, 2018 | Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 0 |
We’ve come a long way in treating addictions, but we’re still not very successful at convincing a patient to stick to a treatment regimen.
Read Moreby Parker Horveath | Jun 22, 2017 | Families, People in Recovery | 0 |
I felt detached from life and the people around me. I felt like a failure, but I had no other choice but to get back on my feet and try again.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 18, 2017 | Addiction, Addiction Clinicians, Treatment | 0 |
It may seem to the individual as if it happens by itself– the result of an autopilot, set to return home.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | May 11, 2017 | Addiction Clinicians, Treatment | 0 |
But given the experience in other fields of healthcare, a return to the old lifestyle, however destructive, may be little more than human nature.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 31, 2016 | Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 1 |
I’ve come to view it more as a tool for harm reduction than a path to long term recovery, with some notable exceptions.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Oct 20, 2016 | Addiction, Families, People in Recovery | 0 |
That’s the mystery: Not why some people become addicted to certain substances, but why others do not.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Sep 15, 2016 | Addiction Clinicians, Treatment | 0 |
Like a stroke patient who suddenly finds himself needing to relearn basic skills that were once automatic, it may require a level of personal commitment unseen for many years.
Read Moreby C. Scott McMillin | Mar 14, 2016 | Addiction, Thinking About Addiction, Treatment | 0 |
Clinicians… feel as if they’re always missing at least one extremely important tool that would make all the difference.
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