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The Truth About Relapse

6 Dec 2023 · 0 min

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A short conversational video (transcript) featuring Amber Hollingsworth discussing relapse. The speakers challenge the idea that relapse is caused by one big event, arguing instead that relapse is often simpler and driven by smaller, cumulative factors. The piece appears aimed at destigmatizing relapse and reframing how families, counselors, and individuals question its causes.

What caused you to relapse? It's the first question the family asks. It's the first question the counselor asks, is the first question the person asks themselves. And sometimes.
People reach way down deep in there and they look for, like, big, giant things, when, honestly.
It'S just.
A little bit.
Simpler than that. It's actually not an event.
It's a process. It's sort of a formula. There's some factors involved, but once you understand how that formula works, like A plus B equals C, which is exactly how this works, you're going to be, number one, better able to protect yourself from it, better able to understand what happened. And in the event that it does happen, which we really hope it doesn't, we're able to get the door closed on it faster. Damage control. That's what I call it.