In 1977 Yale University reported Ketamine, a dissociative analgesic, as being a NMDA antagonist which impaired the pre-frontal cortex, induced schizophrenic and dissociative states, and poor performance in memory related executive function. 2010 and Yale University now uses Ketamine to explore new pathways to treat depression – ones which develop the pre frontal cortex instead of acting on serotonin. It is said that Ketamine-like substances could be the magic bullet for depression – doses taken … [Read more...] about Ketamine Depression and Addiction.
Addictive Drugs
Glia, Drug Use and Pain
Drug use is much like banging your head against a brick wall to relieve emotional tension and then doing it again and again to relieve both the tension and the pain resulting from having hit your head on the wall. When doctors prescribe drugs for chronic pain, hitting the pain with opioids creates much the same situation. Yes, drug use provides temporary relief – but only leads to more pain. People will continue to be locked into the cycle of addiction to both illicit and prescription drugs … [Read more...] about Glia, Drug Use and Pain
Addict Help – Change the Past.
When people seek addict help for substance abuse it is a response to a current situation. The reasons for substance abuse will be found in past experience. Obviously we can’t turn back time and do life again so as to remove all stress and trauma and replace it with happy times. However, when we find that trauma from the past is impacting on the present, it doesn’t have to be that way for the rest of eternity. Addict help for change today often needs to look at the past. When people have … [Read more...] about Addict Help – Change the Past.
Addict Help: Loss, Mourning and Drug Use.
Addict help for drug use can involve dealing with feelings of loss and mourning. Whenever we feel the loss of something valued there is a sense of grief. Mourning is the means by which we get past our grief – and get on with our lives. Mourning is the natural way of dealing with, and healing the pain of separation. We feel a sense of loss with any unwanted separation. When we get rid of a burden, we feel energized – we have a sense of “gain” – escape, freedom. When we lose something important … [Read more...] about Addict Help: Loss, Mourning and Drug Use.
Addict Help: Releasing Tension and Pain
The releasing of tension and pain is something that people strive to achieve when providing addict help. Tension and pain are usually seen as conditions to be treated. If you can get relief from these symptoms it will ease the suffering. The result of treating tension and pain in a two dimensional frame leads to an observation of the symptoms and then making a choice from available options as to what best treatment there is for your particular range of symptoms. Drugs are known to provide … [Read more...] about Addict Help: Releasing Tension and Pain
Someone Who Needs Me – Addict Help
People get into relationships with drug addicts and alcoholics, sometimes fully aware from the beginning that their chosen partner has problems with substance abuse. Often it is their intention, whether they realize it or not, to be giving addict help. This can be done intending to care for them, or it can be our intention to try and rescue them from their situation. People look to substance abuse to find emotional security, feelings of comfort and self esteem – something that we normally get … [Read more...] about Someone Who Needs Me – Addict Help
Early Intervention – Alberta Youth Drug Services.
To give addict help to Alberta youth, the Canadian Government has recently allocated around $6.5 million to assist Alberta Health Services to provide to young people early intervention drug services. The In Roads project is intended to provide addicts help to overcome drug addiction and related problems. Upon examination the direction of this funding is not towards youth at all – but to empowerment of youth services. The funding is intended to be used by youth drug addiction agencies in … [Read more...] about Early Intervention – Alberta Youth Drug Services.
Addict Help : Love and Alcohol Addiction.
Many people in a relationship with an alcoholic still love them very much. Even physical and emotional abuse does not make a partner want to give up trying. Unfortunately, it is ultimately the addict’s choice as to whether or not he wants to make the move towards sobriety and recovery from alcohol addiction. When encouragement is given and perhaps an intervention made, yet the person addicted to alcohol chooses not give up their addiction, then it can be a hard choice for a partner to make – a … [Read more...] about Addict Help : Love and Alcohol Addiction.
Addict Help : Solvents and Inhalants
Young people often need addict help for substance abuse in the form of solvents and inhalants. Breathing in the toxic fumes of substances is generally known as “huffing”, inhaling from aerosol cans is known as “chroming”. Kids huff any type of substance that causes a psychoactive reaction – most inhalants and solvents are depressants – some are hallucinogenic. Young people who have difficult emotional feelings find relief in substance abuse. Sniffing inhalants and solvents causes feelings of … [Read more...] about Addict Help : Solvents and Inhalants
Anorexia, Bulimia and Substance Abuse.
