The Relapse Cycle: What Really Happens Between Addiction and Recovery?
Breaking free from addiction is often imagined as a single decisive moment: a person stops using a substance, seeks treatment and simply moves on. But recovery is rarely that simple or that linear.
For many people, addiction is followed by periods of recovery, struggle and, sometimes, relapse. This does not necessarily mean that treatment has failed or that recovery is impossible. Instead, it raises important questions about the complex psychological, social and biological factors that can make addiction, and recovery, such a difficult journey.
This session will discuss addiction and relapse beyond stereotypes and simplistic explanations, examining the forces that can keep people caught in a difficult cycle, and the pathways that can help them break free.
About the Panelists:
- Dr. Usama Bin Zubair
(FCPS, Gold Medalist, Executive Director and Consultant Psychiatrist – Pakistan Institute of Mental Health) - Adeena Arzoo
(Clinical Psychologist, Cognitive Behavioral Therapist) - M. Hanzala Qureshi
(Assistant Psychologist — Moderator)
This session is free and open to all. Just visit the venue to attend it.
The Black Hole
Plot 5H, Street 100, G-11/3, Islamabad.
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