Well-meaning family members and caring friends usually mean no harm to the person when they give them a prescription but the consequences of this can be deadly. Often what happens is that someone has a valid prescription for a painkiller, sleeping pill or anti-anxiety medication and hears a loved one complaining of a problem. The person will offer up the drug thinking it is a solution for them. If this happens a few times the individual may then go and try and get a prescription or take more of the drug from their loved one.

The result is that a substance abuse problem can occur that is often missed by the family member or loved one that handed out the medications in the first place.

Prescriptions should never be shared or given out and once one finishes their dosage they should be properly disposed of so that they cannot be taken and abused in any way.

There is also the matter of family members who help an already addicted person to keep using drugs. This is one of the primary ways that prescription drug abused abetted by family and friends.

Things Family & Friends Do To Contribute To Prescription Abuse

Enabling is the number ones things that family members, friends and other loved ones do that contribute to prescription abuse. This is when the individual helps the drug user in some way, either directly or indirectly so that they can continue their drug use. Examples of enabling are as follows:

•    Providing the drug user a job so he or she does not have to go to treatment and can make money which will be spent on more drugs.

•    Paying bills for the drug users, paying off credit cards or other debts or helping him or her out financially in some way.

•    Giving someone addicted a place to stay when you are aware of the drug problem and especially if the person has refused to go to treatment.

•    Giving the addicted person money.

•    Taking a drug user to pick up drugs.

•    Making excuses for the substance abuser in regards to the addiction or the problems that have occurred because of it.

Narconon Drug Rehabilitation Advises Families On Prescription Addiction

Often when a loved one falls victim to prescription abuse it is difficult for family members and loved ones to know what to do. The addiction problem can be so severe that it can overwhelm and consume loved ones to the point where they have no idea where to start to help the addicted person.

Narconon drug rehabilitation advises families to educate themselves on substance abuse, first and foremost. Once this is complete they must find a program for the addicted person that is long term and residential. A program that lasts 90 days or more is ideal.

Some addicted persons will request NA or a short term program. The type of program and the length are extremely important and the person must stay in treatment for an appropriate amount of time to get a positive result.

For more information on Narconon drug rehabilitation contact us today.

News reports from St. Louis state that sales of these drugs continue despite the recent passage of laws intended to ban them. The seller may continue to state that the substances are legal and buyers may continue to be fooled.

In one St. Louis raid, a news reporter bought a product called King Karma from an alternative lifestyle store. When it proved to contain illegal substances, the police raided and removed the rest of the product. As the result of the distribution and consumption of this type of product, police were recently forced to save a woman sitting on her roof with a rope around her neck, and a naked man who was cutting his own skin to “get the wires out.”

In Kentucky as well, the presence of synthetic drugs was traced to an adult store. In the end, $50,000 in synthetic drugs were seized in one raid and $43,000 in packaged synthetics, ready for sale, were seized in another location.

But not every raid successfully shuts down a dealer. In Tennessee, the chemistry of a product sold turned out not to be illegal according to that state’s current laws and the purveyors were able to open their shop again. But just a month ago in the same region, two people who had used one of these new synthetic drugs went missing and were finally found to be running through the woods for days, paranoid, thinking that someone was trying to harm them.

What Will Help Synthetic Drug Users

Synthetic drugs are just as addictive as heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, Ecstasy and other drugs. An addicted person who dimly senses that damage is being done may not be able to stop himself or herself from using the drug again. These drugs cause a wide range of effects, such as seizures, hallucinations and paranoia.

When a person suffers severe damage from a drug such as this, he or she may not be able to rationally participate in drug rehab meetings. This is where the Narconon Arrowhead drug and alcohol rehabilitation program comes in.

When arriving at Narconon Arrowhead in Oklahoma, each person is supported through withdrawal process that most people find tolerable. The Narconon sauna which uses nutritional supplements help calm the person’s body and take away the intense cravings of synthetics. Gentle reorientation exercises start to help each person achieve a better rationality. And gradually, a person begins to gain the ability needed to be helped by drug rehab meetings.