Researchers helping young people, especially females, to deal with symptoms of anorexia and bulimia are concerned to find that these young people are self harming. Examples of self harm are given as cutting, burning, pulling out hair by the roots. There is also evidence that anorexics and bulimics are likely to have feelings of depression, anxiety, need addict help with substance abuse and commit suicide. Although these young people, in terms of their anorexia and bulimia, routinely commit … [Read more...] about Anorexia, Bulimia and Substance Abuse.
Addict Help : Communication and the Persona
Everyone has what is called a “persona”. Our persona is the face that we present to the world – it is the personality that people know us by. Some people call the persona a “mask”. Peter Sellers, a famous comedian and actor said that he felt that he had no personality of his own, that he only felt really alive when in the persona of the various character roles he played. Although we often have feelings, points of view and opinions that are different from people around us, part of our learning … [Read more...] about Addict Help : Communication and the Persona
War on Drugs – Illicit Drugs and Addiction
War on drugs is promoted by countries such as USA and Canada. Government law enforcement agencies fight against the importation and supply of illicit drugs at a national and local level. Illicit drugs are sourced from overseas drug cartels which use couriers and containers to bring in shipments of illicit drugs for resale in the local market. Government agencies try to intercept them. Very rarely are the main players arrested, and even the interception of large shipments of illicit drugs only … [Read more...] about War on Drugs – Illicit Drugs and Addiction
Drug Addicts Vancouver – Safe House – or Self Esteem?
Vancouver operates the first legal “safe house” in North America for the injection of illicit narcotics and use of other street drugs. Known as Insite, it provides a safe and medically supervised site for the use of illicit drugs. The project has drawn criticism because it is said to condone the use of illicit drugs and to support drug trafficking. There has been continuing legal action against Insite, from those who favor criminalization and penalties against drug users and traffickers, aimed … [Read more...] about Drug Addicts Vancouver – Safe House – or Self Esteem?
Addict Help : Drug Addicts and The Law
Due to there being strict laws and punishments in Canada and most other countries for the use and abuse of certain illicit drugs, people who become caught up in the cycle of addiction are deemed, by the law, to be criminals. It does not give an addict help or assist their position in any way. Illicit drugs are by definition supplied to drug users by criminals. Many drug users resort to criminal means such as stealing, often with violence, and prostitution to meet the high cost of illicit drugs … [Read more...] about Addict Help : Drug Addicts and The Law
Emotional Pain – Management or Healing – Addict Help.
We all know the pain of trapping a thumb, or hitting it with a hammer - that is physical pain. Our skin has to be sensitive to pain and pressure or we would not survive too long. The more intense our pain – the quicker we take action to move away. This suffering saves us from threats and damage to our body’s integrity. Only man suffers mental stress as a result of natural anxiety. Animals instinctively provide the level of nurturing and support that their offspring need. Animals instinctively … [Read more...] about Emotional Pain – Management or Healing – Addict Help.
Addict Help. Holistic Intervention and Drug Addiction
Intervention is a way of giving an addict help to become free of drug addiction. It is a means of confronting the drug addict with the fact that they have a problem, and offering support for recovery. Those closest to a drug addict will have already had experience of confrontation with the addict, and realize that trying to give addicts help with their addiction has about as much chance of success as trying to separate a hungry dog from its bone – and as much risk of injury. Addicts locked … [Read more...] about Addict Help. Holistic Intervention and Drug Addiction
Drug Rehab Facilities Working through Different States
One of the last things that a person wants to find is that they have a loved one with an alcohol or drug addiction. Unfortunately at some point in this journey we call life, most of us will be affected by either drug or alcohol addiction at least once. It doesn’t necessarily mean that we will become addicts (although the only people exempt from these problems are the ones who don’t indulge in the first place), but it could mean that someone we love is affected. As you know, alcoholism and drug … [Read more...] about Drug Rehab Facilities Working through Different States
Heroin & Prostitution
In 2008, I was arrested for prostitution. At the police station was a scared young girl sitting beside me, I guessed that she had just been arrested for the first time because her eyes were filled with tears. Looking at her reminded me of when I was arrested for the first time; it was Christmas Eve and I wasn’t even 21 years old at that point and I had been caught shoplifting. Basically, I was from a poor family and my mom and dad had been killed in an accident. When I was in the tank, I met a … [Read more...] about Heroin & Prostitution
What to do if you have a Heroin Addict in your Home
Heroin is a very powerful and dangerous drug. It can lead to problems and a journey unlike any your family has ever experienced. If there is a heroin addict in your home, you need to take action now. With heroin, there is no such thing as an occasional hit to get by, although that is exactly the excuse the addict will use. * What do you do when you find out your child or mate or other beloved family member or friend is a heroin addict and is in your home? Here are several suggestions, all of … [Read more...] about What to do if you have a Heroin Addict in your Home
Types of Drug Addiction Tests
Drug Addiction is a dangerous stage at which, it’s very difficult for an addict to come out of these drugs. It leads to many serious problems not only for the addicts, but also their family members. The sooner it is diagnosed, better are the chances to get rid off this problem. Nowadays there are various drug addiction tests available, making it convenient for anyone to easily find out whether they are suffering from drug addiction. * Basically, there are five kinds of drug addiction tests that … [Read more...] about Types of Drug Addiction Tests
The Effects of Using Crystal Meth
Crystal meth is gaining worldwide popularity as an addictive amphetamine. Many youngsters are falling prey to this drug that slowly poisons. This illegal drug is also known as methamphetamine and it is a member of the amphetamine medicine family. When the drug is in its crystalline form, it is known as crystal meth. This addictive drug is also available in a coarse powdered form. It is formulated with a highly combustible combination of chemicals, which may include household cleaning products. … [Read more...] about The Effects of Using Crystal Meth
What is the Subutex Detox?
