2007-02-21 04:51:08 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
never. once an addict, always an addict. your impulse and desire may fade with time, but you will always be recovering.
2007-02-21 05:00:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
some people say that there isn't such a thing as a "recovered drug addict," but rather recovering drug addict. Drug addiction is so acute that one who has had to deal with this issue in the past should always be aware of the possibility for being addicted again. I tend to agree with them (based on the percentage of success reported by rehab programs/centers). Addiction can re-surface at any place & any age in an individual's life...
In my opinion, there are different stages any recovering drug addict experiences. As time goes by, he/she will think about getting high less often, will learn to cope with stress without having to do cocaine, drink, shoot up…
A recovering addict who has reached a turning point in his/her recovery is someone who no longer or seldom has cravings (thoughts of getting high), who can say no to drugs offered to him/her on a silver plate while knowing to never assume that he/she is completely recovered.
2007-02-21 05:33:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Someone who quits using will always have the temptation and desire to use the substance again- that will never go away. But the longer they are able to refrain from using the easier it becomes and the more they see how life treats them much better as a non user. As discouraging as it sounds the harsh reality is anyone who is a recovered user may fall back into their addiction at any point in life no matter how long it has been since their recovery. This is why it is important to keep them out of environments (at least for a while) that will cause temptations and a relapse.
2007-02-21 05:12:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you have a true addiction (measurable physiologic withdrawal symptoms) you remain an addict for life. If you take the drug ever again you will experience substantial withdrawal symptoms again (though not usually as bad as after withdrawal from regular use). Often though if people get over what ever psychological/historical issues that brought them to become addicted they will be unlikely to restart their habit. This is a critical issue, very, very, few people become addicts to anything for no reason, and if the underlying reasons are not addressed that person is very likely to return to their addiction or begin a new addiction. Addiction is an unhealthy coping mechanism, people are drawn to drugs to in some way affect their life.
Not all addiction recovery programs will acknowledge this though, some try to just treat the addiction as the "root" problem. In many addicts lives it is the most visible, and destructive problem but their is always a root that should be addressed.
2007-02-21 05:03:26 · answer #4 · answered by oneirondreamer 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Recovered drug addict? It depends who you ask! If you ask many in AA, which also treats other addictions besides alcohol, you would probably hear never! But I am a witness to what God can do in a life. So if a person truly receives Christ in their heart; they can or may have been set free, right then, of an addiction. God is a God of choice through His Son, Jesus. Addictions are called spirits and God has authority over drug/spiritual related addictions. When the sin nature entered man, he/she lost many choices and gave away their power to rule the earth. So animals could and do attack us; plants can be good or bad for us; etc. I was given choice when I accepted Him. I had lost choice in alcohol, but have received full deliverance from it... and other drugs years ago. He can do the same and only He can give true deliverance from them! If one claims they are free, it has to be Christ in them, or it is not a true deliverance! It is the only way that one can be fully free and have full choices! God bless. Earl
2007-02-21 05:09:22 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Once an addict always an addict. However the addict does become recovered from "the hopeless state of mind and body" but the disease remains mandating they never ever use again.
2007-02-21 05:07:20 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
a recoverying addict is always recovering to an extent to it just becomes easier to deal with
2007-02-21 04:57:53 · answer #7 · answered by charles h 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Never. They are, and always will be, recovering; the same goes for alcoholics--always recovering, one day at a time.
2007-02-21 04:56:08 · answer #8 · answered by Holiday Magic 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
never, now 19yrs sober.
2007-02-21 04:59:23 · answer #9 · answered by ron and rasta 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
When you can say No thanks, I get high on life.
2007-02-21 04:57:01 · answer #10 · answered by Kate J 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