RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION: A STRONG WILL BUT RARE SUCCESS

Akhilesh Kumar Sahu*, Trilochan Satapathy, Rajendra Kumar, Prachita Joshi, Mahendra Kumar, Ritika Singh, Jhakeshwar Prasad and Jigyasa Latkar

ABSTRACT

Philosophers, cognitive and social psychologists and laypeople frequently subscribe to the view that self control (will power) is one of anthers approach to recovery from addiction. But there are reasons to suspect that willpower is a good deal less crucial to explaining recovery than this view shows. Methods Here we report findings from a qualitative longitudinal look at on how substance established people see their enterprise and willpower, and how their self-control develops over time. However, there regarded no correlation between having a (self-assessed) sturdy will and recovery popularity. Rather, the variety of strategies cited via contributors prominent the ones in strong recovery from folks that were now not. Participants in recovery had been additionally more obsessed with strategies than those who've now not succeeded in controlling substance use. Willpower remained critical, but became itself used strategically. Quality of lifestyles is turning into an increasing number of important final results measure in each relapse prevention research and rehabilitation counselling research. Recovery capital is a group of the people and sources believed to make contributions to long-time period recuperation from addiction. People with addiction seem now not to be quick on self-control (will power); instead, recovery is depending on growing techniques to keep strength of mind with the aid of controlling the surroundings.

Keywords: Drug Addiction; Voluntary Control; Cognitive; Smokers; Resolve.