In order to help you remain drug free and sober in the long term we offer a full aftercare and relapse prevention programme to all our clients

Relapse describes the process where a former drug addict, alcoholic or gambler chooses to revert back to his or her previous addictive behaviour. The process of relapse is complicated and often is triggered by an assortment of complex emotional and psychological triggers. In fact the psychological act of relapse precedes the physical act of relapse often by two or three days. Relapse begins as an unconscious act on behalf of the recovered addict and one which is difficult to avoid in the absence of learned coping strategies, a relapse prevention plan or with ongoing professional support.

When relapse is likely to occur a number of changes in the recovered addict’s behaviour will take place. The first step towards relapse has been termed emotional relapse.

Signs of emotional relapse include:

Our patients are taught during residential rehabilitation how to look out for the above signs. This allows our patients to take early action and so prevent relapse from developing.

At Tower Counselling  we take considerable pride when it comes to our relapse prevention programme.  Our clients relapse rate is much lower than rehabilitation industry averages and our successful completion in treatment is much higher than that national average. Notwithstanding our stellar relapse prevention record some of our patients will invariably relapse upon their return to normal life. Relapse occurs in spite of the many hours our therapists and medical staff devote into each rehabilitation programme.  Relapse is ever-present risk for all those in recovery for the remainder of their life.  Our relapse prevention programme thus builds in safeguards to prevent relapse from occurring in the first place and importantly in ensuring a firm process is in place should relapse occur.

Once our patients leave our residential rehabilitation centre an after-care support team will be put in place.  This support team acts as the first point of contact should relapse occur.  A helpline is provided to our patients.  Relapse prevention supplements what is learned during residential rehabilitation and both aim to ensure recovery is as uninterrupted as possible.

The relapse prevention plan you receive will be fully tailored to your needs.  This plan will be set out upon leaving our rehabilitation centre. You are able to read about our after-care programme here which details relevant facts accounted for in an after-care and relapse prevention plan.

To learn more about our relapse prevention plan at the Ayurva Clinic call today on (+44) 0845 467 0612.   Alternatively. you are able to contact our centre by e-mailing us.