Showing posts with label first steps. Show all posts
Showing posts with label first steps. Show all posts

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.