Question

Relapse issue - a individual is newly sober (3 months). She wants to hang out with her co-workers at happy hour after work. She is anxious but goes out with them and orders a soda. She feels good that she was able to go to the bar and not have an alcoholic beverage. The following week the same scenario plays out without her having an alcoholic drink. Is she on the path to staying in recovery or on the path to relapse? Why?

Answer 1

Relapse is the occurrence of the past medical condition in which one can observe a different kind of problem in the body. Concerning the usage of drugs relapses are the form of spontaneous recovery in which recurrence of the drug is used.This is often observed in the individual that developed a drug addiction or in the form of dependency on drugs. A person who generally tries to stop using the drug can make the mistake by feeling bad or start using again.

In the given condition the girl is newly sober and she wants to hang out with the coworkers happy hour after work. She is also anxious about what going to be ordered in a bar but she hasn't had any alcoholic beverage. She remains the same in her habit in a week that shows she is in a recovery state. This represents that she is in the stage of recovery and not on the part of relapse. Because in the case of relapse the drug-seeking behavior in the form of spontaneous recovery but relapse is often observed in those individuals who have developed a kind of addiction to drugs and drug dependence.