Sometimes a person with a drug problem will be the very last one to deal with it. They will reject the idea that they need help. They think that, “I can handle it.” They will say, “I’m strong, I don’t need drug rehab, rehab is for weaklings.” Another one is, “I can quit anytime I want to. I don’t have a problem.”
Do any of these types of replies from someone you know to be an addict sound familiar? Very often the loved ones around the addict are prepared to dhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifo whatever it will require to get the person the help he or she needs to get them into drug rehab. The addict is the one to refuse it for any number of reasons, but the truth is they don’t want to fhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giface up to the fact that there is a problem.
At times cost will be a stopping point for family members to get the drug addict into rehab but very often they will understand that the money wasted on the addiction and the hardships caused by the drug addict have already far outweighed the price of drug rehab. They will in reality be saving money by sending them to a rehab that has proven to be successful. And money aside they will also be salvaging a life of someone very dear to them.
So, the dilemma is much more often the drug user himself. They will assert there is no problem, as mentioned in the first paragraph, despite having trouble at their job, losing friends, alienating most everyone who cares about them and any number of similar situations. A very effective tool in handling a situation like this is to get the person to recall the very last time they can remember when they were truly happy. If you are able to get them to start looking they will inevitably find a time prior to having taken drugs.
When they themselves can see this fact is when they will finally be able to admit that they have a problem. No amount of you telling them there is a situation that requires handling will persuade them that it is anything to handle. They will tell you that you have a problem, not them.
Of course, you won’t be able to get them to take a look at this problem if you confront them with an antagonistic tone. The secret will be to talk to them sensibly despite all reasons that would keep that from happening.
If you are in a position to get them to look, that method will be invaluable in getting them to want to handle their drug abuse. Lacking their willingness it will never be done.
Showing posts with label drug rehabilitation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drug rehabilitation. Show all posts
Friday, May 13, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
The Drug Addict and Trying to Learn
Along with all of the other damaging symptoms from drug abuse, drugs also obstruct learning. This doesn’t just mean in education but in learning things during everyday living as well. This is not just an belief but an empirical fact. Learning rate – the length of time it takes a person to learn something – has been proven to be slower in drug users that in others. Actual tests show that learning rate of a person who has been on drugs is much slower than that of a person who has not.
Drugs, then, would prohibit a person from being educated. Now let’s weigh this against the fact that drug usage amongst students is not only accepted, but some drugs are even utilized in some schools – one example is psychiatrists by way of educators pushing drugs, such as Ritalin to control “hyperactivity”. The problem is when they want to label many typically active kids as hyperactive. Those drugs have created many drug addicts and ruined many lives.
When drugs are impeding learning, discipline would also be nonfunctional. When a person is on drugs his responsibility is low and this takes out fear of consequences for any of his actions. The answer, one might think, is discipline. But discipline is enforced learning. If efforts to simply teach the value of ethics fail in the face of impeded learning, attempts to teach by discipline and justice actions –enforced learning – fail even harder. The person who can’t learn and who is often exposed to attempts to impose learning by disciplinary action simply becomes a criminal.
When you have a society that can’t learn that was exposed to attempted enforced learning , in the end, would become criminal.
That is what we are getting nearer and nearer to because of the continuous increase in drug use, of both illegal and prescription drugs.
An successful detox program is the only way to turn around this downward spiral for a person. For a drug addict very often drug rehab is the only answer. But that drug rehab HAS TO include a thorough detox program. To not do so, even if the person never goes back to drugs is just like leaving him crippled by his previous druhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifg usage. The detox that works in unison withttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifh the rest of the rehab is the most effective way to give a drug user a clean start in life. It really is the very best chance he has.
(To find a drug rehab that includes an effective detox visit http://getcured.org or call 888-774-2345.)
Drugs, then, would prohibit a person from being educated. Now let’s weigh this against the fact that drug usage amongst students is not only accepted, but some drugs are even utilized in some schools – one example is psychiatrists by way of educators pushing drugs, such as Ritalin to control “hyperactivity”. The problem is when they want to label many typically active kids as hyperactive. Those drugs have created many drug addicts and ruined many lives.
