Two faces of drug and alcohol addiction

There are two addictions in every substance abuse. One is biological and physiological. The other is psychological.

Every drug rehabilitation attempt should pay attention two both of them. Let's remember how physical addiction occurs. When you take a substance, your body already produces a certain amount of that substance. When you take that substance regularly, your body gradually decrease the production of that substance. In time as a result your body ceases the production of the substance and you become addicted.

The detox process is necessary because of this. Drug recovery means to restore your body in order to start the production of the substance again. You have to be detoxed because every substance you take from outside of your body will influence your body capacity to produce this substance.

The other side of the recovery is psychological. Psychological drug treatment means to make the person gain his skills to spend his time in a drug-free environment. Since addiction does not only consists of actually taking the substance one needs but the habit of taking it too, it is important to change those habits too. At this point, cognitive treatments would be beneficial.