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Drug Rehab Success Story
Today I have been five months clean and sober while here at drug rehab! I’ve had multiple attempts at sobriety and I can, for once, say honestly this is the longest I have gone without using or drinking. It is a good feeling for me, knowing I’ve already gone through so much already in my drug rehab program! I know in my heart, I’ll never regret coming to Narconon. Five months doesn’t seem long to the normal person, but to the former drug user it is. However I know this is just the beginning for me in my new life. I want to thank my family for never giving up on me and let them know I love them. Every time, they’ve always been there for me and I can’t wait for all the times in the future that I’ll be able to be there for them. J.C.
Rehab Program
What exactly do we mean when we say
rehab program?
Well, rehabilitate means to restore to or improve a previous condition.
A program is a series of steps to bring about a desired result.
So an effective
rehab program is a series of steps to bring about an improvement of the condition the person was in prior to the drug or alcohol addiction.
Simply withdrawing someone from
drug use is merely one step though an important one. Going to support groups or meetings is also a step. Here at the Narconon Arrowhead
rehab program our full
rehab program will address physical, emotional, and mental factors leading up to and then continuing addiction. The three broad categories are cravings, guilt and depression. When one is feeling better (emotionally and physically) as well as functioning better they will no longer require or crave drugs in an attempt to escape these unwanted feelings. Narconon
rehab programs rehabilitate lives so that
drug use is no longer needed or desired.
Drug Rehab Information By State
Court ordered drug
rehab can present unique situations to the handling of addiction.
At times you will see the individual agreeing to a drug
rehab treatment program simply to avoid jail.
While this is better than no motivation at all it is far better for the individual to have a personal desire to end their
addiction and live a drug free life.
This is a personal choice made by the individual.
Although a court ordered
drug rehab can be more resistant, even these cases can be handled using the correct technology. Long term, non-traditional programs tend to work better in these cases as a basic desire needs to be created and nurtured. Narconon Arrowhead is such a program.
Alcoholism is the usual term applied to someone with an alcohol addiction.
The physiological and psychological affects of
alcoholism can be quite severe.
At high levels of daily alcohol use the user can run the risk of severe withdrawal called delirium tremens which can be life threatening.
Such alcohol
addiction requires full medical supervision until the threat to life is reduced.
Most 28 day traditional
treatment programs are only able to affect a success ratio of 16% to 20% in achieving lasting sobriety. Cravings, guilt and depression are the three factors preventing long term success with alcohol addiction, or any other for that matter. These three points usually require a more thorough address than that received in the shorter programs.
Generally speaking,
rehab hospitals are short term programs dealing primarily with medically safe withdrawal from drug or alcohol.
Extreme
alcoholism as well as some drugs, especially prescription drugs, have life threatening side affects from stopping use cold turkey and need to be medically supervised.
Most stays in
rehab hospitals then need to be followed up with a comprehensive
drug rehab program to address the cravings, guilt and depression that often exist in almost unbearable quantities.
Without out handling these
three factors following medical handlings relapse can almost be assured as one is not yet in a position to live a drug free and productive life.
As an opiate, regular use of methadone causes physical dependency - if you've been using it regularly (prescribed or not) once you stop you will experience a withdrawal. The physical changes due to the drug are similar to other opiates (like heroin). If you are a woman using methadone you may not have regular periods - but you are still able to conceive. Methadone is a long-acting opioid; it has an effect for up to 36 hours (if you are using methadone you will not withdraw for this period) A Personal story of methadone withdrawal:
“I've been on both ends of withdrawals, heroin and methadone, every patient of methadone will always tell you the same, as I do; I can kick heroin anytime, but methadone that is something else. In 15 yrs of heroin addiction, I've kicked 3 times, 'cold-turkey'. In 10 years on methadone I've never kicked methadone.”
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