Once they are through withdrawal, they get even more help from the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program; mentioned above as Narconon sauna. This phase of the overall recovery program uses a low-heat sauna, more nutritional supplements and moderate daily exercise to activate each body’s natural ability to flush out toxins. As the residues from past drug use leave, the person is freed from the lingering effects of the drugs. These residues have been observed to have an effect on a person’s mood, their ability to think clearly and quickly, their outlook on life and cravings for drugs or alcohol. Once the residues are done, those completing the Narconon sauna say they have a brighter outlook and reduced cravings.

Besides Narconon Sauna Program Also Helps With Life Skills

A person’s personal integrity and self-esteem really take a beating when a person is abusing drugs. There must be a way for that person to once again hold his or her head up high again. On the life skills portion of the Narconon Arrowhead program in Oklahoma, each person learns such things as how personal integrity is lost and how it can be restored again. This and other skills like knowing just how to make a drug-free decision when challenged by old friends or circumstances are essential to staying sober.

And the program has proven to work. In seven out of ten cases, the graduate from this program goes home to live a sober life. The Narconon program is not NA but achieves a 76% success rate for permanent recovery from drugs. Call 1-800-468-6933 today for all the details.

References:

http://fox2now.com/2012/04/19/synthetic-drugs-outweigh-meth-and-heroin-in-some-towns/
http://www.wsmv.com/story/17855557/large-drug-bust-in-hopkinsville
http://pressrepublican.com/0100_news/x1537355252/Local-officials-Rx-and-synthetic-drug-abuse-an-epidemic

But that’s just one feature of the report. This survey also tells us that:

1. The number of heavy marijuana users has increased 80% since 2008.
2. Twenty-five percent of teens are smoking marijuana at least once a month.
3. Only one student in four says that most of their schoolmates do not use marijuana.
4. The number of students who strongly disapprove of marijuana use has dropped 11% in the last seven years, meaning that marijuana use is much more condoned in teenage peer groups.

Are Parents Paying Attention to this Trend?

The president of The Foundation at Drugfree.org, Steve Pasierb, stated his concern on the foundation’s website that parents may not have much worry that their children are “just smoking a little weed.” It’s also likely that many parents of teenagers smoked marijuana when they were young. But this current survey also makes the dangers of using weed apparent in this further statistic: Teens who are “heavy” marijuana users are 30 times more likely to use cocaine or crack, 20 times more likely to use Ecstasy, and 15 times more likely to abuse prescription painkillers.

What’s more, teens and young adults are going to drug rehab for marijuana addiction by the hundreds of thousands. In 2009, more than 360,000 people went to rehab for marijuana as their primary drug of addiction. Three out of every ten addicts were seventeen or younger, almost half were under twenty-one. Two-thirds were twenty-five or younger, proving the youth of the typical heavy marijuana abuser.

Additionally, an estimated million more young people needed treatment for marijuana addiction but didn’t get it, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Pro-Marijuana Influences on America’s Teens

Movie theaters, television shows, magazines, books, video games all contain drug references. News media carry stories about the legalization of medical marijuana, clearly implying its safety, even for sick people to use. The message to teens is clear: this drug is harmless.

Those who promote the use of marijuana for medical purposes are silent on the subject of the academic deterioration of those who are heavy users, the reduction in ability to concentrate or learn that so often occurs, and the difficulty smokers have in retaining material they have studied. Another common effect of smoking weed that is concealed is the tendency for users to lack normal levels of motivation or interest in achieving goals.

It may also be hard to convey the dangers of marijuana use to teens that walk by medical marijuana dispensaries on the way to school. In Denver, there are fifty-three dispensaries within a thousand feet of a school. In San Diego, the city attorney recently moved to shut down a dozen dispensaries that were within 600 feet of schools.

Achieving Goals and Living a Productive Life is Best Done Sober

Just ask anyone who became addicted. When addiction takes over, one’s dreams and goals take a back seat. Addiction is all about making sure you have a supply of that drug you are addicted to, using it and recovering from using it.

Anyone who has been addicted knows that life is more productive and enjoyable when sober. If you care for someone who has been a heavy user of marijuana or another drug, the Narconon Arrowhead drug and alcohol rehabilitation program can help. As a result of this long-term residential rehab, seven out of ten graduates remain sober after they go home, one of the best success rates in this field.

