Complete abstinence is quite reliant on a secure environment, either a secure 24hr hospitalised situation or loving family. If the person doesn’t have a good support network especially if leaving a detox institution then their maybe concern about the environment, a person who has a family who loves and cares for them, a nice environment to go back to, and some cases a family with plenty of money to help provide some kind of alternative interest, a job, a hobby or diversion, body building, job etc. An individual who has no family, an unhealthy environment to live in, no support network, no money, may struggle. Complete abstinence depends on the persons will to succeed, with the help of medical professionals. The substitution with alternative
