> besides making them feel guilty and pathetic when they relapse I don't see how a bit of time to reflect and cope in a careful environment is strictly a bad t

> besides making them feel guilty and pathetic when they relapse I don't see how a bit of time to reflect and cope in a careful environment is strictly a bad thing. You reinforce a stereotype that is not helpful to those to whom it really applies, because it implies a inevitability, which hopefully, is not actual.