Find out how Narconon Arrowhead accomplishes this result by calling 1-800-468-6933 today.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/09/san-diego-city-attorney-moves-to-shutdown-12-pot-dispensaries-near-schools.html

http://www.higheredcenter.org/files/product/marijuana.pdf

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57425725/study-teen-marijuana-use-on-the-rise/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_marijuana#United_States

http://www.substanceabusepolicy.com/content/3/1/8

http://www.butwhataboutthechildren.org

A new report described the experience of three teens who showed up on the emergency room after taking this new drug. In these cases, the K2 drug effects and K2 abuse showed up as a severe agitation, anxiety, and an inability to speak. An anti-drug advocate reported that some young people have experienced aggressive and life-threatening behavior.

Between 2010 and March 2012, there were 4,500 calls to Poison Control Centers that involved K2 drug effects and K2 abuse. Unfortunately, many of the people most prone to harm from use of this drug are teens who may be completely unaware of the problems they can run into.
Recent Reports Highlight Dangers Of K2

One young man in Wisconsin who used the drug was found to be convulsing and his heart rate was above 200. He was admitted to the hospital and later reported, “I had no control over my body in that I could see but could not talk.”

A young man in Iowa was smoking K2 with friends when he “freaked out.” Later that night, he committed suicide. Some people who take the drug report seeing aliens and have uncontrollable hallucinations. Many people also suffer headaches that get worse the more they use the drug. But they are reported to be so severe and un-alleviated by over the counter pain relievers that they can generate thoughts of suicide just to relieve the pain.

What’s Worse Is That K2 Is Addictive

Like most other drugs sold to get people high, K2 can cause addiction. So even if a person uses it and sees that it causes dangerous problems, the fact of addiction could overwhelm their better judgment and send them back to more use of the drug. Any person abusing this drug puts himself or herself at immediate, serious risk, but because of addiction, they may be forced to repeat this risk again and again. Effective drug rehabilitation that relieves cravings for this drug are needed to get the addicted person back to safety again.

Narconon Meetings Classes And Services Provide Effective Help

A K2 addict who goes to regular support or drug treatment meetings may find that these meetings do not help relieve the cravings for the drugs he has been using. Drug treatment must successfully address these cravings or there is always the danger of relapse. One little-known factor in these cravings is the presence in the fatty tissues of the body of drug residues that are left behind after use of K2, alcohol, heroin or any drug. When these residues stay lodged in the tissues of the body, they can contribute to cravings, even years after drug use stopped.

By flushing these toxins out of the body, cravings can be lowered and a person can then benefit from Narconon meetings and classes.

At Narconon, this detoxification can be done using only a sauna, moderate daily exercise and nutritional supplementation.

At recovery centers like the one in Narconon Georgia or the premier center, Narconon Arrowhead in Oklahoma, each person in recovery goes through this detoxification step early in their recovery and then proceeds to rebuild the life skills that will keep him or her safe once back home.

These life skills include the ability to recognize those associates who might endanger future sobriety and how to handle them, a restoration of personal integrity, and a fresh, new personal moral code. These are all essential elements to a lasting sobriety.

At Narconon meetings are used to teach new skills or restore one’s perceptions and ability to communicate. With these distinctly unique skills in place, a person can welcome back a productive, enjoyable life again. Find out how this program can help someone you care about by calling 1-800-468-6933 today.

References:
http://teens.webmd.com/news/20120317/spice-k2-sending-teens-emergency-room
http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/abuse/drug_data_sheets/K2_Spice.pdf
http://www.scenicriversahec.org/images/k2_Education.pdf

It’s fake marijuana in various forms. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reports that this new drug takes the form of plant material that has been coated with chemicals that create a high somewhat similar to that of marijuana. They are packaged in small packets, often foil, and labeled “Spice,” “K2,” or “Blaze.” They are marked as herbal incense just to disguise their real use.

The DEA used their powers to invoke a national ban on the substances normally used to create these products. They describe this “fake marijuana” as causing dangerous rapid heart rate, increased blood pressure, vomiting, disorientation and even convulsions. But because the substances were new and not covered by existing drug laws enacted by states, they could not be removed from the market until this ban took place in March 2011.

Young people are often uninformed about the dangers these drugs can present, and so may have looked for fake marijuana as a way of getting high that might not get them arrested. Unfortunately, few young people were aware of the physical and mental dangers of abusing fake marijuana.

