Looking into the circumstances which surround drug addiction it becomes easy to recognize certain patterns. These patterns can then lead us to further our understanding of what is happening to and with the addict. One of the most pronounced and first attributes we find in the drug addicted person is a break-down in their communication. They begin to ignore and avoid communication from various sources.

Mainly:

1. Family and friends

2. People in their environment

3. Themselves.

Let’s take a look at these phenomena.

The first area in which communication breaks down is with family and friends. There are several major reasons for this. First and foremost, it is painful to keep disappointing the people they love the most.

All the time they are growing up in the family, they talk of the future and how great it is going to be…”I am going to be a fireman when I am a man!” For girls it is not much different…”I will be a pilot”, or, “When I am a grown-up I will buy you a great big house!”

Parents and friends might be the toughest people in the world to disappoint. Gaining approval from them is one of the first goals a kid might have. ‘Drug addict’ was never on the list of things to be, and it is impossible to hide from the addict the pain the parents or friends feel at seeing what they have become. So the communication breaks down.

People in the environment are also cut off by the drug addict. The addict’s actions are reprehensible and they know this whether they admit it or not. So they become sullen and strangers are avoided as well as casual acquaintances. Because they are attempting to hide their activities, everyone becomes a potential threat. So they just retreat into themselves.

In the end, they even cut off communication from themselves. Ever lie to yourself? They are also disappointing themselves, so there are excuses, reasons, excuses and justifications for failures and broken promises they made alone, just to themselves. Soon, the reasons are reinforced and they even start to believe it themselves. This is a painful situation. Just getting out of bed in the morning is tough because the lies start as soon as they look into the mirror.

Well, drugs can kill this pain. Before long, getting drunk or stoned earlier and earlier in the day becomes a necessity. This person is surrounding him or herself with either strangers or drugged-up friends who accept them completely because they themselves are in the same situation.

A drug detox rehab program must address this issue of communication completely if there is to be any real hope of recovery. Bringing the ex-addict back into touch with those around him or her must be part of any successful drug addiction treatment facility.

Not every drug program deals with this communication factor and so a vital part of the addict’s recovery is never addressed.

To bring a person truly out of the hole of drug addiction, it is absolutely essential that they learn to communicate and live life in a way that does not require constant hiding and cover-ups.

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History of cocaine

One of the most popular illicit drugs in the US, cocaine has been on the scene for hundreds of years. Early Spanish explorers discovered South American natives chewing the leaves of the coca plant in the 1500s. Cocaine itself was isolated in 1860 by Albert Neiman and, ignorant of the addictive potentials, cocaine became popular world-wide. Even Coca Cola, included a “pinch” of coca leaves in it’s original recipe until 1906 (after 1906, the company used ‘decocainized’ leaves).  Cocaine did not become a controlled substance until 1970 when the United States listed it in the Controlled Substance Act.

Cocaine addiction

Addiction to cocaine has one of the fastest onsets of any addictive drug.

In the past, people have gone to meetings in hopes that help them stay sober,

Getting off cocaine is just the very beginning. To stay off and actually overcome those urges requires more than just a couple of weeks in a deck chair, gazing at the ocean.

Cocaine Detox

Detoxification is not accomplished by adding more drugs, nor can it be done by just holding the addict’s hand and sympathizing with all their reasons for snorting coke.

Real detox requires a cleansing of the actual physical residues of cocaine from the body.

This cannot be done without addressing the biophysical condition that triggers actual physical cravings in the addict. The body filters and breaks down toxins that enter, and what is left is converted into a protein based molecule called a metabolite. Most of these metabolites exit the body through sweat and urine and some of them are stored, “out of the way”, in fatty tissues such as the brain, sex organs and just fat so they can be eliminated later. Then, when these metabolites are released back in to the blood, they can remind the addict of the sensations that went along with cocaine use and possibly trigger a relapse. This can occur long after drug use has stopped. The addict is carrying these reminders around, right in his own body!

Effective detox and rehab centers remove these toxins for the former drug user’s body. This process takes a few weeks.

Cocaine Rehab

NOW it is possible to actually rehabilitate the person. To help him or her actually become what they have always wanted to be, to do what they want to do WITHOUT DRUGS.

If these actions are taken, in this order, the former addicts can now move forward and build a life for themselves of which they can be proud.