When drugs are impeding learning, discipline would also be nonfunctional. When a person is on drugs his responsibility is low and this takes out fear of consequences for any of his actions. The answer, one might think, is discipline. But discipline is enforced learning. If efforts to simply teach the value of ethics fail in the face of impeded learning, attempts to teach by discipline and justice actions –enforced learning – fail even harder. The person who can’t learn and who is often exposed to attempts to impose learning by disciplinary action simply becomes a criminal.
When you have a society that can’t learn that was exposed to attempted enforced learning , in the end, would become criminal.
That is what we are getting nearer and nearer to because of the continuous increase in drug use, of both illegal and prescription drugs.
An successful detox program is the only way to turn around this downward spiral for a person. For a drug addict very often drug rehab is the only answer. But that drug rehab HAS TO include a thorough detox program. To not do so, even if the person never goes back to drugs is just like leaving him crippled by his previous druhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifg usage. The detox that works in unison withttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifh the rest of the rehab is the most effective way to give a drug user a clean start in life. It really is the very best chance he has.
(To find a drug rehab that includes an effective detox visit http://getcured.org or call 888-774-2345.)
Monday, April 25, 2011
How a Drug Addict Becomes One
Drug abuse is often started when the abuser is working off the idea that “if you are numb nothing can hurt you.” It is way more common than one might think.
A person can get started taking drugs because of a physical or an emotional pain. When their pain is intense is feels good to have it shut off. But then as time passes they are shutting off not only the pain or emotion that they initially were trying to deal with but all other emotions and feelings as well. Drugs aren't exact in what they shut down. They shut it all down.
For example, let‘s examine someone who’s had a car accident and started taking pain pills because he had a lot of pain. It felt good to initially relieve the pain by shutting it down with drugs. Then, he may just carry on this practice because he did not want any pain to return, maybe he was recovering slowly, to the point where he became reliant on the drug. You see, when you stop taking a drug the “numbness” created by the drug wears off and the pain turns on a little harder. Then the person takes more of the drug for a while and stops again. Again, the pain activates and a vicious cycle has begun and together with it drug abuse and drug addiction.
The same thing can occur with emotions. People at times get started on drugs because they are bored. For a while the drug masks the boredom by producing an artificial high. But then when they come down from the drug the boredom is worse than ever and again we have the process of abuse started.
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Drugs to cope with depression have the same outcome. The drugs take the edge off the depression by numbing it. Because it’s a difference it feels good for the moment. But as the drug use continues they start to feel nothing because, again, the drug is not selective, it numbs everything. At some point, the drug addict gets so numb they would almost welcome the depression back, just so they can feel something.
Drugs are never the solution. They only mask symptoms. Also, no one ever starts out thinking “I think I’ll become a drug addict.” They use drugs to handle a problem and then it can very quickly get out of their control.http://www.blohttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifgger.com/img/blank.gif
When that happens drug rehab is often the only answer. But not all drug rehabs are the same. Do your homework and go with one that has a proven track record, not one that will lead to further drug abuse or just wastes your time and money.
(To find an effective center near you visit http://getcured.org or call 888-774-2345.)
A person can get started taking drugs because of a physical or an emotional pain. When their pain is intense is feels good to have it shut off. But then as time passes they are shutting off not only the pain or emotion that they initially were trying to deal with but all other emotions and feelings as well. Drugs aren't exact in what they shut down. They shut it all down.
For example, let‘s examine someone who’s had a car accident and started taking pain pills because he had a lot of pain. It felt good to initially relieve the pain by shutting it down with drugs. Then, he may just carry on this practice because he did not want any pain to return, maybe he was recovering slowly, to the point where he became reliant on the drug. You see, when you stop taking a drug the “numbness” created by the drug wears off and the pain turns on a little harder. Then the person takes more of the drug for a while and stops again. Again, the pain activates and a vicious cycle has begun and together with it drug abuse and drug addiction.
The same thing can occur with emotions. People at times get started on drugs because they are bored. For a while the drug masks the boredom by producing an artificial high. But then when they come down from the drug the boredom is worse than ever and again we have the process of abuse started.
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Drugs to cope with depression have the same outcome. The drugs take the edge off the depression by numbing it. Because it’s a difference it feels good for the moment. But as the drug use continues they start to feel nothing because, again, the drug is not selective, it numbs everything. At some point, the drug addict gets so numb they would almost welcome the depression back, just so they can feel something.