Drug May Have Started in Europe

One scientist thought that the practice of selling drugged herbs as incense started in Europe. This combination of chemicals acts in a fashion about ten times stronger than marijuana. So instead of the mellowness and relaxation you get from real marijuana, some people are showing up in emergency rooms with intense agitation and hallucinations. Some people in this situation refuse the kind of help that might show that they have been using a banned substance, tying doctors’ hands when it comes to helping them recover.

It is thought that this new substance affects the central nervous system and cardiovascular system. The hallucinations and seizures resulting from this drug can be life-threatening. What’s more, these chemicals are just as addictive as other street drugs, meaning that a person may need drug rehab to get clean and sober again.

Narconon Locations Provide Relief from Addiction to K2 and Spice

Fortunately, there are fifty locations around the world where a person can find lasting sobriety after they become addicted to K2 or some other street or prescription drug. Or alcohol, for that matter.

These are the rehabilitation centers belonging to the Narconon network of rehab centers. There are more than sixty Narconon drug education or prevention centers in addition to this. In Italy, Taiwan, Russia and Mexico, and across the United States, Narconon locations provide a long-term recovery program with a 70% success rate. In the US, there is Narconon Vista Bay in Northern California and Narconon Georgia near Atlanta.

It takes longer than 28 days to rebuild a life that was destroyed by addiction, which is why the Narconon locations offer this long-term program. Taking three to five months on average, the Narconon program addresses the destruction wreaked by drug use or drinking, and enables each person to then relearn (or learn for the first time) the skills they need to stay sober. In other words, they need to be able to deal with life without reaching for a drug or drink if things get challenging.

The premier Narconon location is the Narconon Arrowhead drug rehabilitation facility in Oklahoma. At this location, those in recovery can enjoy the beautiful rural surroundings as they learn how to regain a productive, enjoyable life.

Find out how to help someone you love gain sobriety after abuse of fake marijuana or other drugs. Call 1-800-468-6933 today.

References:
http://www.livescience.com/6149-fake-weed-real-drug-k2-causing-hallucinations-teens.html
http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr030111.html

In one of the most gruesome stories of damage resulting from synthetic drug abuse, a Louisiana woman reported to her local emergency room in January of 2012, complaining that her arm hurt. She was hospitalized but doctors could not determine what the problem was. It was a couple of days before she admitted that she had injected a new drug referred to as bath salts. Because they are labeled bath salts, these drugs can be sold as “not for human consumption” but anyone who buys them has only one intent: getting high.

By the time she made her admission, the tissue in her arm began to die off rapidly. Doctors rushed her into surgery but the tissue continued to die before they could amputate the lower arm that was so badly infected. To save her life, they ended up taking off her entire arm and shoulder.

In another bath salts incident, near Seattle, a man killed his child and his wife and then himself after a high-speed chase by police. He and his wife were found to have snorted bath salts before the incident. Powders sold as bath salts may contain mephedrone or methylenedioxypyrovalerone. In the case of this driver, it was the latter. These substances can cause hallucinations, paranoia and suicidal thoughts.

Synthetics Enable Manufacturers To Circumvent The Law

Many drug laws are written to outlaw a particular substance. When a chemist comes up with a formula that is just a few molecules different, it falls outside the law in many states. Some states are now starting to deal with this by passing “analogue laws.” An analogue law allows drug enforcement to be applied to new drugs that are chemically different from illegal drugs, but functionally the same. This, or emergency, temporary bans on certain substances, are a way to cope with this new trend.

Spice is another drug that falls into this category. It is promoted as a synthetic marijuana, but it can cause rapid heart rate, vomiting, confusion, hallucinations and agitation.

What makes matter worse is that these drugs are addictive, so once a person uses them several times, they may not be able to stop, even if they see the danger.

Drug Rehab Meetings Are The Choice For Some People

When addiction does strike, an individual – or their family, on their behalf – may have to find a drug rehab service to help save that person’s life. Drug rehab meetings may help some people but they are not for everyone. Drug rehab meetings are usually composed of either group counseling where peer pressure is used to try to break down a person’s resistance to admitting their problem, or in the Twelve Step model, to help people keep their resolution to stay sober by sharing their story with a supportive group.

