Many people relapse so treatment obviously does not work

Addiction treatment can not guarantee life long recovery relapse is often a part of process it is always possible and treatable. Even if a person never achieves perfect abstinence addiction treatment can reduce the number and the duration of relapse lower the incidence of related problem such as crime and poor overall health.improve the individuals ability to function in daily life and strenthen theindividual better cope with the next temptation or craving.This improvements reduce the social and economic costs of addiction.