Originally Posted by
hello-kitty 
Relapse is part of addiction. People who are truly committed to recovery don't relapse they day they get out of rehab. I wouldn't even call it a relapse. I'd call it continuing where you left off the day you went to rehab. Some (a lot) of addicts use rehab as a p0lace to build up strength before they go out on their next binge....
Thank
you for this response, and I couldn't agree more!
I've met plenty of addicts who are 'rehab savvy', and know just enough to be dangerous and do their time in rehab, while never having the intention to stay clean.
We had one who was buried here a couple of years ago. She had been through 12 rehabs, and finally died at the age of 49. Her parents literally loved her to death, sadly enough.