Drugs are never the solution. They only mask symptoms. Also, no one ever starts out thinking “I think I’ll become a drug addict.” They use drugs to handle a problem and then it can very quickly get out of their control.http://www.blohttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifgger.com/img/blank.gif
When that happens drug rehab is often the only answer. But not all drug rehabs are the same. Do your homework and go with one that has a proven track record, not one that will lead to further drug abuse or just wastes your time and money.
(To find an effective center near you visit http://getcured.org or call 888-774-2345.)
Thursday, April 21, 2011
A Parental Success from Drug Rehab
Here is a typical success story from a woman whose son completed the drug rehab that we recommend on this web site:
Dear All,
I remember during the desperate nightmare of addiction that had become my son's life, reading the comforting and uplifting words of a parent whose child had found help here, and daring to have hope. My son's path of addiction since thehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif age of thirteen had taken us down many dark and desperate alleyways, (emergency rooms, jails, etc.), that I never imagined facing with my child.
His situation had become life threatening, and seriously depleting to us all. His sister had found a new program that claimed to be different than the traditional 12-step programs he had struggled with. He had been to several detox, rehab and recovery programs with no lasting success. Instinctively I knew that none of these programs had addressed the core issues that were the genesis of our son's addiction, and had been the continuation of some serious family history.
I had not seen Ben in quite a while because he would disappear when things got bad, either in shame or just out of compassion for the family. His sister had spoken to him on the phone and he agreed to go to this particular rehab treatment, but had passed out before he could tell us where he was. After I finally located him through friends, I had to break into the deck of the house where he was staying. It took me nearly 20 minutes to wake him. He was gaunt, grey and severely underweight. I took him directly to a hotel room close to the airport to keep him as close as possible, fearing he may change his mind and bolt. It was the longest most heinous night of my life. He was in an extreme state of addiction - shaking and violently hiccupping as he rambled on endlessly and without filters about his life on the streets and his personal hell. With the help of the staff, by phone we managed to make it through that sleepless night and stick it out till morning.
I prayed silently to myself all night that this drug rehab would be the answer and that he would no longer have to suffer this senseless, painful tragedy. We made one last stop on the way to the airport, and as he looked through his bag for something, a crack pipe fell to the ground. I sobbed silently as we went through the rest of the bag and drove on to the airport. There was another narrow escape when the Air Marshal was called to the ticket counter out of concern for Ben's condition. We could not afford to send someone with him and he courageously convinced the Marshal that he had to get on that flight and get to rehab or he would die. I believe that is exactly what would have happened.
Ben's continued courage and determination got him through the program. During his first trip back home, he walked me through all the stages of his hard work describing the difficult, yet cleansing confrontation that brought him back to himself. The work was intense and I am not sure I would have the courage to face the things he has faced.
They helped Ben to save himself.
My son celebrated his 26th birthday this year just days after his one-year anniversary of being alcohol and substance free. It is the first time in over a decade that I remember us actually celebrating his birthday - free of fear, apprehension and worry. He is in a functional and fulfilling relationship with a wonderful partner. There are no words to express the joy and gratitude I have for this opportunity to get to know my beautiful adult son, and how thankful I am that through his hard work, dedication and the gift of the staff here, he is returned to us and to the fullness of life.
Thank you!
Pam B.
(Visit http://getcured.org or call 888-774-2345)
Dear All,
I remember during the desperate nightmare of addiction that had become my son's life, reading the comforting and uplifting words of a parent whose child had found help here, and daring to have hope. My son's path of addiction since thehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif age of thirteen had taken us down many dark and desperate alleyways, (emergency rooms, jails, etc.), that I never imagined facing with my child.
His situation had become life threatening, and seriously depleting to us all. His sister had found a new program that claimed to be different than the traditional 12-step programs he had struggled with. He had been to several detox, rehab and recovery programs with no lasting success. Instinctively I knew that none of these programs had addressed the core issues that were the genesis of our son's addiction, and had been the continuation of some serious family history.
