detoxDrug rehabilitation consists of first helping a drug addict stop using whatever drugs he is on. After that step has been completed, he can then learn how to live without drugs so that he never becomes an addict again. Both steps are vital, but the addict has to come off of drugs first. It simply doesn’t work to try to teach an addict how to live a drug free life if he is still in the middle of using them.

Going through withdrawal

In order to come off of drugs, the first step is to simply stop using them. For some drugs, this can be done on your own. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been using marijuana for years, for example. You can still make the decision to stop one day and most people body won’t go through extreme withdrawal symptoms.

Other drugs (even the perfectly legal alcohol), can be a lot more dangerous to come off of. These drugs seem to have their hooks so deeply into your body and mind that you can die if you don’t go through withdrawal correctly. In these situations, it’s important to have your withdrawal overseen by a competent medical professional.

If you’re not sure whether or not you can stop using a drug cold turkey, talk to one of the addiction specialists at Narconon Arrowhead. They will help you figure out what sort of withdrawal process will be right for you.

Fully detoxifying the body

One the addict has stopped using drugs or alcohol and has gone through withdrawal, he isn’t actually done detoxing his body. This is the key mistake that most rehab centers make. They think that all you have to do is get someone through withdrawal and then the drugs will be all out of his system. This simply is not true.

In reality, minute particles of the drugs the person has taken will always become stored in the body’s fatty tissues. These residues of his previous drug use are hard to detect, but they are there. They can become reactivated when the person is under stress. This is why former drug users will still sometimes feel like they are going through a drug trip even years after last using a drug.

In order to get rid of these leftover drug residues, Narconon Arrowhead uses an innovative approach to fully detoxify the body. It starts with getting every client on to a healthy diet with an exact regimen of vitamins, minerals and healthy oils. Clients then exercise in order to get their blood pumping.

This exercise is important because it helps your circulation break up the drug residues and to begin releasing them from your fatty tissues. Once the client has exercised, he then spends a few hours in a dry heat sauna. Every person in the sauna drinks plenty of water to stay hydrated, but being in the sauna helps each client start to sweat out the drug residues from their bodies. It can take several days of repeating the process (or even weeks) in order to flush all of the drugs out, but the end result is worth it.

Graduates of the Narconon program rejoice in the newfound energy and vitality that they thought they had lost long ago. They actually still had it, but it was hidden behind the haze of yeas of drug use. The detoxification program helps each client regain his own body and mind again, and it puts him in control. Learning to live a drug free life is a breeze at this point because the former addict is actually free from drugs in his body for the first time in years.