Substance Abuse Rehab
A substance
abuse rehab should probably be more correctly labeled a Substance(s)
abuse rehab. The individual has what is called his drug of choice or primary addiction.
Rarely in this day and age does someone come for
addiction treatment without having several substances needing to be addressed. Alcohol abuse is quite commonly mixed with other drugs of abuse such as heroin, cocaine, or meth, to mention only a few.
Prescription
drug abuse is beginning to take on epidemic proportions in the country and throughout the world. Painkillers, anti-depressants, and anti-psychotics are showing up more and more as drugs abused along with street drugs, but are also showing a major increase as being the drug of choice or primary addiction.
These substances can build up tolerance in the system quickly and many have life threatening side effects.
Multiple
drug abuse rehabilitation has become the order of the day.
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With most drugs there are short term effect, long term effects and
addiction side effects which would actually be long term effects resulting from abusive use of
illegal drugs and
addiction to
prescription drugs that can occur even at what is commonly considered ‘safe’ levels. Anti-depressants are a case in point.
Many of these legal medications have serious side effects including increased violent behavior as well as suicidal ideation when taken at prescribed levels, especially in youth.
Add in the fact that many of these drugs are taken at abusive non-prescribed levels as well as mixed with other
prescription drugs and illegal street drugs. With the current trends in
abuse and addiction inpatient medically supervised withdrawal is vital in most cases of addiction treatment.
Illegal drugs are those drugs which have no approved medical use.
These are the drugs one usually thinks of when he thinks of drug
abuse or drug addiction.
These drugs certainly are creating widespread
abuse and addiction; however,
prescription drugs such as painkillers, anti-depressants, and anti-psychotics are increasingly showing up as drugs of abuse and addiction.
They are appearing as the primary drugs of use as well as more and more often showing up as additional drugs of abuse in
addiction treatment facilities.
The debilitating effects of these
illegal drugs and
prescription drugs can be life threatening and even fatal. Narconon Arrowhead specializes in a drug free approach to creating drug free lives.
Addiction is handled fully at all levels and with all substances. Our 76% success rate speaks for itself.
When considering any form of alcohol
treatment the following elements of
treatment should be looked for in order to insure maximum chance for lasting success without constant reversion or relapse. 1.
A safe, gentle cessation and withdrawal from alcohol use. (Medically supervised as needed)
2.
A full
detoxification of the body to remove metabolites of alcohol or other drugs and toxins from the body.
The Narconon New Life
Detoxification Program achieves this and many report an end to cravings following this action. 3. Life skill training segments to enable the individual to confront and be freed from feelings of guilt and depression that accompany the
alcoholic lifestyle and are very often factors leading up to
alcoholism to begin with. 4. The ability to face the present and effectively plan for tomorrow, including repairing what damage one can. When one is feeling better (physically and mentally) and performing better in life without alcohol than with it, then they will cease to require or crave or need alcohol and have a realistic shot at a happy and productive life and future.
The term ‘Alcoholic’ is simply the name given to someone addicted to alcohol.
Addiction is a condition characterized by repeated and compulsive seeking and use of drugs, alcohol, or other substances despite adverse social, mental, and physical consequences.
All the various formulas regarding how many drinks, how often, are meaningless when reviewed against the above definition.
The compulsive seeking and use could be by the minute, hour, day, etc.
The key is compulsive seeking and use, despite what it does to self, family, or career. It is not that the
alcoholic doesn’t care; it is that the use has become compulsive and the cravings, guilt, and depression keep him or her drinking.
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