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Category: relapse triggers

Posted on May 13, 2020May 14, 2020  

While we'll get multiple reasons from people we ask, the usual excuses for returning to active addiction seems to fit into the following five excuses.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/why-do-some-people-return-to-active-addiction/></div>
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Why Do Some People Return to Active Addiction?

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Posted on April 23, 2016July 21, 2017  

Change: people, places, and things. Some may be tired of hearing this constantly repeated in meetings, but many of us need to continue hearing the message as a reminder of how our addictions have impacted us on so many levels, and that returning to the familiar, and risky hangouts or communicating with our using buddies often sets us up for a relapse.<div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="sharethis-inline-share-buttons" data-url=https://fromaddict2advocate.com/risky-situations-people-places-and-things/></div>
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Risky Situations: People, Places and Things

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