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Tip 10 Understand the Stages of Recovery
There are five stages involved in the recovery from addictions. An addict must work their way through each of these recovery stages before moving on to the next stage of recovery.
Following are the five stages of recovery:
Stage one Awareness and early acknowledgement. This stage is where addicts admit that they have addictions.
Stage two Consideration and incubation. In this stage there is further increased acknowledgment about the addicts addictions. Addicts will start to understand the importance of abstinence or moderation in the treatment of addictions and begin moving in the direction of really wanting to make the process of recovery work for them.
Stage three Working towards early recovery activity. This is the stage where the addict moves beyond the denial of addiction and is ready to consider some form of therapy or recovery program.
Stage four Beginning rehabilitation. Addicts learn skills to fight their addictions and learn new behaviors. They will learn the skills that they need to change their old habits as well as develop new relationships that are healthy and take them away from the old normal into a new normal.
Stage five Maintenance of recovery. At this stage recovery from addictions is almost complete. Addicts need to realize that even though they have reached the final stage of recovery they always need to be aware of their addictions for many years to come. Addicts need to understand they will always have to stay on top of their addictive behavior. |
