Sober living

This model was developed in 1977 by James Prochaska and Carlo DiClemente. It lays out a multi-step plan to change general human behavior and has been applied to fields of substance abuse, alcohol addiction, weight loss, and general lifestyle habits. Alcohol treatment and recovery is a lifelong process that requires …

In such instances, the individual’s feeling of confidence may be better grounded in real experience; i.e., their ability to maintain abstinence for a longer time before the lapse event. In contrast, high self-efficacy following a very short period of abstinence may be less realistic and more brittle in the face …