The term “chill pill” refers to anti-anxiety drugs like Xanax, Valium and similar drugs that calm a person down when they are overly worked up. The term has come to be slang used to tell a person not to be so serious, to relax. In early 2012, it seems that this term is suddenly being used to describe an upsurge in the acceptability of a set of addictive prescription drugs.

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 rehabilitation Recovery Is Best

The Narconon drug rehab program at this location is a long-term rehabilitation program, the best pattern to help a person focus on recovery and learn how to deal with life’s stresses. For two to three 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/