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Sep 19, 2016 · Recovery from addiction is the process of sustaining abstinence and learning and practicing the awareness and skills necessary to live a whole, healthy, and healed life. These two elements ...
This article clarifies the meaning of the term "recovery", reviews the research and first person accounts providing a rationale for recovery, and sets out implications for developing recovery oriented services.
- Marianne Farkas
- 2007
It becomes evident that the difference between a complete loss of control and impaired control has significant implications for recovery from addiction. According to "reduced control" perspective, anyone will control their behavior if the consequences are immediate and severe enough.
- Locus of Control: Who (or What) Is in Charge of You?
- Locus of Control and Models of Addiction
- What About Motivation?
- How You Can Be in Charge
Behavioral psychologists use the term “locus of control” to describe the “location” where an individual perceives their response-ability to lie either inside themselves (internal locus of control) or outside themselves (external locus of control). Failure to meet a goal might be perceived by a person with an internal locus of control as poor prepar...
The field of addiction recovery utilizes a number of theories and models to describe the behaviors of addicted people. Four of the most common models are: 1. Moral Model The moral model (one of the earliest) suggests that individuals are responsible for both creating and solving their own problems. This model subscribes to the internal locus of con...
All four models of addiction mentioned above require the addicted person to be motivated to change, whether they see themselves as the cause of their addiction problem or not, and whether they see themselves as capable of going it alone or needing some help. Motivation is an inner drive that encourages us to move toward a goal. Most addicts want to...
Just like motivation, a person’s locus of control is not set in stone; it can be modified through learning and practice. Just like motivation, a person’s locus of control is not set in stone; it can be modified through learning and practice.-Rita MiliosResearch has consistently shown that having an internal locus of control greatly increases a pers...
Jan 2, 2018 · Recovery represents a movement away from pathology, illness and symptoms, to health, strength and wellness. Hope and control. Hope is central to recovery and can be enhanced by the person seeing how they can have more active control over their lives (‘agency’) and how others have found a way forward. Self-management
Sep 24, 2020 · Although AUD and other addictive behaviors have been described as chronic relapsing conditions, most individuals who develop AUD will eventually recover. This narrative review provides an overview of definitions of recovery, with a focus on recovery from AUD.
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