Drug Treatment
Drug
treatment at Narconon Arrowhead is a long term, drug free and non traditional experience.
Long term because we work not from the viewpoint of time spent, but from the viewpoint of results obtained.
It is self-paced and generally is 90-120 days.
It is drug free as we use no substitute prescriptions drugs to handle an already existing
addiction problem, such as substituting methadone for heroin. (Methadone is actually more harmful and addictive than heroin).
Non-traditional because we do not believe
addiction is a disease that must be borne for a life time. We empower the individual with new skills and abilities that allows for the creation of a lifetime of drug free, happy and productive living.
Drug Rehab Information By State
Opium
addiction has a long history.
It was a problem in the 1850’s when morphine was developed as a non-addictive substitute.
Morphine was soon a bigger
addiction problem than opium.
The morphine problem was ‘solved’ with another opium derivative – Heroin, which proved to be even more addictive than either morphine or opium. In the middle and latter parts of the 20th century along come methadone as the cure for heroin.
You guessed it, methadone is stronger, more addictive, and more life threatening than any of the opium derivatives that came before it. Ask any methadone addict, or addiction professional dealing with
methadone addiction and withdrawal. By the 1990’s the mortality rate from opium derivatives was estimated to be 20 times greater than the general population.
Rehab
detox is often considered to be merely withdrawal services.
Withdrawal while vital is not really the full
detoxification needed to insure a full handling for the drugs and toxins still in the body creating sometime uncontrollable cravings. The Narconon Arrowhead New Life
Detoxification Program fully handles the drugs and toxin residuals that lodge in the fatty tissues for months and years.
In moments of stress these drug residuals break loose from the fatty tissues when they can re-enter the blood stream creating intense mental and physical cravings even though the drug has not been used for some time.
This is one of the major reasons for relapse and continued use.
Most of Narconon Arrowhead participants report and end to cravings at the end of the
detoxification portion of the program accompanied by a marked resurgence in their overall sense of well being
Rehabilitation means to restore to a previous state or condition.
So what exactly does this mean when applied to drug or alcohol rehabilitation?
An effective
rehabilitation will address both mental and physical conditions that have been altered and worsened as a result of the addiction.
Ceasing drug or alcohol use is usually the easier of the problems relating to drug and alcohol abuse.
With correct medical and nutritional care and proper withdrawal regimens this can be gently and quickly achieved in a few days in most cases.
Rehabilitation of the individual and the body follows. Cravings, guilt, and depression are among the key factors needing addressed and resolved in order to obtain lasting
rehabilitation and a return of previous abilities, behavior levels, and personal drive. A truly effective drug
rehab can actually put a person in even better mental and physical shape than he was prior to the onset of drug or alcohol abuse. When the factors which cause the original
abuse are handled and tools for the future obtained, the need or desire for further drug or alcohol
abuse tends to fall away and not return. Narconon Arrowhead is such a program and routinely delivers such results.
The dangers and harm done by marijuana use has been under debate for decades and show no signs of lessening.
Whether marijuana
addiction exists or not is even more hotly debated.
Addiction is a condition characterized by repeated compulsive seeking and use of drugs, alcohol or other substances despite adverse social, mental and physical consequences.
When
addiction exists, the drug controls the individual rather than the individual controlling the usage. Statistics do show increasing numbers of people entering addiction
treatment reporting marijuana as their primary drug of abuse. Add to this the much stronger strains of marijuana available and the tendency to mix the drug with other substances such or crack and PCP and the potential for addiction becomes more pronounced.
Rather than endlessly debate the issue, one should simply look at the marijuana use of self or a loved one against the above definition.
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