recovery program

Structured healing process

A recovery program is a structured approach to overcoming addiction, whether to alcohol, drugs, or other compulsive behaviors.

Twelve-step programs like Alcoholics Anonymous are the most recognized model, but recovery programs vary widely in method and philosophy.

The term extends to any systematic plan for restoring function after damage: a data recovery program, an economic recovery program.

Opposites
therapeutic intervention vs. harmful continuation

recovery programsubstance abuse

Harmful habitual intoxicant use

relapse · enabling · self-medication · drug habit · drinking problem

structured support vs. unstructured approach

recovery programcold turkey

Immediate complete cessation

going it alone · white-knuckling · isolation · self-help

healing process vs. destructive pattern

recovery programdownward spiral

Self-reinforcing deterioration

self-destruction · hitting bottom · rock bottom · path of destruction · deterioration

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