There are certain substances like Methadone, that are used in the recovery treatments of drug addiction but they can give controversial results. Is good to know that this kind of treatment really helps! That means, over some period of time patients get addicted to those substances leaving the actual drugs to which they were addicted. However, not all such substances will give negative results. Treatments involving Subutox Detox is an example for that and in this article I will explain about such … [Read more...] about What is the Subutex Detox?
Dangers associated with Methadone Addiction
If you or one of your loved ones is using Methadone to get rid off the Heroin addiction then there are some important aspects you should know as there are chances that you might get addicted to this substance. Methadone is a prescribed medication which is an Opioid, generally used to treat the heroin and other dangerous illegal street drugs. Main intention of this medicine is to provide relief from severe pains and was initially manufactured and used by the German Pharmacies during the Second … [Read more...] about Dangers associated with Methadone Addiction
Opiate Addiction, What is It?
If you or one of your loved ones is an Opiate user then you must know that you could become addict towards this drug very easily. This article gives valuable information about the Opiate Addiction and the signs and dangers associated with this addiction. Opiate and other related Opioids are legally prescribed medicines by the general Physicians to those patients who suffer from severe pains. Though these narcotics are legal drugs, they are similar to the illegal street drugs because they have … [Read more...] about Opiate Addiction, What is It?
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Explained
Drug addiction is a state that occurs as a result of excessive and frequent usage of certain substances like alcohol or other illegal and medicated drugs. No one intends to become a drug or alcohol addict but several factors influence them to take such substances followed by the emotional feelings they get after taking them, making people use those drugs frequently and excessively. Those factors differ from individual to individual, but by identifying and taking the appropriate recovery … [Read more...] about Alcohol and Drug Addiction Explained
Residential Drug Rehab Programs
No rehab or treatment program is going to work unless the addict is willing and determined to change. If he enters to rehab thinking and (at some point) knowing that after the treatment he is going to drink or use drugs again, it is a waste of money and everyone's time. This is how drugs and alcohol rehabs work: Drugs and alcohol rehabs really work!! * Detoxification. Some rehab facilities have personal detoxification programs, but more centers require clients to complete Detox before entering … [Read more...] about Residential Drug Rehab Programs
Drug and Alcohol Rehab
A drug and alcohol rehab is an agency that provides treatment for a person with a chemical or drug dependency for a long period. Often, a person is unable to bring the dependency to an end through personal efforts. As a result the addict is taken to a Rehab. Drugs and alcohol will remain and are here to stay but the society should endeavor in putting to an end to the large number of people becoming victim of these deadly substances each day. The core purpose of rehabilitation is to enrich the … [Read more...] about Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Three Kinds of Detox Facilities
The Drug Detox Center helps the addicted person to come out of that habit. The first step involved in recovering an addicted person is Detox; it is a long term recovery program which might take some 6 to 14 days or even more depending upon the condition of the addict. The detox centers present inside the hospitals for inpatient treatment and even residential treatment centers are available. The detox centers mainly concentrate on 3 models for this recovery purpose. The 3 models used are … [Read more...] about Three Kinds of Detox Facilities
Drug and Alcohol Intervention Process
Intervention is the process which helps those people who are suffering from drug and alcohol addiction. For this intervention process, highly skilled counselors are used and it even can be done by the person itself. When you ask a drug addict the reason why he was addicted, he would blame others for his mistake. One should always remember that drug addicts are also humans and they should be given proper rights and privileges. For people who are addicted to drugs, the best way to control them is … [Read more...] about Drug and Alcohol Intervention Process
Medical Detox Centers
Some addictive substances and prescription drugs can cause unbearable withdrawal effects. These effects are very hard on the body, and it is dangerous to stop the drug use at once. Medical Detox helps the addict to safely detox from the drugs while making your attain the same pleasures got from drugs. Most recoveries begin with Detoxification which clears the body of the toxins accumulated during the period of drug use. Once the physical addiction has been addressed, the process of mental and … [Read more...] about Medical Detox Centers
