Deep inside a medial temporal lobe is a region inside the brain known as a limbic system which includes the hippocampus the amygdala the cingulate gyrus the thalamus the hypothalamus also the epithalamus but showing the mammillary body and other organs of many which are particular relevance of a processing of memory Hope This Helps?
I believe the term you are looking for is as simple as Flexibility.
I would think all of the above but honestly, they would first have to WANT to stop themselves and not be pushed by other people like on Intervention where you see that they go back to drugs or alcohol, it's because they were pushed and didn't do it when they were ready, sometimes, that time comes too late or not at all.
