Many of our adolescents struggle with Mental Disorders in addition to being addicts. This can make recognizing Warning Signs even more difficult.
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RELAPSE DOES NOT MEAN A TREATMENT FAILURE.
RELAPSE can happen when:
The addict believes "I have this licked"- Over confidence
The addict has resentment for the fact they are an addict.
The addict forgets the pain which brought them to recovery.
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This was a great article. There are extra things to consider when your teen is dual diagnosis. I like this list of indicators they provided:
Dual Diagnosis Relapse Prevention Signals
• Altering medication levels on your own
• Stopping medications on your own
• Refusing to follow the advice of your physician
• Begin to self medicate
• Missing doctors appointments
• Not addressing change in psychiatric symptoms
• Start hanging out with old drug using friends
• Discontinue contact with recovering friends, discontinue going to meetings
• Failure to discuss thinking about using drugs or alcohol
• Failing to follow the aftercare plan designed in drug rehab or addiction treatment
• Believing that relapse triggers don’t affect you any more
It seems like it is the regular checklist with the added categories of not medicating correctly, missing doctor's appointments, and self-medicating. Big flags, and when we see them we need to pay attention.
I also think the last one is key for everyone in recovery.
Believing that relapse triggers don’t affect you any more
Boy, this is a big one. When you see this one- the boat already has a hole and, Captain, we are taking in water. I sometimes see this when the teen is still inpatient. At that piont we try to pay attention to the relapse being set up before they even discharge!
IT is not uncommon for a relapse to be set up inpatient. The teen can hold onto reservations. While the teen might claim, "you can't tell how I'm going to do until I get out of here so I can show you! I can't show you in here!"
Well, actually we can see reservations clearly in the inpatient setting. Reluctance to give up old friends, contact with old friends during home pass, etc. And certainly, believeing that you don't have relapse triggers or that they no longer affect you is a big one!
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