12 Step programs have been the standard of care in both outpatient and residential addiction treatment for the better part of the last century.
But if these programs work so well, then why do we see so many people struggling to stay sober after rehab? Why do we see dismal relapse rates?
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“I was, in general, terrified of other people; I used drugs for emotional protection and social comfort.”
So writes Maia Szalavitz in her book Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction, which interweaves her personal addiction account with science and research supporting the idea of addiction as a learning disorder, and why tough love doesn't work with drug addicts.
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