I had not seen Ben in quite a while because he would disappear when things got bad, either in shame or just out of compassion for the family. His sister had spoken to him on the phone and he agreed to go to this particular rehab treatment, but had passed out before he could tell us where he was. After I finally located him through friends, I had to break into the deck of the house where he was staying. It took me nearly 20 minutes to wake him. He was gaunt, grey and severely underweight. I took him directly to a hotel room close to the airport to keep him as close as possible, fearing he may change his mind and bolt. It was the longest most heinous night of my life. He was in an extreme state of addiction - shaking and violently hiccupping as he rambled on endlessly and without filters about his life on the streets and his personal hell. With the help of the staff, by phone we managed to make it through that sleepless night and stick it out till morning.
I prayed silently to myself all night that this drug rehab would be the answer and that he would no longer have to suffer this senseless, painful tragedy. We made one last stop on the way to the airport, and as he looked through his bag for something, a crack pipe fell to the ground. I sobbed silently as we went through the rest of the bag and drove on to the airport. There was another narrow escape when the Air Marshal was called to the ticket counter out of concern for Ben's condition. We could not afford to send someone with him and he courageously convinced the Marshal that he had to get on that flight and get to rehab or he would die. I believe that is exactly what would have happened.
Ben's continued courage and determination got him through the program. During his first trip back home, he walked me through all the stages of his hard work describing the difficult, yet cleansing confrontation that brought him back to himself. The work was intense and I am not sure I would have the courage to face the things he has faced.
They helped Ben to save himself.
My son celebrated his 26th birthday this year just days after his one-year anniversary of being alcohol and substance free. It is the first time in over a decade that I remember us actually celebrating his birthday - free of fear, apprehension and worry. He is in a functional and fulfilling relationship with a wonderful partner. There are no words to express the joy and gratitude I have for this opportunity to get to know my beautiful adult son, and how thankful I am that through his hard work, dedication and the gift of the staff here, he is returned to us and to the fullness of life.
Thank you!
Pam B.
(Visit http://getcured.org or call 888-774-2345)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
What the Drug Addict is Thinking
A drug addict will go through their own personal hell. When someone tells them they need help they will normally deny it and even claim they don’t have a problem. If it was possible to read their minds you would understand they don’t truthfully feel that way.
The addict is aware he has a problem, but very often to admit that to someone else would be like admitting he was wrong. For a lot of people, not just addicts, admitting you were wrong is tantamount to saying you are dead.
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Usually a drug addict has been declaring his “rightness” for so long about not needing help, or not having a issue that every time you attempt to convince him he should get help it is another nail in his coffin of having to be right concerning his condition.
The addict experiences intense emotional and physical stress. His senses are numbed, he can’t think, and he is desperate for help but he thinks if he asks for it, it would be a sign of weakness. This is not logical thinking that I’m talking about here, this is the irrationality of the mind of a drug addict.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
He is extremely confused about almost everything. He has shut down emotionally and physically, the drugs have guaranteed that. He is not facing the way things are. He is hoping he can just keep the status quo because he's not able to confront his life to make improvements. The problem with that kind of thinking is it is completely unworkable. In this world factors either get better or they get worse. Nothing remains the same for any length of time. In the situation with a drug addict they are not likely to get better until he makes changes in his perspective, so, regrettably things are going to get worse.
At this stage there's the inevitability of either change your life for thttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhe better or die an early death, either by drug overdose, car accident or any other infinite possible causes of death. The addict deep down would love to change and this is where a good, effective drug rehab facility can save his or her life. To get them there takes a friend or family member who loves him enough to get him to face up to the situation no matter what it takes. At times it just requires a very good communication cycle where the addict genuinely understands that you care. http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifOther times it takes “tough love”. But whatever it takes it must be done.
(To find out about a workable drug rehab program visit getcured.org or call 888-774-2345.)
The addict is aware he has a problem, but very often to admit that to someone else would be like admitting he was wrong. For a lot of people, not just addicts, admitting you were wrong is tantamount to saying you are dead.
http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
Usually a drug addict has been declaring his “rightness” for so long about not needing help, or not having a issue that every time you attempt to convince him he should get help it is another nail in his coffin of having to be right concerning his condition.
