Lesson 1: Addiction is Learned - Slide 31

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What Causes Relapse?

  • Based on interviews with people who were addicted to drugs and alcohol, experts in relapse prevention found:
  • Relapse is not generally triggered by physical cravings

Notes:

G.A. Marlatt, “Relapse Prevention: Theoretical Rationale and Overview of the Model,” in Marlatt and Gordon, eds., Relapse Prevention, p. 39.

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