Drug Addiction and Alcoholism: Secondary Drug Use

Individuals with a drug addiction or alcohol addiction may choose to attend the eight-week Outpatient Treatment Program at The Right Step. When participating in your recovery through this addiction treatment program, you will be guided through a series of educational sessions to help you to better understand the many details involved in the disease of addiction and to learn practical ways to combat the natural tendency of an addict or alcoholic toward addiction relapse.

At this point in your group treatment program, you will have been discussing the topic of secondary drug use as it pertains to addiction recovery. There are many reasons why people may consider using secondary drugs and many medical reasons why this can be a dangerous choice for the recovering addict or alcoholic.

Pharmacological Coping Method

You will learn that using secondary drugs or using alcohol to cope with problems or life stresses will interfere with learning new coping behaviors, which are necessary to ensure a long-term positive addiction recovery prognosis.

12-Step Philosophy Conflict

If a patient in recovery uses secondary drugs or alcohol, it is unlikely that they will attend, or continue to attend, 12-Step groups that are vital to the recovery process because 12-Step groups encourage abstinence from all substances of abuse, rather than just from one specific type of drug or drink.

Abstinence Violation Effect

You will also learn more about the abstinence violation effect, which works something like this, “I had a drink and I blew my recovery, so I smoked a joint and then I used some cocaine.”

These and other reasons presented to you during your addiction treatment will assist you in better understand the dangers involved in secondary drug use.

Locations for Addiction Treatment

Residents of Texas and New Mexico cities including Snyder TX, Lubbock TX, Alvin TX, Aransas Pass TX, Baytown TX and Brazosport TX often receive treatment for an addiction to alcohol or drugs through the Intensive Outpatient Programs at one of 20 convenient Right Step locations.

Outpatient Alcohol Treatment and Outpatient Drug Treatment programs are offered in Baytown TX, Austin TX, Beaumont TX, Conroe TX, Dallas TX, Euless TX, Plano TX, Houston TX, Clear Lake TX, Ft. Bend TX, Pasadena TX, The Woodlands TX, San Antonio TX, Wimberley TX, Albuquerque NM.

Residential Treatment centers in DFW, Houston and Austin are also provided for recovery from addiction disease, attracting individuals from Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arizona and other areas of the United States to participate in recovery programs at The Right Step.

Drug Treatment and Alcohol Treatment Resources:

Roadmap for Recovery: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment

Drug and Alcohol Addiction: Stages of Recovery

Affordable Outpatient Addiction Treatment

Addiction Treatment: Initial Treatment Sessions

Roadmap To Recovery: Biology of Addiction: Structure in Recovery

Roadmap To Recovery: Beneficial Activities in Addiction Recovery

Addiction Recovery: Dealing with Scheduling

Withdrawal from Drug and Alcohol Addiction: Roadmap to Recovery

Addiction Recovery During Early Abstinence from Drugs and Alcohol

Roadmap for Addiction Recovery: Addiction Relapse

Substance Abuse Associations: Addiction Triggers