Long Term Drug Treatment Centers
The purpose of rehabilitation is to fix a problem. If the problem isn't fixed, in many cases it is the program that is lacking in some way, not the person. At the point of addiction, it is extremely difficult to break an addict’s habits because he or she continues to have the same craving. This is the time in life when most people form the foundations of their inner strength. Get the help you need today! * Overcoming drug and alcohol addictions is not an easy task. The difficulty of conquering … [Read more...] about Long Term Drug Treatment Centers
Drug and Alcohol Intervention
The continued use of drugs or alcohol may lead to drug addiction or alcohol addiction. Once an addict it is impossible to stop use of drugs. It is therefore of importance that seeks the services of a drug and alcohol intervention. The overuse or abuse of alcohol (alcoholism) or other drugs is called substance abuse. It is common and costly. It can cause or worsen many medical problems and destroy families and lives. Drug abuse includes the use of illegal drugs, such as marijuana, cocaine, … [Read more...] about Drug and Alcohol Intervention
What is Drug and Alcohol Rehab?
You may have heard of it, or of a friend who’s been there. People may even have told you that you need to go to one, but what exactly is a drug or alcohol rehab? What do they do and how do they do it? Drug or alcohol rehab is a global name given to the processes used to aid in the treatment of dependency on psychoactive substances including alcohol, prescription drugs, and “street”or illicit drugs such as cocaine, heroin or amphetamines. A drug or alcohol rehab center will help to find … [Read more...] about What is Drug and Alcohol Rehab?
Should a Former Drug Addict Drink Alcohol?
In reality, giving up drugs and taking up alcohol is a little like giving up cigarettes and taking up smoking cigars. Alcohol is a drug; it is just in liquid form. While there is a chance, albeit small, that no harm would come from it, chances are an alcohol addiction would be formed. If the former drug addict thinks back to Detox and considers if that is something they may have to do again for alcohol, the answer will probably be no. There is always help available to those who are tempted by … [Read more...] about Should a Former Drug Addict Drink Alcohol?
The Satisfaction of Helping a Crack Addict
There is no greater satisfaction than helping someone who needs help. Giving to charity, giving in a blood drive, these are things that are important and can lead to helping someone in a life-changing way. So can helping someone who is addicted to crack. A crack addict is in danger of literally killing himself. A crack addict is in danger of literally killing himself. He cannot logically think, instead he is completely under the spell of his addiction and constantly needs a fix. He does not … [Read more...] about The Satisfaction of Helping a Crack Addict
How to Be a Better Drug Addict
First thing, there is no such thing as a better drug addict. One of the problems with being a drug addict is that even when they realize they are hurting other people and acting out in ways they don’t want to, they can’t stop. Even those addicts who afterward feel very badly about how they behaved cannot stop the next time. * That is what drugs do: they control. * Drugs invade a person’s mind and many times, their conscience. As much as an individual may want to change their behavior, they are … [Read more...] about How to Be a Better Drug Addict
Oxycontin Addiction Treatment
Oxycontin Addiction Treatment is the best way to heal of a major problem. This is characterized by the continued intake of Oxycontin even when its use causes severebodily harm. Addicts are unable to stop even when willing, until they are subjected to the proper Oxycontin Addiction Treatment. Oxycontin is the brand name for Oxycodone, one of the strongest synthetic painkillers available. If taken regularly it is addictive both physically and psychologically. Some of its street names include … [Read more...] about Oxycontin Addiction Treatment
Addiction Signs of Heroin
The addiction signs of heroin are as a result of repeated intake of heroin which is a narcotic drug. In many countries, it is illegal to be in possession of heroin. Usually, the drug is intravenously injected into the body’s system or snorted. Thereafter, it creates an intense feeling of pleasure. The addiction of heroin drives the addict into a repeated use of the drug even though it hasgrave consequences. Even when a person is willing to stop its use, the addict feels and experiences an … [Read more...] about Addiction Signs of Heroin
Cocaine Addiction Treatment
Cocaine addiction treatment is a complicated process. It is quite hard to overcome the addiction of cocaine since once taken into the body it circulates throughout the bloodstream causing serious cravings and anxiety. Statistics show that cocaine addiction recovery is in between 3% to 76%. This depends upon the cocaine addiction treatment chosen. People choose cocaine, albeit very expensive, because its effect is immediate, extra pleasurable, and brief. It has intense and short-lived euphoria … [Read more...] about Cocaine Addiction Treatment
