What Treatment Steps Are Used in Heroin Addiction Treatment?
Struggles with heroin addiction are not easy to overcome on your own. Most of the time, the withdrawal symptoms you experience when stopping the use of heroin are so unpleasant that medical intervention is needed – not to mention the therapy most people require post-detox to help maintain sobriety. Thankfully, treatment options for heroin addiction are available and designed to meet your personal goals to foster a high rate of success. Heroin addiction treatment Choosing addiction treatment can be immensely overwhelming – the unknown, the risk of relapse and not to mention the wide variety of treatment options can make [...]
What Does a Heroin Addiction Look Like?
Within the brain are numerous receptors that allow us to experience the world around us and learn from said experiences – certain stimulants, like a hot stove, send negative signals to the brain, whereas other stimulants, like eating a high-quality meal, send positive signals. Our biological makeup steers us towards those stimulants offering positive signals. Unfortunately, certain substances send positive signals to the brain due to their effects on the pleasure receptors, even though the use of these substances has significantly negative impacts. Heroin use is one such example of a pleasurable or euphoric signal that has drastically negative effects [...]
What Does Meth Addiction Treatment Look Like?
Meth is often used as the poster child for addiction due to how severe the effects of methamphetamine abuse on the body are. It can wreak havoc not only on your body but also on your mind, ability to function at work or school, relationships and other areas of your life. When someone you love starts exhibiting signs of drug abuse, it can be scary and overwhelming as the worst-case scenarios go through your mind, but stay rooted in the present. As long as the person is still here, still breathing, still alive, then recovery is possible; it'll be hard [...]
How You Can Support Your Family Member Battling Meth Abuse
Methamphetamine is a Schedule II drug as classified by the DEA and is only available medically as a nonrefillable prescription. Its medical uses are limited so prescriptions are rarely handed out – methamphetamine is most often used for recreational purposes. A stimulant that increases energy, talkativeness and a sense of euphoria, it’s often abused in high doses, increasing the risk of long-term complications and overdose. If you have a family member or friend struggling with methamphetamine abuse, it is important for their safety and well-being to offer them support as best you can, and get them the help they need [...]
The Most Telling Signs and Symptoms of Methamphetamine Use
Methamphetamine (or “meth”) abuse can occur in individuals as young as adolescents. This is because methamphetamines can be prescribed to individuals of all ages struggling with certain health conditions. While many people are able to manage to temporarily use their methamphetamine prescription to aid in their recovery, others develop a dependence on the substance. Some of the signs may seem obvious, but others are not so much. Learning about the various methamphetamine use symptoms can help you identify a potentially life-threatening issue in yourself or someone you love. You’re in the right place. In this article, we’re going to take [...]
How Trauma Can Lead to Substance Use
Trauma wreaks more havoc on a person’s health and well-being than most people know. It can affect you physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. The degree to which it changes you depends on the severity of the trauma and your personal response. Trauma can change how you see yourself and the world around you. People and relationships that were once safe to you may now feel uncomfortable or scared, and you may find it difficult to relax or enjoy social situations or environments you once enjoyed with ease. The changes you experience internally and externally in your life following a trauma [...]
How to Tell the Difference Between Misuse and Abuse
Painkillers are used for an obvious purpose — they remove the presence or lessen the experience, of pain. We may use them daily for the purpose of quickly taking care of a headache, or more limitedly, such as those used in recovery from surgery. Painkillers, like ibuprofen or acetaminophen, have relatively harmless side effects, but other painkillers, such as opioids, have more serious ones. These drugs are more often misused, even abused, as a result of these side effects. Substance misuse vs abuse – what’s the difference? When talking about substances and the roles they play in our lives, there are [...]
