Many factors contribute to achieving long-term sobriety. The following factors are associated with better abstinence rates following detoxification, but do not in of themselves, guarantee abstinence:

• Good overall physical health
• Little or no history of major psychiatric illness, or history of severe personality disorders
• Absence of other substance use such as alcohol, marijuana, hashish, cocaine, crack, sedatives, hypnotics, anxiolytics, hallucinogens, or Club Drugs (e.g., Ecstasy, GHB, Rohypnol, ketamine or methamphetamine)
• Strong social supports such as a spouse, partner, children, siblings, relatives and close friends
• Spouse or partner that is substance free
• Steady employment
• Education
• Financially stable
• No criminal history or minimal criminal history
• Recent history of substance dependence
• Willingness to participate in an aftercare treatment facility or program
• Motivation and commitment to a substance-free lifestyle
• No history of significant chronic pain