Pessimistic View About Addiction Recovery

I am very optimistic about the likelihood that people can recover from addiction because there are people who fully recovered from addiction, but it is all too common to hear about people who do not recover from addiction. These are the people who complain that it is to hard to quite using the substance, how hard it is to stick to a treatment plan, and how much pressure they receive from their friends and family. One of the reasons as to why there is a pessimistic view about addiction recovery is because there are a lot of examples of people who do not recover, for instance, those who are constantly in and out of the legal system or mental health clinics, even those living on the street. Another reason is that the thought of going through withdrawal might be enough to stop some addicts from going through with treatment. The unpleasant side effects of withdrawal can range …show more content…
He was an alcoholic for a very long time, when he was drinking he would spend all of his money and never want to go to work, never come home because he was drinking all the time, he would misbehave like getting into fights. He ultimately decided to change when the family got together and his mother made him make a decision between the family and alcohol. In the end, he chose to get help and now he been sober for over twenty years and he goes to every Alcoholic Anonymous meeting. This only proves to me that people can recover from any type of addiction once they are determined to give it up for good. Recovering from addiction will not happen over a two months span but it could take years and that is why many people are pessimistic about the chance of recovery because fighting against addiction for years can be emotionally, physically, and psychologically draining, but like any other struggle in life there are going to good days and bad days which will be up to the addict to decide how to handle those