The addict experiences intense emotional and physical stress. His senses are numbed, he can’t think, and he is desperate for help but he thinks if he asks for it, it would be a sign of weakness. This is not logical thinking that I’m talking about here, this is the irrationality of the mind of a drug addict.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
He is extremely confused about almost everything. He has shut down emotionally and physically, the drugs have guaranteed that. He is not facing the way things are. He is hoping he can just keep the status quo because he's not able to confront his life to make improvements. The problem with that kind of thinking is it is completely unworkable. In this world factors either get better or they get worse. Nothing remains the same for any length of time. In the situation with a drug addict they are not likely to get better until he makes changes in his perspective, so, regrettably things are going to get worse.
At this stage there's the inevitability of either change your life for thttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhe better or die an early death, either by drug overdose, car accident or any other infinite possible causes of death. The addict deep down would love to change and this is where a good, effective drug rehab facility
(To find out about a workable drug rehab program visit getcured.org or call 888-774-2345.)
Monday, April 11, 2011
Creativity and More are Destroyed by Drugs
When a person takes drugs or alcohol they often feel like they are stronger, more creative, smarter, funnier, etc. Anybody who is observing someone in this condition can easily see that those facts could not be further from the truth. The reality is that a person who is high is more weak and clumsy, less able to create, stupid, and the only thing that might be funny is the unintended absurdities the person comes up with.
In life, there are a series of emotions that a person will go through, for instance: cheerfulness, interest, boredom, anger, fear, grief, and apathy to identify a few. Let’s say a person is bored and they smoke pot. This causes the nervous system to go dull and “lifts” the person into a an artificial cheerfulness. It’s fake because what happens when the drug wears off? He feels awful and doesn’t care about anything. He feels much more badly than he did with the original boredom. When he does come back up the scale he can feel a little lower than before he took the drug.
The more of the drug or alcohol the person takes the lower and lower the person descends on the emotional scale we described above. They become much less cheerful and far less creative than before. It is a complete myth that an artist will perform better when they are high. Drugs destroy more artists and entertainers careers than most anyone can imagine.
When a former drug addict who was in the creative arts of some kind gets clean they will inform you one for one that drugs wrecked their careers, not aided them.
When a addict goes through a proper drug rehab that includes a detox and education so they don’t just get cleaned up andhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif then return to their drug later, they will give horror stories about drugs that are normally not heard or believed by someone unless they’ve gone through it themselves because the reality is so gruesome.
The cold, hard facts are that drugs ruin lives. People get entrapped into them if there is some kind of physical or emotional difficulty that they don’t want to confront, even if it is just boredom. Once they are stuck in the trap it is always much harder to escape than it was to get into it initially.
The happy news is that drug treatment can work if one connects with the rihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifght program. They are not all good so one has to be discerning, but if armed with the correct data effective rehab from drugs is possible.
(For an very good source for drug rehab visit getcured.org or call 888-774-2345)
In life, there are a series of emotions that a person will go through, for instance: cheerfulness, interest, boredom, anger, fear, grief, and apathy to identify a few. Let’s say a person is bored and they smoke pot. This causes the nervous system to go dull and “lifts” the person into a an artificial cheerfulness. It’s fake because what happens when the drug wears off? He feels awful and doesn’t care about anything. He feels much more badly than he did with the original boredom. When he does come back up the scale he can feel a little lower than before he took the drug.
The more of the drug or alcohol the person takes the lower and lower the person descends on the emotional scale we described above. They become much less cheerful and far less creative than before. It is a complete myth that an artist will perform better when they are high. Drugs destroy more artists and entertainers careers than most anyone can imagine.
When a former drug addict who was in the creative arts of some kind gets clean they will inform you one for one that drugs wrecked their careers, not aided them.
When a addict goes through a proper drug rehab that includes a detox and education so they don’t just get cleaned up andhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif then return to their drug later, they will give horror stories about drugs that are normally not heard or believed by someone unless they’ve gone through it themselves because the reality is so gruesome.
The cold, hard facts are that drugs ruin lives. People get entrapped into them if there is some kind of physical or emotional difficulty that they don’t want to confront, even if it is just boredom. Once they are stuck in the trap it is always much harder to escape than it was to get into it initially.
The happy news is that drug treatment can work if one connects with the rihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifght program. They are not all good so one has to be discerning, but if armed with the correct data effective rehab from drugs is possible.
(For an very good source for drug rehab visit getcured.org or call 888-774-2345)
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