The Narconon Arrowhead drug rehabilitation program offers a completely different type of help for the person who perhaps has tried these other meetings and found that they did not meet their needs. Narconon Arrowhead is a long-term residential program set in the beautiful Oklahoma countryside. Amid abundant wildlife and expansive lake views, each person at Narconon Arrowhead is guided through a comprehensive approach to repairing the damage done by drug abuse and rebuilding the life skills that will be needed to stay sober.

Sobriety is not accomplished in just 28 days, especially when addiction has gone on for years, sometimes even decades. It takes time for a person to learn to communicate with others and with himself (or herself) again, to restore his personal integrity, to learn how to make drug-free choices.

At Narconon Arrowhead in Oklahoma, at Narconon Georgia, in California and other locations, the Narconon program is saving lives. Find out more about drug rehab meetings by calling 1-800-468-6933 today.

References:

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/infofacts/spice
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/01/13/woman-loses-arm-shoulder-after-injecting-bath-salts/

The reasons people start to use drugs vary, but some of them are trying to deal with difficult situations or trauma. They may start out seeing a doctor but then be refused additional prescriptions for their problem. Or maybe they began using a drug prescribed for a friend. Whatever the reason they started, the “chill pill” or tranquilizer they were taking seemed to make things better. But what happens then is what eliminates their power of choice.

The way that drugs like tranquilizers work with the body means that the person will gradually develop a tolerance for the drug. Just like with heroin, alcohol, cocaine and other drugs, once they have developed a tolerance, users need higher dosages of the drug just to feel normal and prevent withdrawal symptoms. But some doctors worry when a patient needs their prescription increased again and again and they may cut off the patient.

But that doctor have just cut off someone who feels that he or she has no choice but to continue to use this drug that is enabling them to function each day. That person may now start to go from doctor to doctor to get multiple prescriptions (doctor-shopping), go to a pain clinic or practitioner known for handing out prescriptions indiscriminately, or get their pills through theft or fraud.

What Is Needed In This Situation Is Drug Rehab

Each person who becomes addicted to chill pills needs to be carefully helped to withdraw from these drugs, which might require medical detoxification, depending on which type of drug is being abused. At the Narconon Arrowhead drug rehabilitation center in Oklahoma, this support includes generous nutritional support and special exercises that help each person relax and heal.

This is followed by a comprehensive drug rehabilitation program that helps each person repair the damage of addiction while also building the life skills that will help them walk a sober line in their life after rehab. A family member of an addicted person can observe how much their loved one has lost his sober living skills. For one thing, the cravings overwhelm one’s better judgment. And for another, there is a deterioration of values and a loss of personal integrity when drugs become the most important thing to a person. Now this person can be brought back the way he or she was before, ready to face life and create a sober future.

Narconon Reviews State That The Narconon Program Results In Success

When Narconon reviews are received from families of graduates, they often state that they didn’t know if they would ever see that person they loved again, the one that seemed to be gone forever. But that person can be brought back again.

Narconon reviews from local authorities, community workers and religious leaders affirm what parents know. The Narconon Arrowhead drug and alcohol rehabilitation program works. Those who were dangerous citizens are made whole again, and are once more assets to the community. The Narconon program has been recognized and commended by communities and agencies across the US and in many other countries where addicts have been helped to recover.

Find out for yourself how the Narconon Arrowhead program can help someone you care about find their way back into your heart and your life. Call 1-800-468-6933 today for details.

References:

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/addiction-science/why-do-people-abuse-drugs/why-would-anyone-abuse-drugs
http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/NSDUH/2k10NSDUH/2k10Results.htm#Fig2-2

Families are the ones who realize when things have made heroin abuse worse, first time users younger because it’s their teens and young adults who are addicted. In Ohio, for example, there were a record number of heroin overdoses in 2010. Experts in the state feel that the recent changes to prescribing laws for Oxy Contin are turning some people toward heroin when they can’t get the Oxy Contin they used to take.

But when conditions make heroin abuse worse and first time users younger, these people are not experienced in dealing with this new drug and they may overdose.

The need to get the loved one off the streets, out of criminal activity and off drugs is urgent. It is hard at that moment to make a thorough study of rehab services and programs. Because of that fact, families may be forced to take whatever rehab program they can find, just to end the immediate danger for the person who is addicted.

