Medications also can help deter drinking during times when individuals may be at greater risk of a return to drinking (e.g., divorce, death of a family member). With the support of a doctor, people can develop a treatment plan that is individualized for them. It may be in an...
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When treatment interventions or what passes for treatment fail to work, addicts are met with zero-tolerance policies. Their choice then is a one-way ticket back to detox or homelessness. It’s recovery chutes and ladders, and the thought of being back at the bottom rung felt somehow more hopeless this...
