Medication and behavioral therapy, alone or in combination, are aspects of an overall therapeutic process that often begins with detoxification, followed by treatment and relapse prevention.

药物及行为治疗，不论是单独进行还是结合起来进行，都是整体治疗过程的方面，往往都要从脱毒开始，接下来是治疗和预防复发。

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The process begins with a six-month detoxification at a former army barracks at Ossendrecht, near the Belgian border.

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Most addiction experts acknowledge that relapse is quite common at some point within two years of a first treatment, with some relapses severe enough to require re-detoxification.

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Like those dealing with serious addiction, one can take a path to detoxification which would rid the body of its ills at the price of a horrible physical experience, or one can keep feeding an addiction, perhaps in moderately reduced doses, in order to avert the pain.

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