Health Physiology

Making the decision to quit an addiction is a really great choice, but making one bad decision in a moment of weakness can ruin all of your hard work. In this class we watched a video called"Preventing Relapse" which focused on exactly that. There were multiple speakers in the video who shared their personal experiences trying to quit.
In this video there were about four speakers who all agreewith the fact that when they kept using, they had a feeling of worthlessness. They felt disgusted with themselves, they had pain, and would use their drug/alcohol to cure their pain.
According tothis video, relapse begins before actually using, usually when someone is being dishonest or acting dishonest because they know they are doing or thinking things related to using when they know thatthey shouldn't. What may also lead up to relapse is dwelling on past events, hiding things inside of your head. Being sad or getting angry is a bad thing when not talked about with someone else becauseyou will begin to bottle things up and may reach a point where you get pushed over the limit which may cause a relapse.
Denial can also lead to relapse, especially when someone denies beingaddicted. There was a speaker in the video who said that switching drugs will not help, it is actually worse. You believe if you switch drugs you will be fine, but normally when people use a drug they likethe feeling they receive from using it, and by switching, if they don't attain the same feeling so they end up going back to their drug and sometimes begin to use multiple drugs at one time and move onto harder things.
Behaviors can lead to relapse. It is a big mistake thinking that you can stay clean and be in the same environments that you were before. One of the male speakers recalls hismistake of thinking he could remain clean and hang with his boys. The social pressure and peer pressure along with the environment at a might out with the guys is not the best place for someone to go...