Originally Posted by
FireSprite 
When you look at the big picture, getting sober can be considerably harder than staying sober for many, many addicts so without the desire to be sober, they have difficulty maintaining sobriety.
Correction: I meant to say that getting sober can sometimes be
easier than STAYING sober, especially once someone has gone from an inpatient treatment center to being essentially "on their own".
Without the
internal desire to
stay sober, every day is an enormous challenge to face.