How to Get Help for a Drug Addict
You finally think “maybe I do have a drug addiction but how do I get help?” It has finally happened. You had another rough night, ran out and got a bag and got your fix so you could cope with the shadows and the thoughts and the stress of whatever it is you face in your life. Now you are begging your body to get up, get ready and go to work. You feel isolated, confused and ashamed. Everyone at work seems to have it together, they talk about the wonderful Thanksgiving they just had with their … [Read more...] about How to Get Help for a Drug Addict
Why Addicts Don’t Get Help
Delving into the mind of a drug addict can be a scary venture. There are several reasons why addicts don’t get help but none of them are rational. Like most thoughts of a drug addict, the thought of getting help gets obscured and twisted in their minds until help is almost a bad word. Indifference is probably the saddest instance of them all. * Fear: Most drug addicts are aware of detoxification. For some, that is a very frightening thought. They imagine it to be something it is not. Detox is … [Read more...] about Why Addicts Don’t Get Help
Why Drug Rehabs Don’t Work
Most drug rehabs are short term facilities meant to detoxify the body of the offending drug, which is one of the important steps of healing. While it is an important step, it is far from being the only one. Short term rehabilitation centers focus on detoxification and normally, the twelve-step program. With all due respect, 98% of those who follow the twelve step program fail. Once an addict fails at an attempt to quit the addiction, there is often a feeling of guilt or failure that accompanies … [Read more...] about Why Drug Rehabs Don’t Work
How to Change a Drug Addict
Changing a drug addict would be similar to changing a tree into a convertible. It simply cannot be done. If the addict accepts help and receives rehabilitation, then they may change but a drug addict does not and will not change as long as they are addicted to their drugs. It is, however, possible to convince them to get help. It usually doesn’t happen overnight and you have to be persistent, but it can be done. The drug addict is acting on the instructions and reflexes of the drug. The drug … [Read more...] about How to Change a Drug Addict
Living with a Prescription Drug Addict
Living with a prescription drug addict is a roller coaster ride that neither of you set out to be on. One of the hardest types of addiction to face, understand as well as identify, is when a person gets hooked on the medication he supposes to be taking. If your partner or loved one is on a prescription medication and seems to be going through it rather quickly, this is a sign that he is becoming addicted, and it is important to be watching and making accountability of the dosages. If this is … [Read more...] about Living with a Prescription Drug Addict
What is Drug Addiction?
Drug addiction is the inability to control the consumption of a prescription medication, or an illicit drug or an alcoholic beverage. It is the inability to say no, the inability to know when to stop before things go too far. It is the inability to see things in a rational and sensible manner because it has taken over your brain. Drug addiction is also a disease that affects a person both physically and mentally. It can completely change a person's behavior and make him or her do or say things … [Read more...] about What is Drug Addiction?
Make me go to Rehab
It is not easy for a person to accept the fact that he needs to go to rehab. What this person needs is a good reason why it is important for him to go to rehab. There is some abuser who challenges their family or friends to convince him that he needs to go to rehab. Most of the time, advice pleas, demands and suggestions fall on deaf ears. For the love ones, this situation is very frustrating especially if they know that the abuser is seriously in need of an alcohol or drug addiction treatment … [Read more...] about Make me go to Rehab
Make Me Go to Rehab
Most drug addicts cannot come to terms with the fact that they are actually addicted to drugs. Family and friends must stop protecting and rescuing the drug addict from the consequences of his actions. They vehemently deny their addiction and live in a state of total denial. They refuse any help offered to them, and usually become very angry with any person offering to help them. At times, it seems almost as if they are throwing out a gauntlet and daring the friend or family member “Make me go … [Read more...] about Make Me Go to Rehab
Youth: The New Face of Drug Addiction
Young people are among the biggest groups of drug addiction problems all over. Some give in to peer pressure, some come from families with drug addiction problems, others fall victim to it through prescriptions or curiosity. No matter how the drug addiction begins, it is a battle that many of the world's youth go through. Once upon a time drug addicts were looked upon as bad people. They were dealers and they were mob people, they were criminals. Now, the new face of drug addiction is youth. … [Read more...] about Youth: The New Face of Drug Addiction