nt the resumption of criminal behavior that relapse brings about.
The hard-line "either/or" definition of recovery, which requires total and continuous abstinence, has been often justified, for in traditional drug and alcohol treatment, relapse is a catastrophic event, which often leads to treatment dropout. The equating of relapse with treatment dropout applies to intensive residential treatment, which is often the treatment of choice for the most chronic addicts and alcoholics, since maintaining a clean and sober living environment is crucial to the program's success. But it also applies to outpatient treatment methods, given the difficulties faced by the chemical dependency counselor in dealing with the problems of relapse.
A further problem in mandated treatment is the clas
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