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Regardless of what causes addiction,
recovery is possible for anyone.
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Scot Governments Recovery Philosophy, the precursor to the
Quality Principles (2014) tells us that everyone ‘deserves to
recover’. Statistics indicate that the majority of people go on to
resolve their alcohol and other drug problems (White, 2008). North
Ayrshires Working Definition of Recovery explains 'Recovery from
alcohol and other drug problems is a deeply personal journey which
anyone is capable of embarking upon.’ At its very least, recovery
means to improve and progress; while North Ayrshire Alcohol and
Drug Partnership is ambitious for all service users, even small
changes can be considered to contribute toward an individuals’
recovery. Recovery is possible for anyone.
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Mutual aid/12 step meetings (Alcoholics
Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, Cocaine
Anonymous) can have just as significant an
impact on recovery as Cognitive Behaviour
Therapies and Motivational Enhancement
Therapy.
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Project MATCH (1998), one of the biggest studies into addiction
treatment explored the matching effect of individual to
treatment. The broad findings included the fact that while no
matching effects existed, 12 step facilitated treatment, MET and
CBT were equally effective though longer term abstinence was
more prevalent in twelve step samples. Other studies have
found similar results in terms of treatment efficacy (White,
2008).