OBJETIVE: There is an estimate of 11.2% of alcohol prevalence in Brazil. The attempts of many alcoholics for abandoning the addiction result in failures and relapse. The number of relapse oscillates between 10 and 30%, designating different causes. The objective of the present research is to know the factors that favor relapses. METHODS: interviews and the questionnaires "Relapse Factors" and "Reasons for Drink" were applied, to 105 alcoholics of both sexes, with primary and typical alcoholism. RESULTS: Initially, social demographics data are presented followed by a characterization of the information gotten in the interview and each questionnaire, which are integrated and submitted in discussion. CONCLUSIONS: the main factors are: the social pressure, the interpersonal conflicts, the negative emotional states as well as the proper physiological and psychological dependence. In general way, they had presented a great amount of factors and reasons that simultaneously act favoring the relapse.
Alcoholism; relapse; relapse factors
