Recovery Across the Life Cycle from Alcohol/Other Drug Problems

SUMMARY

There is a growing body of literature on addiction recovery, but the effects of age of recovery initiation on the prospects and patterns of addiction recovery remain relatively unexplored. The purpose of this article is to explore the prevalence of, and the qualitative differences in, addiction recovery across the developmental life cycle. The review will include the influence of age of recovery initiation on differences in recovery pathways, styles of recovery, developmental stages and recovery stability.

Key Words:

• Alcoholism
• addiction
• age
• life cycle
• early onset
• late onset