To get real cocaine addiction help, other than prescription or pharmacy medications for symptomatic relief, it needs to be understood that the primary cause of cocaine addiction is psychological – an attempt to create a “high” that the user feels he needs. Authorities in the substance abuse field have long established that physical dependency plays only a minor role in the development of cocaine addiction and dependency. In other words, long before the body is addictively demanding cocaine, … [Read more...] about Cocaine Addiction Help
Archives for June 2010
Five Good Reasons for an Addict to Get Help at a Drug Rehab
There are an infinite number of reasons to seek help from a reputable drug rehab. An addict’s entire life can be demolished through the effects of a drug addiction. It affects every aspect of their lives and it takes the help of caring professionals at a drug rehab to help put the pieces back together. These are the top five reasons to go to drug rehab: Mental Health: Drugs not only temporarily alter a person’s personality and mental state, but can also do long lasting damage. The longer a … [Read more...] about Five Good Reasons for an Addict to Get Help at a Drug Rehab
How Addiction Centers Help Drug and Alcohol Addicts
Addiction centers is a term generally used for residential drug & alcohol rehab facilities. They are places where an addict with drug and alcohol problems would be admitted for a period of full time residency, where treatment, therapy and rehabilitation are done throughout the recovery process. There are many different kinds of addiction centers. Some offer gender specific programs, others specialize with the combination of addiction with other disorders like depression. There are even some … [Read more...] about How Addiction Centers Help Drug and Alcohol Addicts
Help for Families of Addicts
When you have a family member who abuses alcohol and/or drugs, whether getting the addict help or not, it’s an issue that affects everyone in the family. You not only need to address getting the addict help but you also need to get help with your own recovery so they can recover themselves. Getting the addict help is the first step to their recovery. However, family members of addicts actually suffer often from codependency and need just as much, sometimes even more, help than the addicted … [Read more...] about Help for Families of Addicts
A Residential Treatment Center to help my addicted Brother
It hurts a lot of people when someone becomes addicted to drugs or alcohol. It is often the loved ones who first seek out help to answer their questions about rehabilitation. When someone is as close as a brother or a sister, the need for help can be overwhelming. Residential treatment is a new concept for many people. When choosing a residential treatment program for your brother, you’ll want to keep in mind that the longer the program, the better chance for success. Short term and outpatient … [Read more...] about A Residential Treatment Center to help my addicted Brother
A Final Promise to help an addicted Friend
How do I help my friend who is dying from alcohol addiction? For years—his family, our friends, his wife—we all tried to tell him that he was spiraling downward. He used up all of his sick days and vacation time but then he still kept calling his job to tell them that he wasn’t coming in. Then he lost his job. His wife became the sole breadwinner as he withdrew more and more into drinking. Finally, we could not watch it anymore. We got together, planned an intervention and got him to realize … [Read more...] about A Final Promise to help an addicted Friend