Many individuals working in the addiction field will tell you that “relapse is a part of recovery.” It is in these moments of relapse where we can learn the most about our own personal triggers and tendencies related to our addiction. When I encounter a client that has relapsed, I encou...
Identify Your Triggers One of the most important ways to prevent relapse is to identify your triggers. You need to take an objective look at your life, your lifestyle, and your friends to figure out what may lead to relapses in the future. For example, if you’re an alcoholic, you s...
Fortunately, most anal fissures heal rapidly on their own. When a fissure doesn't heal within a few weeks, it's usually because one or more root causes continue to aggravate the fissure. Root Causes of Anal Fissures The most obvious cause of an anal fissure is direct trauma to the anal ...
Relapse prevention helps you identify and prevent triggers and high-risk situations that may lead to substance abuse. This treatment program is key to helping you experience a successful, long-term recovery from addiction. Relapse prevention should be included in everyone’s addiction treatment plan....
Relapse prevention helps you identify and prevent triggers and high-risk situations that may lead to substance abuse. This treatment program is key to helping you experience a successful, long-term recovery from addiction. Relapse prevention should be included in everyone’s a...
pull up a browser when they’re depressed or feel down as a way to self-soothe. But the problem that many men who are trying to quit porn run into is that their setbacks make them feel down or depressed, which in turn triggers the itch to look at porn again. It’s a vicious ...
Did someone help you in your relapse attempt? How can you avoid these triggers in the future? One of the most important things to do after a relapse is to not only be honest with yourself but to be honest with your recovery community. Until you can freely talk about your relapse and ...
Even if the treatment does yield positive results in the short term, there's a good chance that the subject will relapse eventually. Directed, one-on-one hypnotism sessions tend to yield better results. In the next section, we'll explore this therapeutic form of hypnotism. Certifiable In ads...
We're learning more about the craving that fuels self-defeating habits—and how new discoveries can help us kick the habit.
In the context of mental health conditions, internal triggers are the cognitive and emotional cues that lead to a relapse of symptoms. For example, negative thoughts and feelings might trigger a relapse of drug or alcohol use.2 External Triggers External triggers come from the person's environm...