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“Recovery” is the central goal of addiction treatment. The notion of “recovery” says that recovering from addiction is possible, but that it is a continuous process, one that must last a lifetime. The general consensus is that it is dangerous to say that an addicted person “has recovered.” It sets him or her up for the illusion of completion while all the forces drawing him or her back to using drugs continue to lurk in the wings.
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Browne, A. (1991). Recovery in the Workplace. In: Working Dazed. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5962-1_11
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