“Today addiction treatment is virtually all short-term while the disease of addiction is a life-long threat. The risk of relapse remains even after years of stable recovery. Recovery can be thought of as a “remission” of the symptoms of the disease of addiction, not its elimination.”
American Society of Addiction Medicine Seizing the Moment to Improve Addiction Treatment by Robert L. DuPont, MD, FASAM (August 5, 2016)