And while this may be the only possible path to take at that moment, the US Department of Justice has stated that most rehabilitation programs have a success rate of around 30%. This means that only three out of ten families who send their loved ones to rehab are going to be successful in saving that person from addiction. For seven out of ten, the problem is going to come back. And most of the time, it comes back quickly. Sometimes as soon as the person gets out of rehab. For others, sobriety may last a few weeks or months.

Conventional Rehabs Are Most Prevalent

Conventional rehabs offer Twelve Step-based programs, substitute medications like methadone or buprenorphine, extended stays of a year or two in therapeutic communities or group counseling. They may also hand out dual diagnoses – in other words, they label the addicted person with other diagnoses or mental problems that need either treatment or medicating. These are the types of conventional drug rehab treatment that generally result in a 30% success rate.

When families want a better shot at success, then they may want to look at the Narconon Arrowhead drug and alcohol rehabilitation program.

The Narconon Sauna Detoxification Makes A Big Difference

In actual fact, the Narconon Arrowhead drug rehab program is different from beginning to end. But there is one phase – the Narconon sauna detoxification – that makes this program outstanding. And it’s completely different from conventional programs.

As one phase of a person’s overall recovery, each person goes through the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program. This step employs a low-heat sauna, moderate daily exercise and a specific regimen of nutritional supplements to activate the body’s own ability to flush out toxins that are stored in the fatty tissues. Once drug residues and other toxins become lodged in these tissues, they tend to stay there until this program washes them out.

It has been found that these residues are involved in the triggering of cravings for more drugs, even years after drug use ceased. Sometimes when a person goes through this phase of recovery, they can even taste or smell the old drugs or alcohol, as that substance is dislodged from the fat and eliminated.

As the toxins leave, the person in recovery gets back the brightness and clear thinking that addiction took away. Most people say that their cravings are much lower or are even gone, in many cases. This is an essential part of making sobriety last.

Conventional programs may only have counseling, behavior modification or medication to prevent a person from giving in to cravings. Watching those cravings be washed away by going through the Narconon sauna program is a wonderful gift to the person who prays for a return to a sober life.

The final result is that seven out of ten of those who graduate from the Narconon drug rehabilitation program succeed in staying sober after they go home.

Of course, there is much more to this program than just the sauna phase. Learn how this comprehensive recovery program can help someone you love. At Narconon Arrowhead in Oklahoma, your family can find the success they are seeking. Call 1-800-468-6933 today for more information on Narconon sauna or treatment.

References:
https://www.ncjrs.gov/html/bja/decade98.htm
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/03/27/state/n110420D42.DTL

In New York magazine, on Oprah’s website, on the Huffington Post blog, among many other places, people are talking about the new acceptability of chill pills. Mentioned in these stories were:

•    Anti-anxiety drugs Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil
•    BuSpar (buspirone)
•    Inderal (propranolol)
•    Benzodiazepines including Xanax, Ativan, Klonopin.

One problem with a greater acceptability of this type of prescription drug is that some people say that it was already being overprescribed – and the drugs are addictive so both licit and illicit users can wind up addicted and in trouble.

Illicit use of these and other drugs can, when they turn into addiction, drive a person’s entire life down a road of acquiring and using these drugs, just to maintain the addiction. The cravings and compulsion can be so compelling that a person may turn to prescription fraud, doctor shopping or theft to keep himself or herself supplied. On the other hand, one state after another is implementing new laws, prescription tracking systems and monitoring programs to prevent just this kind of prescription drug abuse.

It would be much easier to just eliminate addiction to and craving for chill pills and other commonly-abused drugs. All it would take is effective drug rehabilitation.

Narconon Drug Rehabilitation Helps Addicts Return

Some people may consider abusing prescription drugs to be acceptable because that type of drug is prescribed by a doctor – if not for them, then someone they know. But the person who knows the desperation of trying to get enough of a drug to satisfy their cravings know that just like addiction to heroin or cocaine, prescription drug addiction is a path to a personal hell.

