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Alcohol and Drug Detox
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authors of the articles found in The Detox Library wrote
the articles based on their own perspectives that they
acquired while struggling with addiction themselves and
their experiences as treatment providers after recovering
from their addictions. This combination can at times deliver
some insight into the world of addiction and recovery
that can't be found in many other places.
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About
Alcohol Withdrawal Symptoms
The chronic stage of alcoholism is terrifying for the
family and any friend that may be left in the alcoholic's
life. They are watching his body and mind slip away
due to internal damage to vital organs. Damage that
may be irreversible and can result in hepatitis, heart
failure, cirrhosis of the liver, etc. They try to talk
some sense into him, but it may be too late. All of
their talk just gives him more problems to drink over.
In many cases it takes a traumatic or very embarrassing
event, at the least, to get the alcoholics attention
to the extent that he really wants to stop drinking.
Even if he really wants to stop, he's about to find
out how easy it is not!
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| Successful
Interventions
Talking to such alcoholics and addicts in a rational
and objective manner is often useless or even counterproductive.
In other cases the alcoholic-drug addict may agree with
fact that his behavior is harmful to himself and others,
he may agree that he needs to stop drinking alcohol
and/or using drugs, and in some cases even make an attempt
to stop. This is often followed by a repetitive cycle
of relapse, sometimes lasting for years. Some addicts
develop a sense of remorse, guilt, and a determination
to "never, ever let that happen again." But,
no matter how sorry they are or how determined they
are, they are powerless to stop drinking alcohol or
using drugs for long.
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| Finding
Suitable Drug Treatment
It may be more difficult for a person with a very limited
budget to access drug treatment centers, but help is
available for everyone. In fact, there are many organizations
and treatment centers that recognize and address the
financial barriers to treatment and recovery. In an
attempt to screen the insincere these facilities may
require the indigent to display a little extra willingness
that a paying customer would not be required to display,
but they have limited space for these cases.
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| Different
Alcohol and Drug Rehab Types
Most of the more than 10,000 alcohol and drug rehabs
in the United States are 12-step oriented and Social
Model (they emphasis learning through "doing and experiencing"
while providing positive role models) in nature. Other
philosophical differences might be 12-Step vs non 12-step,
Gender Specific, Christian Based or Christ Centered,
Holistic, Dual Diagnosis with treatment for Co-occurring
Disorder and Court or Probation Approved Rehabs to name
a few.
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Safely
Withdrawing From Opiates With Suboxone
For
most of the last century, the ability of doctors and
treatment centers to help opiate addicts has been limited
by the federal government. The Harrison Narcotic Act
of 1914, originally designed as a tax act, was interpreted
by the Supreme Court to prohibit the prescription of
opiates to opiate addicts, even in the course of their
treatment. From then on, an entire line of practice
- the tapering of opiate dosage to ease the pain of
withdrawal - was against the law.
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About Crystal Meth
Other side effects include twitching, jitteriness, repetitive
behavior (known as "tweaking") and jaw clenching
or teeth grinding. It has been noted that methamphetamine
addicts lose their teeth abnormally fast; this may be
due to jaw clenching, although heavy meth users also tend
to neglect personal hygiene, such as brushing teeth. It
is often claimed that smoking crystal meth speeds this
process by leaving a crystalline residue on the teeth
and while this is apparently confirmed by dentists, no
clinical studies have been done to investigate.
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Cocaine
and Crack Cocaine
Cocaine is a powerfully addictive drug. A tolerance is
often developed when a user, seeking to achieve the initial
pleasure received from first use, increases the dosage
to intensify and prolong the euphoric effects.
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