Abstinence Strongest Strategy for Sustained Recovery

Almost all addiction starts from alcoholism. Recent studies reports that the best chance to sustain ones recovery is to completely abstain from alcohol consumption. Overall, the study found that people in recovery who were abstainers at the beginning of the study were least likely to relapse during the three years reviewed (2002-2005). Fifty-one percent of asymptomatic risk drinkers (people who did not have abuse or dependence symptoms, but who drank more than the recommended guidelines to avoid relapse) experienced a recurrence of alcohol dependence symptoms. But researchers discovered that abstaining worked best for those over 25.