Relapse prevention plan
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Relapse prevention plan
Client: XXXX
Age: XXXXX Family situation
The client under discussion has a weak family support system. The reason why the client’s nuclear family has had it rough is because he is an alcohol addict and has AUD (Alcohol Abuse Disorder). The addiction prevents him from attending to his routine household responsibilities. For instance, when he is drunk, his wife never sleeps on their matrimonial bed. Abuse of alcohol negatively impacts in the religious devotion of an individual (Hedblom, 2007). The client is not in perfect terms with his mother because by being an alcoholic, he is finding it difficult to adhere to his religion, which his mother embraces. His mother has the belief that religion can play a great role in getting rid of the alcohol abuse status. Additionally, the client with his siblings interacts rarely, and that is also attributed to his alcoholism. Agreement to stop using alcohol
Besides agreeing to make an appointment with the primary care provider, the client also agrees to attend individual counseling sessions for one hour per day twice a week on every Tuesday and Wednesday. The counseling session will entail the discussion and relationship between alcohol denial and spirituality and the relationship will be connected to alcohol abuse. In the discussion, the counselor will also focus on the after effects of alcoholism to health like liver and heart diseases (A.D.A.M et al., 2013). Crime and physical injury to oneself are other effects of abusing alcohol, and the discussion will belabor on them too. Naltrexone (25 mg) is a drug used to minimize cravings for alcohol, and the client agrees to use it (NCBI, n.d). Moreover, the client nodes to attending AA (Alcohol Anonymous) meetings at least three times every week and choose a sponsor before three weeks elapses. Plan to get help if he relapses * Seek encouragement by attending AA meetings where he will share his experience with others and listen to the experiences of others regarding alcoholism. * Call a close sober ally or family to share thoughts. * Make contact with the local treatment center, schedule therapy sessions and discuss the classes. High risk situations that could trigger a relapse
An alcoholism relapse can be initiated by various factors that are insomnia, meeting allies who are not sober during sporting events, going to bars and taverns, drinking alcohol with friends mostly on Fridays after work, an experience of mood swings or depression (O’Farrel and Fals-Stewart, 2006). Concerning the client, it is mainly due to the isolation from family, siblings wife, daughter and his mother who forms the social environment and being bored and isolated at home on weekends. High risk behaviors/ irritational thoughts that could trigger a relapse Certain behaviors and emotions may compel an individual to relapse back to alcoholism. These emotions and behaviors include: * The belief that without taking alcohol, one can suffocate or even die. * The belief that alcohol boosts the ability to be social and interactive with others. * Believing that by drinking alcohol, one gets relieved from insomnia. * Having the belief that alcohol helps an individual to relax. * The generalization that most people, if not all drink and drive and that being caught on the DUI is barely a personal fault but a common thing. * The fear of being ashamed when the sober friends and family realizes that the individual is an alcoholic. * Confiding in family history and using it as an excuse that it is normal and historic when one drinks large amounts of alcohol. Coping skills to help the client remain sober and new activities to engage in * Ensuring a sober state by socializing with sober friends and peers that will aid in reducing or eliminating instances of relapse. * Keeping a daily journal * Making a card in wallet that has a list of the high-risk triggers that relate to a drinking environment, relapse and craving. * Setting two days in a week for attending counseling. * In order to enhance communication with family, rebuild a relationship and minimize stress, the individual ought to engage in sober sports, relaxation, and excise (Hales, 2013). * Use Fridays and weekends to attend AA meetings since they are the days one is likely to drink much. How the client’s family and ethnic culture would be involved in the relapse plan
The client’s culture and family should develop policies that are intended to stop drinking alcohol during holidays and family activities. The family will be provided with education and resources to assist them to learn behaviors and disorders that are caused by alcohol abuse. By forcing the client to accept her beliefs, his mother elicits distress, and that may lead to a relapse. Thus, the mother should allow the client to have discussions with the counselor by first respecting his positions about religion. His wife should support him in the recovery process by celebrating and enjoying the moments they are together. For at least once in a week, the wife and daughter will be required to attend Al-Anon meetings. It is a self-help group concerned with critical social issues that comprise of various families. By generating a regular and organized household duties to be executed by every individual in the family like coming up with a specific day for cleaning may be used to involve the client actively. Through the creation of an environment that understands the need of the client to maintain a sobriety status and prevent a relapse, the client is most likely to comply. Such an environment avails resources and support, and also boosts the relationship of the client with family; thereby, providing support for reducing the probability of relapse (O’Farrell and Fals-Stewart, 2006). Available resources that can be used to help the client in preventing a relapse * Online support meetings, voluntary activities, and service work in the local community and within AA. * AA meetings that are not online based. * Social meetings like birthday meetings * Activities like sporting, hiking and walking with sober individuals and camping. Sobriety card The client can develop a sobriety card to aid in calling or sending messages to the counselor so as to communicate progress and also arrange meetings with the sponsor. The card should have the following details. Sponsor Name: XXXXX Contact: XXXXXX Counselor Name: XXXXX Contact: XXXXXX AA Hotline number: XXXXXX NAMI-National Alliance of Mental Illness Contact: XXXXX

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