Recovering from alcohol addiction means wanting sobriety more than wanting to drink. Unless you outweigh your need to feed your addiction with your need for recovery, there is nothing anyone or anything can do for you to assist in the recovery process. The next phase is maintaining sobriety. The largest factor of the majority of relapses is environment- slippery people, places, and things that can trigger your need for something that will kill you.

Why do people relapse after treatment?

There is one simple and very logical answer: They were released from treatment too soon.

How could one possibly recover from a lifelong issue in just 28 or even 90 days? It’s convenient but not effective. I believe if you can’t commit to any longer, you can’t commit to sobriety. For those who have been in and out of rehabs - consider long term residential treatment. Entering one of the leading long term rehabs guarantees you the time you need to fully recover.

The Gonzalez Recovery Residences, (The GRR) are a renowned Long term residential treatment in Florida, and to my knowledge some of the best long term rehabs available. I was one of those hopelessly addicted that spent my time in and out of rehabs. I am writing this to let someone k
now, that there is an answer when you hit rock bottom. I know that everyone has different addictions and at different stages of progression. I learned through my long term stay at The Gonzalez Recovery Residences, just how hard the staff work to adjust the program to each individual’s needs. I’ve been to enough long term rehabs to write a book. After the initial first two months, I felt like I was living with family. The GRR is very family based, sit down family dinners, we travel together, learn together, and grow together. I felt so isolated in my old ways, and lost many friends that were important to me because of my bad decisions. It was good to connect, truly connect with others that had been down similar roads, and didn’t cast a shadow of judgment on me for past behaviors. The staff of these long term rehabs is extremely professional and helped me feel nurtured and cared for.

I think that choosing a Long term residential treatment facility should be a researched and considered decision, because it’s one that will change your life. I can certainly say that choosing The Gonzalez Recovery Residences was the best decision I’ve ever made. By writing this, I only hope to assist you in your decision. It only took me a split second to stop using, and over a year to digest the magnitude of my addiction and to make a series of life saving habits second nature. How long will it take you?