Relapse Prevention for Alcohol or Drug Addiction Recovery

Relapse prevention is a critical element in recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction. Since breaking free from chronic substance abuse can trigger physical dependency symptoms, major depression, relapse and other challenges, victims and their families often look for resources to help them cope. Addictions research shows that the internet is a source to which more and more people turn.

In addition to traditional methods of conducting addictions research, a new stream of innovative internet technology provides unique insights into the specific search habits of people interested in topics such as relapse prevention. These statistics allow health professionals and researchers to track social trends and incorporate findings into treatment and relapse prevention programs.

“Relapse Prevention Plan/Workbook” and “Major Depression Relapse” Popular Phrases

Whether it's identifying the warning signs of relapse, accessing a relapse prevention workbook or tracking down group therapy options, online addiction information and support is regularly sought after. This cutting-edge addictions research shows:

• nearly 20,000 inquiries are typed into search engines each year for “relapse prevention”
• roughly 1,700 inquiries are for concrete resources, such as a “relapse prevention plan” or “relapse prevention workbook”
• other specific topics near the top of the list include “depression relapse”, “substance abuse relapse”, “alcohol relapse”, “meth relapse” and “drug relapse”

Relapse Prevention - Prevalent Search Topics - Graph 1

(Continued on Graph 3 at the bottom of this page)

Top 30 two and three word combinations

	estimated searches/year across all search engines
	0		20,000
relapse prevention	18941
addiction relapse	2831
depression relapse	2038
relapse prevention plan	1727
relapse prevention workbook	1682
drug addiction	1669
drug addiction relapse	1655
relax relapse	1552
substance abuse relapse	1344
alcohol relapse	1157
orthodontic relapse	1102
relapse prevention training	1099
signs of relapse	1011
meth relapse	895
drug relapse	865
substance abuse relapse prevention	775
alcoholism relapse	752
what is relapse	614
relapse warning signs	573
relapse triggers	563
prevent relapse	558
cocaine relapse	553
how to prevent relapse	548
relapse and ambien	529
relapse prevention education	412
relapse prevention model	390
drug and alcohol	390
relapse prevention techniques	375
relapse statistics	370
alcohol relapse prevention	369
chronic relapse	369
major depression relapse	369
relapse prevention for women	369
	0		20,000

“Drug”, “Addiction”, “Relapse”, “Prevention” Top the List

Refer to Graph 2 for a breakdown of the most common words used to locate relapse prevention information. The top four, “drug” (3,007 occurrences/year), “addiction” (3,182), “prevention” (18,944) and the most common, “relapse” (48,942), are all terms one would expect to find. The presence and frequency of others show great diversity in thought processes, as evidenced by words such as “relax” (1,558), “sex” (613), and “model” (413) within the top 27.

Relapse Prevention - Prevalent Words and Concepts Study - Graph 2

Top 100 words used in relapse prevention searches
(Top 1000 can be found at Top 100 relapse prevention exact phrases and top 1,000 concepts/words - Graph 5)

	estimated searches/year across all search engines
	0		50,000
relapse	48942
prevention	18944
addiction	3182
drug	3007
depression	2352
signs	1789
alcohol	1770
plan	1738
workbook	1689
abuse	1685
relax	1558
substance	1526
meth	1276
training	1107
orthodontic	1102
what	1019
prevent	930
triggers	846
alcoholism	775
warning	668
cocaine	633
sex	613
how	578
ambien	531
offenders	520
statistics	415
model	413
education	412
stroke	401
hepatitis	384
women	379
techniques	376
chronic	374
little	372
birdy	372
barre	370
major	369
guillain	368
bowel	368
rate	367
rates	336
dependency	299
vicodin	292
crystal	280
bipolar	279
hodgkin	273
therapy	272
symptoms	272
disorder	270
recovery	260
alcoholics	229
after	221
group	197
relapses	195
children	191
schizophrenia	191
addicts	190
information	187
effexor	187
worksheet	169
handouts	164
study	162
programs	159
alcoholic	158
when	151
wisconsin	146
free	131
treatment	125
cold	125
chance	124
areas	122
numb	122
worksheets	118
eating	115
abusers	114
40	112
summer	111
stats	111
lymphoma	103
child	88
abstinence	85
smoking	85
resources	85
year	81
chemical	78
self	76
lyrics	71
plans	70
harm	63
crack	60
diagnosis	57
drugs	55
relationships	55
percentages	55
reasons	54
dual	54
top	51
black	48
cannabis	48
ms	47
	0		50,000

Addictions Research from a Progressive Montreal Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center

Clear Haven Center, a progressive Montreal drug and alcohol rehab center, is spearheading this ground-breaking internet addictions research in an effort to effectively respond to the needs of patients and to assist fellow health professionals. The development of successful treatment plans, and relapse prevention information and resources not only improves the quality of life for recovering alcoholics, drug addicts and their families; it benefits society as a whole.

Relapse Prevention - Prevalent Search Topics, Continued - Graph 3

Top 31 - 100 two and three word combinations
(Top 30 are in Graph 1 above)

	estimated searches/year across all search engines
	40		380
bowel relapse	368
guillain barre relapse	367
little birdy relapse	367
relapse prevent	364
relapse rates	325
vicodin dependency	292
crystal meth	280
crystal meth relapse	280
stroke and relapse	228
alcohol abuse	219
alcohol abuse and relapse	219
recovery relapse	217
meth recovery relapse	209
meth recovery	209
triggers in relapse prevention	201
information on relapse prevention	186
effexor relapse	186
relapse alcohol	185
schizophrenia and relapse	184
drug relapse statistics	182
symptoms relapse alcohol	182
relapse stroke	165
meth addiction relapse	164
handouts for relapse prevention	164
addiction relapse statistics	164
meth addiction	164
relapse rate	156
alcoholic relapse	149
relapse programs in wisconsin	146
meth recovery relapse rates	128
bipolar relapse	122
relapse cold numb areas	122
relapse prevention worksheets	118
40 below summer relapse	111
free relapse prevention worksheets	110
relapse prevention worksheet	95
relapse prevention alcohol	91
relapse of lymphoma	85
eating disorder relapse	82
relapse prevention addiction	81
sex addiction	76
relapse addiction	74
smoking and relapse	74
chemical addiction	73
eating disorder relapse treatment	73
signs of alcoholic relapse	73
signs of alcoholic	73
relapse in substance abusers	73
triggers relapse addiction	73
relapses in sex addiction	73
abstinence and relapse prevention	73
worksheet relapse prevention addiction	73
relapse prevention plans	68
self harm relapse	61
addiction relapse percentages	55
warning signs for relapse	55
what is relapse stroke	55
meth relapse stats	55
alcoholic relapse rate	55
relapse and relationships	55
depression relapse symptoms	55
meth recovery relapse stats	55
depression relapse signs	55
crack cocaine	53
cannabis relapse	48
cocaine therapy	46
crack cocaine therapy relapse	46
relapse after bmt	42
alcohol and drug	41
drugs alcohol	41
	40		380

Addictions Research from a Progressive Montreal Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center

Clear Haven Center, a progressive Montreal drug and alcohol rehab center, is spearheading this ground-breaking internet addictions research in an effort to effectively respond to the needs of patients and to assist fellow health professionals. The development of successful treatment plans, and relapse prevention information and resources not only improves the quality of life for recovering alcoholics, drug addicts and their families; it benefits society as a whole.
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