Much of the problem comes from the fact that besides these drugs being addictive, the body builds up a tolerance to them. This means that higher and higher dosages are needed to keep the cravings at bay. A doctor who has been prescribing these drugs may be unwilling to prescribe more and more as the tolerance increases. The addicted person may not be able to acquire enough to continue just to feel normal. And that is when criminal activities might start.

Narconon drug rehabilitation at the Arrowhead facility in Oklahoma can bring an end to this vicious cycle. At this Narconon drug rehabilitation center, each person is guided through all the steps of repairing the harm they have suffered from chill pills or other drugs.

Long Term Residential Recovery Is Best

The Narconon drug rehab program at this location is a long-term residential program, the best pattern to help a person focus on recovery and learn how to deal with life’s stresses. For three to five months for most people, they can just attend to their own recovery without having to deal with all the triggers they might have left behind. They can progress through the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program, one phase of the overall recovery program, and flush out the residues of past drugs. These residues tend to lodge in fatty tissues of the body and contribute to foggy thinking and cravings.

When these residues are gone, fresh, clear thinking can result. Most people say their cravings are very manageable or even gone.

Then each person can proceed into the life skills portion of the program and learn – or re-learn – how to make sober decisions. After years or decades of addiction, many people if not all of them lose these skills.

The result is a person who has the ability to stay sober, who no longer needs to rely on chill pills, who no longer has to think of himself or herself as an addict. This is the day that many addicted people and their families dream of. It is possible now to attain this result at Narconon Arrowhead.

For the full story, contact Narconon drug rehabilitation at 1-800-468-6933.

References:
http://www.oprah.com/omagazine/Chill-Pills#ixzz1su2OdeCt
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leah-odze-epstein/prescription-drugs-and-alcohol_b_1380039.html
http://nymag.com/news/features/xanax-2012-3/

A person who drinks too much often also has a poorer chance of recovering from any illnesses they contract. The alcohol-dependent person may become unemployed and therefore suffer a reduction of living situation that results in higher chances of infection and less chance of healing.

But alcohol withdrawal can be so daunting to a person that they fear trying to get sober. The cravings can be intolerable if a person does not get the right help. Some treatment programs give a person drugs that cover up the anxiety and some of the cravings, such as benzodiazepines. But because the recovering person does not feel the anxiety or cravings at the moment does not mean that they are gone. They are likely to show up as soon as benzodiazepines are stopped – and the person will also suffer from the symptoms of benzodiazepine withdrawal as well.

If alcohol withdrawal must be faced to get the person to arrive at a safer existence and healthier life, then what is needed is a way to make withdrawal more tolerable.

Narconon Arrowhead Helps Hundreds Through Withdrawal Each Year

Narconon Arrowhead is a premier facility in Oklahoma, situated in the middle of a state park, overlooking the largest lake in Oklahoma. It is a beautiful place to find recovery. At Narconon Arrowhead, it is possible to go through a well-supported alcohol withdrawal that leads up to the highly successful Narconon drug rehabilitation program. Since seven out of ten graduates remain sober after they go home from this program, families who choose Narconon have hope that this time, their loved one will find lasting success.

It’s never easy to face recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction. But at Narconon Arrowhead, each person has the full support of a group of people who understand what they have been through. The Narconon program has been refined over forty-five years of use until it is in its current state – a comprehensive program that addresses the main causes of addiction and the damage it has caused.

How Nutrition Helps Recovery

When going through alcohol withdrawal, each person is supported first with generous doses of nutritional supplements. Right away, these supplements help calm the body’s reaction to withdrawal. Ordinarily, an alcohol addict has been living a very unhealthy lifestyle, often not eating anything nutritious. Many of the usual alcohol withdrawal symptoms are eased by good nutrition.

Next, the Narconon staff administer assists, which are gentle actions taken to help a person relax physically and mentally. These go a long way to making withdrawal a positive experience.

The Narconon network stretches around the world, with centers in Russia, Italy, Taiwan and Mexico. In the US, Narconon Georgia and the Freedom Center in Michigan also help alcoholics and drug addicts find sober, productive lives once again.

Learn how this program is different from the thousands of others that may keep your loved one on substitute medications or tell him that he will always be an addict. The Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program is different. Find out how it can make a difference in your life of the life of a loved one. Call Narconon Arrowhead 1-800-468-6933 today.

Reference:
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh342/135-143.pdf