What is the recovery rate for meth addicts?

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• The recovery rate is no higher than 3%.

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  by val gal on November 10th, 2008

• I very strongly disagree with the first part of your final paragraph. I have a diploma in addiction/social services work and I worked for several years in a half way house that serviced recovering addicts and what you are doing is stating opinion or theory as fact. The notion that "once an addict always an addict" is the foundation of the "Disease Model" which is one of several models in the drug and alcohol rehabilitation world. There is "Harm Reduction", "Minnesota Model" among others that support entirely different approaches. So please don't misrepresent your opinion for a fact. I agree that any chemical substance that poses high risk for dependency or habit-forming behaviours can pose very challenging obstacles for a recovering addict and the possibility of relapse or a "slip" is definitely tangible, but this ridiculous attitude that recovered addicts or former addicts should have to spend the rest of their lives labeling themselves as "addicts" is both counterproductive and, in my opinion , often more dangerous than beneficial. If I had an issue with let's say alcohol for 2 years when I was in my early 20's and developed some level of physical and psychological dependency but I went to treatment or quit on my own or WHATEVER... does that mean as now 40 year old man I can't have a beer after work because I "used to be an alcoholic"? Thank you.

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  by Ashton_P on April 10th, 2011