Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation means to restore to a previous state or condition.
So what exactly does this mean when applied to drug or alcohol rehabilitation?
An effective
rehabilitation will address both mental and physical conditions that have been altered and worsened as a result of the addiction.
Ceasing drug or alcohol use is usually the easier of the problems relating to drug and alcohol abuse.
With correct medical and nutritional care and proper withdrawal regimens this can be gently and quickly achieved in a few days in most cases.
Rehabilitation of the individual and the body follows. Cravings, guilt, and depression are among the key factors needing addressed and resolved in order to obtain lasting
rehabilitation and a return of previous abilities, behavior levels, and personal drive. A truly effective drug
rehab can actually put a person in even better mental and physical shape than he was prior to the onset of drug or alcohol abuse. When the factors which cause the original
abuse are handled and tools for the future obtained, the need or desire for further drug or alcohol
abuse tends to fall away and not return. Narconon Arrowhead is such a program and routinely delivers such results.
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Many times someone’s personal opinions, or pet theories gets mixed up with actual
addiction facts and this is often confusing to someone trying to understand addiction.
Probably a good starting point is a solid definition of what
addiction is.
Addiction is a condition characterized by repeated compulsive seeking and using of drugs, alcohol or other similar substances despite adverse social, mental, and physical consequences.
When addiction exists, the
drug use controls the individual rather than the individual controlling the usage.
With chronic use, tolerance for methamphetamine can develop. In an effort to intensify the desired effects, users may take higher doses of the drug, take it more frequently, or change their method of drug intake. In some cases, abusers forego food and sleep while indulging in a form of binging known as a ‘un’, injecting as much as a gram of the drug every 2 to 3 hours over several days until the user runs out of the drug or is too disorganized to continue. Chronic
abuse can lead to psychotic behavior, characterized by intense paranoia, visual and auditory hallucinations, and out-of-control rages that can be coupled with extremely violent behavior.
Although there are no physical manifestations of a withdrawal syndrome when methamphetamine use is stopped, there are several symptoms that occur when a chronic user stops taking the drug. These include depression, anxiety, fatigue, paranoia, aggression, and an intense craving for the drug.
Researching and choosing the best drug
rehab is a daunting task at best.
There is long-term, short-term, traditional, non-traditional, inpatient, outpatient, etc... Understanding
rehabilitation as restoring something or someone to a previous condition helps in sorting out the various forms of drug rehab.
Narconon Arrowhead is a long-term, non-traditional drug rehab.
We specialize in creating drug free productive lives, not someone who has simply stopped drug or alcohol use for the moment.
Effective drug
rehab should involve the full and complete handling of the three factors that lay behind continued
drug use and numerous relapses. First are mental and physical cravings for drugs or alcohol. Second and third are guilt and depression resulting from the situations and circumstances of our addiction, as well as various forms of these three that led up to initial drug and alcohol use to begin with. There is more to
drug rehab than simply ceasing drug or alcohol use.
Relapse recovery comes about from a failure in the first place to handle the three main factors causing relapse.
First are cravings for drugs or alcohol (both mental and physical). One of the main causes of this is an inadequate detoxification.
Withdrawal procedures are simply the start and are by no means a complete detoxification.
Second and third are the unhandled feelings of guilt and depression resulting from harm and damage done to self and loved ones, and the sacrifices made in personal beliefs and values as a result of doing whatever is necessary to obtain and continue using drugs and/or alcohol.
When these points are fully handled the incidence of relapse drops away and one is finally able to have a lasting and happy drug free productive life.
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