Addiction Disease: Psychological Outcomes of Stress – Outpatient Program

Noting the many aspects of life that affect those who struggle with the disease of addiction is an important part of recovery treatment.  During your eight weeks spent in the Outpatient addiction treatment program at The Right Step, you will experience supportive guidance via experienced instructors to assist you in moving forward in your life on the path toward positive change.

Stress is one of the important topics discussed in the group treatment program for recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction.  Session Eight focuses on the subject of stress in the life of the addict, ways to cope with stress and what the various sources of stress that the drug addict or alcoholic must be aware of in order to achieve continuous recovery from an addiction.

At this point in your outpatient addiction treatment program, you will be contemplating the psychological effects and outcomes of stress.  Some of these stress outcomes may include insomnia and/or nightmares, irritability and/or anxiety, hopelessness, anger towards criticism, excessive smoking and substance abuse.  All of these experiences may be a reflection of stress in the life of the individual challenged with the disease of addiction.