Drug Addiction: Treatment & Relapse Prevention

A problem develops when an individual continues to engage in drug abuse despite the intention to quit or cut down. The relapse (failure to perform as intended) may cause the drug abuser or loved one to seek help from a therapist, rehab program, or 12 Step support group. Sadly the conventional disease model of addiction in which the drug addiction is considered a disease over which the drug addict is powerless has a fundamental weakness: Relapse is likely when the external agent (support group, treatment provider) is not available during the relapse crisis, and the drug addict has to respond to stressors and temptations on his or her own...

Assuming the passive “patient” role, which requires compliance with the treatment provider's plan, is easy and familiar, but it does not help you develop the strengths and skills required to prevent relapse. An alternative approach, which emphasizes the development of the skills and faculties to perform as intended during high-risk situations is presented here. This web site offers, free of charge, a range of cognitive behavior therapy and trance formative tools that can enhance the user's ability to cope with formidable stressors and temptations in real time. Among these tools are experiential invitations that can enhance your capacity to exercise will. The procedural skills you will develop by engaging these exercises promote the irreversible changes required to prevent relapse and achieve good long-term outcome.

For information about the exercise of will as a path to recovery from an addictive disorder, please click here.	For access to the self-directed program guide and trance formative audio files, please click here.

To be completely free you must become a slave to a set of rules