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Problems arent just limited to the drug choice made by the persons dealing with addiction. Rocky Hill, a certified drug and alcohol counselor, explains just how cross addiction and the use of substitute psychoactive chemicals interfere with the recovery process, creating new addiction problems for even the most well intentioned patients.
A clip from the Hazelden video entitled “Cross-addiction: The Back Door to Relapse.” Cross-addiction is the single greatest relapse factor. Those who seek treatment generally have an honest desire to remain abstinent from alcohol or another drug of choice. Yet most can also name a drug they’ve tried that they consider “safe” for themselves, one [...]