>> In the field of drug and alcohol counseling, there is a very high relapse rate.
Meaning, we try to keep people clean, free of alcohol and other drugs.
We try to get them to a place where they're not using at all.
But in a large number of circumstances, they do go back.
Maybe they go back multiple times.
And that can be very challenging as a clinician.
You have to have a lot of fortitude.
You have to have a lot of faith and belief, realizing that most
of the control is not in your hands.
That you can do your best as a counselor, but the individual might still relapse.
And that's the tough part.