Relapse Supports

Relapse happens -- not to everyone, and not always. But relapse is not unusual, especially if someone stops following their treatment plan. When it does happen, it's more helpful to focus on how to respond to it rather than to become discouraged or fixate on the relapse itself.

An effective way of handling the possibility of relapse is to plan for it. A relapse prevention plan is an important step in overall recovery. A relapse prevention plan puts down in writing the factors that could lead to relapse and how to respond to each one. Those factors can include how to handle:

• Stress generally
• Finances
• Family
• Relationships
• Work
• Sights, sounds and smells
• Other things that could raise anxiety

As a provider of recovery support services (counselor, advisor, sponsor, coach…) the more support resources you have available the better you can help guide your participants to leading a healthy life.

There are multiple support resources categories.

One area of support resources are curriculum and content focused on Relapse Prevention.

These resources are the focus of Recovery Support Network.