Relapse of addiction after treatment is related to debt, according to statistics. Personally, I don't believe in this however I am going to evaluate it anyway. In any psychological disorder, financial status of a person is really a factor in recovery and relapse. For the case of addiction, I don't think that this is more related in comparison to other psychological disorders. I think the effect is the same.
On the other hand, there is this huge industry about drug addiction recovery and they somehow try to inject a feeling of being inferior in comparison to a whole society.
I don't believe an addicted person is less worthy that a person who is infected with a disease. I think professionals sometimes put too much blame on addicts.
Debt is not unique to people who are suffering from drug addiction. Addiction is only a condition. Debt is a problem of the world.
Showing posts with label drug addiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drug addiction. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
First steps of drug addiction recovery would make you feel temporarily worse
One of the most important issues during drug addiction rehab and treatment is that people feel worse temporarily in the beginning of the process. This very normal because first of all, any medium to big change in human life causes stress.
Personal change that one engages in during such a substance abuse treatment is not a small one.
One alternative approach to this first round stress might be to learn meditation. Now, when we say meditation, many people would think of long durations in uncomfortable positions. However, this is not a necessary part of meditation. There are even special chairs designed for meditation and they are very comfortable.
What important here is to learn to become still and to feel your inner strength. When somebody first hears this, it comes very impolite because it makes people feel that as if nobody is understanding their pain.
The most strong reason of this first phase stress and depression is that the person experiences both the physical withdrawal effects and the psychological effects.
The duration of this phase differs from person to person as well as from treatment to treatment. Psychiatric medicine in that phase looks like very effective.
It is also spiritual, anyway. Don't give up and you will be the next success story.
Personal change that one engages in during such a substance abuse treatment is not a small one.
One alternative approach to this first round stress might be to learn meditation. Now, when we say meditation, many people would think of long durations in uncomfortable positions. However, this is not a necessary part of meditation. There are even special chairs designed for meditation and they are very comfortable.
What important here is to learn to become still and to feel your inner strength. When somebody first hears this, it comes very impolite because it makes people feel that as if nobody is understanding their pain.
The most strong reason of this first phase stress and depression is that the person experiences both the physical withdrawal effects and the psychological effects.
The duration of this phase differs from person to person as well as from treatment to treatment. Psychiatric medicine in that phase looks like very effective.
It is also spiritual, anyway. Don't give up and you will be the next success story.
Friday, August 1, 2008
Religious approaches to drug recovery and rehabilitation
Christian drug treatment centers exist for a very important reason. On one hand, there is this strictly material belief system (yes, it is a belief system too) that tries to explain drug addiction in terms of biological factors. On the other hand, there are evidence (both scientific and social) that addiction is caused by social factors.
The latter view became a very wide attention. So much that many contemporary drug rehab centers are based on the assumption that if the addicts social and psychological factors change, the addictive behavior will change accordingly.
In that extent, Christian drug rehabilitation centers play a major role on that. While it seems that they are only available for Christians, virtually anyone can attend to those centers for treatment.
It may sound odd or non-scientific, however drug and alcohol treatment centers pay attention to that concept, and they are successful on what they do too.
The latter view became a very wide attention. So much that many contemporary drug rehab centers are based on the assumption that if the addicts social and psychological factors change, the addictive behavior will change accordingly.
In that extent, Christian drug rehabilitation centers play a major role on that. While it seems that they are only available for Christians, virtually anyone can attend to those centers for treatment.
It may sound odd or non-scientific, however drug and alcohol treatment centers pay attention to that concept, and they are successful on what they do too.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
How does it help to stay in a rehab center?
Well, many people would think that the most important factor to stay in a rehabilitation center is that you stay away from drugs. I don't think that this is the primary cause of choosing residential treatment over other options.
Drug addiction usually brings depression with it especially if you want to recover yourself. When you are in depression, you want less public attention and less of any stimulus that is present in everyday life.
Therefore, I think the primary reason to choose residential treatment in a drug rehabilitiation senter should be to stay in a place where the stimulus (crowd, noise, etc.) of everyday life is at a minimum level if any.
Of course then comes a treatment by specialists and the facility of drug detox.
As I have mentioned in an earlier post, both addiction and recovery depends on what is happening in your mind and in your consciousness.
Drug addiction usually brings depression with it especially if you want to recover yourself. When you are in depression, you want less public attention and less of any stimulus that is present in everyday life.
Therefore, I think the primary reason to choose residential treatment in a drug rehabilitiation senter should be to stay in a place where the stimulus (crowd, noise, etc.) of everyday life is at a minimum level if any.
Of course then comes a treatment by specialists and the facility of drug detox.
As I have mentioned in an earlier post, both addiction and recovery depends on what is happening in your mind and in your consciousness.
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