Like heroin, methodone is addictive. Mentally Ill Chemical Abuser. MICA refers to programs for those who are dually diagnosed. The change of attitudes and behaviors that brings about a life free of chemicals. Recovery is in terms of a process not a single event.
Recovery embraces the idea that one lives life positively one day at a time.
To repeat the addictive behavior for which an individual has received treatment. The 12 Steps are the philosophical basis of Alcoholics Anonymous and all Anonymous self-help groups. They are the means by which one can get into recovery and achieve a sober life. The first step is to acknowledge one's powerlessness over the substance and that one's life has become unmanageable. The symptoms experienced by substance abusers when they stop using the drug upon which they have become dependent.