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Drug addiction can take over all aspects of your life and leave you isolated and alone. You may think that you have a handle on your drug use and can stop at any time while the truth is something far more serious. Drug addiction changes your brain’s chemistry and requires treatment and therapy to overcome.
You’re not alone. Drug use and addiction affect more than 24 million people in the United States. This is an addiction that crosses all sorts of barriers from age and race to gender and profession. If you or someone you love has or might have a drug addiction, there’s no time to waste; it’s time to seek treatment now.
Most drug use starts as a recreational usage and develops into addiction over time. This is because the drugs change the brain’s chemistry over time, and it leaves you craving the substance. When you think of drug addiction, you break it into two categories: prescription drug addiction and illegal drug addiction.
This page covers the illegal drug addiction. As with both types of drug addiction, there is a progression in usage that turns you from a casual drug user to an addict. Here are the steps in the progression:
If you think that you or someone you love has a drug addiction, then they need to seek immediate treatment. The quicker you begin treatment means the more quickly you can reclaim your life and move forward.
Sometimes, you might suspect that you or someone you love has a drug addiction. However, drug addicts in the early stages are masters at hiding their addictions or at least how bad it actually is, so you need to look for the signs and symptoms to determine how bad the problem is. A drug addict might display only a couple of signs, or they may show a large combination of the signs. Some of the signs are physical while others are behavioral. A professional will make the final diagnosis of drug addiction. Here are a few of the signs and symptoms to look out for:
For many people suffering from drug addiction, there is an underlying cause. This underlying cause is why they became addicted to drugs while their friends continue to use recreationally. During drug addiction treatment, your therapist and counselors will treat both the drug addiction and the underlying cause also known as a dual diagnosis. Many times, the dual diagnosis is a mental health issue and can include:
When you can no longer ignore the signs and side effects of drug addiction, you know it’s time to seek professional treatment. This can be a scary time, because you don’t know what is going to happen. Here’s a look at the treatment process to help you understand what you or a loved one is facing when seeking treatment.
At Fairwinds Treatment Center, we break care into five levels. Each level of care is designed to help you heal and overcome your drug addiction. The assignment to a particular level of care comes from your overall health, outside support system, and your motivation to stay away from illicit drugs. Here’s a look at the five levels of care.
During your stay or course of treatments, you’ll meet and interact with a variety of professional staff members at the Fairwinds Treatment Center. Each person you meet with and encounter has your best interest at heart and wants to help you become successful in your recovery. This includes:
A major part of your treatment and recovery is working one-on-one with a counselor. During these sessions, with the help of your therapist, you’ll discover the reasons for your drug addiction and develop a plan to solve the problems that led to your drug use in the first place. This may be things such as poor self-esteem, lack of anger management, or lack of positive coping methods for everyday stress.
You and your therapist will work out a schedule to most benefit your treatment. You may go to one-on-one therapy once a day and several times per week. During these sessions, you’ll work on ways to avoid the pitfalls that led to your drug use in the first place. As with all the therapy you receive at Fairwinds, the goal is for you to return home after treatment without relapsing and returning to drug use.
You’ll spend a good deal of your time recovering in group therapy. This is a group of your peers who are also battling drug addiction. During these sessions, you’ll listen to other people’s stories and see that you aren’t as much to blame for your addiction as you do. You’ll learn coping methods that have worked for others and methods that haven’t.
Each group therapy session is lead by a counselor who keeps the talk on the topic and ensures everyone gets a chance to speak. You may be asked to take part in some exercises, such as pretending to talk to a loved one who doesn’t understand your addiction or trying to cope with your anger triggers in new ways. You’ll probably attend at least one group therapy session each day and possibly more than one.
One of the key parts of a successful recovery is your support system, and in most cases, your family is a large part of that support system. Many people who have suffered from drug addiction have damaged their relationship with their family during their drug usage days. With family therapy, you can start to rebuild trust, and your family members can learn more about the challenges that you face.
You may do family therapy in the office or have Skype sessions, depending on how far away your family lives. Your therapist will sit in on all of these sessions and try to keep the discussion productive. Working with your therapist, you’ll set a schedule of how often you need family therapy.
A Fairwinds Treatment Center, we understand the challenges that you face recovering from drug addiction. We can help by creating a personalized recovery plan for you. Contact our office today to learn more about our recovery programs.
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