Why Do I Relapse? | The Cycle Of Addiction

I’m Rob and I am a counselor at treehouse recovery and today we are going to be learning about the cycle of addiction but before we get into the actual cycle let me define an activating event now an activating event can be big and it can be small small activating event might be stubbing your toe or getting a parking ticket some Universal activating events that are considered really big might be losing a job a breakup or a death in the family and these activating events are bound to happen in life and it’s the way that we deal with those activating events that’ll put us into the cycle of addiction so activating event will happen directly dropping somebody into the cycle now here we go somebody who is unhappy because they’re in the cycle of addiction and what makes it an activating event is well all activating events will produce uncomfortable feelings this could be sadness this can be anger this can be any kind of adverse or negative emotional state based on that activating event and what an activating event that produces these feelings will do is also create a need to escape and how people cope with that need to escape is a maladaptive coping behavior so now that the behavior is something that’s learned from childhood it can be anything from isolating excessive use of video games eating too much and what it does is it provides a temporary escape however it is temporary and it will eventually fail somebody so if somebody has the disease of addiction because this is temporary it will eventually progress to actual drug use and for anyone who has the disease knows what this part of the cycle consists of and anytime somebody who has the disease puts drugs in their body there’s bound to be negative consequences all right so negative consequences can be relationship issues it can be losing a job it can be financial issues it can be legal issues so all kinds of negative consequences is associated with putting drugs in this guy’s body and what that will always do is then produce shame and guilt all right which is going to be directly connected to the negative consequences shaming guilt in its own is an activating event thus connecting it back over here bringing the guy back into the cycle and round and round and round it goes until at some point maybe there’s an intervention or some kind of moment of clarity and this individual will be able to pull himself out of the activating event and put himself into some kind of treatment center or recovery program and when that person’s there he’ll be able to learn about activating events learn and be able to own the feelings associated with those activating events and before progresses to this area develop and learn about new healthy coping mechanisms or utilizing a team so I hope you guys enjoyed learning about the cycle of addiction and I will see you guys next time to learn more about breaking the cycle of the diction call treehouse recovery at 855 two zero two two 138…

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