Amber Hollingsworth argues that relapse isn't really about stress or cravings. It's an identity trap: people fall back into old patterns because they still see themselves as addicts, even when they follow all the recovery rules.
Ever feel like you're doing everything right in recovery? You're following all the recommendations and rules, but you just keep falling back into your old patterns. Maybe you make it a while, you can make it a few weeks or a few months even, but you just keep ending up back in the same place where you started and you can't figure out why. Well, Sometimes that's not about cravings. It's not even so much about stress. Most of the time when we think about relapse, we think it's probably due to stress. It's kind of our first go-to of trying to figure out, well, what was stressing you? Or what was going on in your life? A lot of times it's something a little bit deeper than that. And that something is based on your identity. I call it the identity trap. What happens? That triggers relapse most often really isn't stress, it really isn't cravings like people think it's going to be.
Addiction Turns “Me vs. Drinking” Into “Me vs. You” #addictionrecovery #addictionawareness
They Admit Everything Except the Addiction #addictionrecovery #addictionawareness
Stop Trying to Make Them Admit the Truth #addictionrecovery #addictionawareness
