Stages of Relapse

STAGES OF RELAPSE


1. Emotional stages

2. Mental stages

3. Physical stages

The emotional stage is a stage when an individual bottle up emotions but does not think of using a substance.


Signs of Emotional State

  1.         Individual bottling up emotion
  2.         Isolation
  3.         Focusing on others instead of yourself
  4.         Poor eating and sleeping habits
  5.        Poor self-care

·       Experiencing “Halt”

H MEANS           Hungry

A MEANS           Angry

L MEANS           Loneliness

T MEANS           Tiredness

  • When experiencing these you must focus on hygiene, make yourself happy and have fun.
  • When emotional stages are not controlled and as been going on for a long time it might lead to mental stages.

The mental stage is whereby an individual thinks about taking a substance as the solution. At this stage, you become irritable and restless and Think of routes of escape from taking substances.

Signs of Mental Stage

  •       Craving taking a substance.
  •       Thinking about people taking substances.
  •       Thinking of pass usage and its experience.
  •       Looking for scenarios that suit the usage. 
  •    Looking for relapse opportunity.
  The physicality state is a phase whereby an individual start to a use substance      and it of two-stage lapse or relapse.

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