Drug Effects
Three of the
drug effects in any type of
addiction that must be fully resolved for any chance of lasting recovery are cravings, guilt, and depression.
Cravings can be mental or physical and are strong, uncontrollable urges to use drugs or alcohol despite the consequences.
Depression is the source of constant and significant amounts of discomfort that prompts continued
drug use in an attempt to alleviate the depression. Guilt is the feelings resulting from dishonest deeds and harm caused to the people closest to and most important to the addict. With unresolved feelings of guilt the addict is very prone and quite likely to continue using drugs or relapse to
drug use in a misguided attempt to escape the feeling of guilt.
In what seems an endless cycles this goes on and on with the
addiction and the cravings, guilt, and depression going in a downward spiral towards death or jail.
Drug Rehab Information By State
There are several things necessary in order to affect
addiction recovery for a life time.
One of these is a drug free withdrawal and full
detoxification program.
Substitute or maintenance drugs are not a viable long term option.
Ask any heroin addict who is now using methadone in addition to heroin, or ask any meth addict who now finds themselves abusing anti-depressants on a regular basis.
Using additional drugs does not handle the barriers to continued drug use, but only adds to them. At Narconon Arrowhead most of our participants who have completed the New Life
Detoxification Program report and end to cravings, have removed all drugs and toxins from the body, and show a marked resurgence in overall sense of well-being.
Most addicts or alcoholics and confronted with multiple factors when it comes to effective drug treatments. One of the first
drug treatments is of course a safe cessation of
drug use and as gentle a withdrawal from actual use as possible.
Another one of the
drug treatments is effective
detoxification and removal of the actual drug and toxins from the body.
This alleviates and in many cases totally removes the cravings which can lead to relapse.
Some programs consider the addict ‘detoxed’ once withdrawal is accomplished.
At Narconon Arrowhead we deliver the New Life
Detoxification Program in addition to withdrawal services. This is a unique and state of the art program which actually removes stored drugs and toxins from the body. There is a definite difference between withdrawal and a full detoxification.
Drug
abuse occurs with any use of illegal substances and also occurs when
prescription drugs are taken in excess of recommended dosages or for longer than prescribed.
Addiction is the inevitable next step forward if drug
abuse is not handled.
Addiction is the compulsive seeking and use of drugs or alcohol despite adverse social, mental, and physical consequences.
At this point the abuse of drugs goes beyond just impacting the individual and is severely impacting family, loved ones, finances and careers.
When the individual moves from abuse to
addiction the
drug use controls the individual rather than the individual controlling the usage.
This may sound obvious but the time for
relapse prevention is before the relapse, not after.
Too often
relapse prevention refers to the next relapse instead of just removing relapse as an issue to begin with.
Through 40 years of experience Narconon has discovered and found workable solution to the three
causes of relapse – Cravings, guilt, and depression.
Make no mistake these are the factors leading to relapse.
At Narconon Arrowhead we have a 76% success rate among our graduates. We give the program participants the skills, tools, and abilities to prevent relapse from even getting out of the starting gate.
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