Tony Bylsma is a Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor and drug prevention lecturer in Los Angeles, CA and is the author of  http://www.theroadout.org

tony@theroudout.org

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Three positive things that you have to keep in mind before you choose a good detox rehab treatment for the addicts are:

1.It is very important to stay away from drugs for the remaining lifetime and not simply in the withdrawal period when the treatment is going on. This detachment from the drugs for the rest of life requires certain gaining skills. This is not usually present in a drug addict. The patient has to set a moral code of conduct for himself and be self sufficient. This can be learnt during a course of time, during the treatment.

2.You will have to choose a treatment center that will let the patient live on his own. Since the addict has been self medicating himself for all these years, you will have to choose a treatment that will not push the patient to start new course of drugs again, for a long period. The doctors have to take care of this aspect.

3.Find the appropriate drug addiction treatment facility that will let the addict live in a new and fresh environment. The addicts must turn into a new leaf in the new environment where they will be surrounded by new activities and friends who can support and encourage them to come out of their drug habits.

There are presumably various reasons for sending the addicts to rehab centers thereby keeping them out of the home area. We can at the best avoid certain things.

1.Do not send the addict to a detox center which merely deals with the physical withdrawal symptoms without addressing the cause of addiction. A centre should not only provide treatment to the addict, to overcome the physical pain and discomfort caused at the initial stages due to the withdrawal of the drugs, but also find the root cause of the problem and treat them for the same. If the root cause of drug addiction is not addressed, there are fair chances of the addict going to the old habits once again.

2.Drug addiction treatment does not mean simply making the addict switch from one drug to the other. This certainly is not the right approach. He must be able to stop using any kind of drugs completely. If the addicts do not stop using drugs, there are chances of them getting addicted forever.

3.The addicts should not be put in a rehab center that is close to home. You may feel that it is convenient for you to visit them and check the progress of the treatment personally. But there are also chances that the drug dealers may be in contact with the addicts, at the center also. Even the family visits may disrupt the treatment process. All the familiar things in that particular locality can also hinder the progress of treatment to the addict. The drug addicts have to free themselves self reliantly. This requires them to have a change of place where they can be treated properly without any interruption.

If you are longing or craving to use again and again a drug, then it doesn’t matter if the substance behind that drug is legal or illegal, what you need is a drug addiction rehab. It means that you have a drug addiction, so you must take it seriously and get immediate treatment in a rehab clinic and as long as it is required because it takes time and strength. There are many ways in which you can achieve a drug addiction rehab: rehab clinics, sober houses, care centers, local support groups etc.

Your body is affected by this addiction at two levels: physical and psychological.

If you don’t check yourself into rehab to get over this addiction as soon as you admited to have one, this addiction tends to become chronic. It means that you can fall again and again into the abyss and finally you might never return.

This may happen even after a long and efficient treatment. During the rehab program you won’t just take medication, what you are suppose to do is learn to cope with your disorder at your best. Thus you might not loose the competition against your temptation and waste your drug rehab.

Drug Addiction Rehab Treatment

The treatment is focused on two phases: that of physical healing through detoxification or withdrawal therapy and a psychological support which prevents relapse. The approach of the professionals depends on the substance which provoked the addiction and the particular side effects.

Pharmacotherapies proved to be very efficient in addiction rehab for at least three purposes: the effective treatment of rehabilitation, the maintenance (usually used for a longer time) and the interruption of the physical as well as psychological dependence.

There are three ways of approaching a medical treatment during a rehab connected to the symptoms of the patients and the side effects on the Central Nervous System-CNS, and not only

- CNS depressants – minor to severe side effects, affecting blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, and even threatening life;

- CNS stimulants – depression, suicidal thoughts, paranoia, psychosis;

- Opioids – minor to severe side effects (rapid pulse, high blood pressure, pains, tremors, vomiting, diarrhea etc) a most recently approved drug in U.S. that cures heroine addiction is buprenorphine (a milder opioid).

The detoxification is both completed and followed by the psychological treatment which is also an important stage of drug rehab. It means counseling, therapy sessions accomplished through individual, group or family meetings.

Your Own Drug Rehab Program

You must give yourself time and, most important, you must avoid everything that might turn you back to your drug addiction and would compromise your drug addiction rehab. Everything means persons, places, things that might put you under a certain physical or psychological stress and unbalance your precarious equilibrium.

The key words for a successful rehab are: change your habits. Stop doing what you have done before and brought you to this addiction – it was wrong.