Why coexistence is key in the life of a recovering addict

Addictions have been defined as pathologies in which the addicted person feels more and more isolated, more and more separated from everything that does not imply facilitating access to the drug or to the behaviors towards which he has developed dependence.

We can say that addictive disorders have their raison d'être in their ability to put human beings in a loop of withdrawal and relapse, leading them to cut Family, friendship and partner relationships, or deteriorating them due to that irrepressible need to continue delving into addiction... Unless you go to therapy.

But even when a person with this problem goes to health professionals, her ability to make progress in addiction treatment will depend on how she lives with her partner or family members, so that much of the work of psychotherapists and psychiatrists focuses on the training of certain social skills and communicative. Let's see why this is.

Addictions extend into personal relationships

Many people make the mistake of assuming that because addictions are diseases, that means that it is limited to the biological processes that take place inside the person's body affected. However, the reality is not so simple: addictive disorders, like many other disorders psychological and neurological, affect and are affected by the social phenomena of the environment of the person.

In other words, addictions are linked to the personal relationships maintained by those who have developed this health problem, for better or worse. Because of this, the way in which the person affected by the addiction learns to manage their relationships and to exposing yourself more or less to certain social settings includes a lot in your recovery process when starting a treatment.

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Why coexistence is key to overcoming an addiction?

These are the main reasons for attending to or neglecting coexistence problems in life of the addicted person is a decisive factor in the success or stagnation of the process of overcoming a addiction.

1. What happens at home facilitates or hinders the organization of routines

Most addiction treatment places great importance on the need to organize your day to day well. day, establishing a schedule and limiting the possibility of exposing yourself to distractions that disrupt the working day. However, living with someone who is not aligned with that way of life can make things difficult. For example, let's think of a person who doesn't go to sleep until late at night and makes noise, who keeps messy home, which does not leave the room to which you have to go to do online classes at a certain time clear, etc

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2. Family dynamics have a great capacity to generate “spikes” of stress

Relapses in addictions are, in a very high percentage, the consequence of a stressful experience before which the person seeks immediate ways to escape. In this sense, frequent discussions at home or family crises can create the breeding ground for something like this to happen.

3. Having the support of loved ones is a motivating element

Many people who suffer from an addiction point out that one of the elements that generates the most motivation for them to move forward with abstinence is the way in which they perceive that their progress is valued in home. But for this, these people must be actively interested in this process of improvement, asking about the news in this regard, offering support at key moments… All these communicative exchanges act as a reminder that there is a path towards improvement that and has started, and furthermore, they show that you can continue to experience the well-being of your happiness by seeing our progress if we continue by that way.

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4. Blaming the addicted person facilitates relapses

Families in which the addicted person is blamed for their difficulties in overcoming the addiction are, in fact, hindering the process of overcoming the disorder. The feeling of guilt and frustration with oneself are among the main triggers for relapse.

5. Not having drugs at home is a decisive element

Finally, we must not forget that one of the pillars of addiction treatment is to reduce to a minimum or totally eradicate easy access to drugs or addictive behavior. So trying to overcome an addiction while living in the same home as another person who always has drugs in that place is to practically completely sabotage the recovery process.

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