How to Get Help for an Addict
Probably the best way to help a loved one you know or suspect is suffering from addiction is to reach out. Don't try to help on your own! You need a coach. Someone who has been down this road before. Someone who already knows how to help.
Don't worry! You don't have to re-invent the wheel. Paradise Recovery is one of the best addiction treatment centers who offers a HelpLine for people who need advice on what to do next. You can call toll-free at 1-866-478-9898.
Addiction is a disease of isolation. Don't you feel like you are isolated when you try to help! Give them a call.
Don't worry! You don't have to re-invent the wheel. Paradise Recovery is one of the best addiction treatment centers who offers a HelpLine for people who need advice on what to do next. You can call toll-free at 1-866-478-9898.
Addiction is a disease of isolation. Don't you feel like you are isolated when you try to help! Give them a call.
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3 Comments:
The myth that addiction is a disease must be exposed for the lie
That it is, along with their fellow travellers. The AA/NA treatment centre's, which is perpetual money orientated fraud. They indoctrinate vulnerable people with their virus like
Propaganda, which enslaves people to a lifetime of nihilistic meetings
Where prophets of doom brainwash addicts and alcoholics into
Believing their is no other choice, which ultimately leads to the
Eroding of their self belief in ones own willpower decision to use is a
Conscious one so the Decision to stop is a conscious one. It is as
Simple as that! Reverse the impetus. Put the same energy into not using as using. We all have a duty to stop this insidious coercion and
Free people to live in contentment, in the knowledge that the only power
That the addiction has you is the power you give it.
I was a prescription addict on inject-able methadone and dia-
morphine for 17 years. I broke free from this addiction, by detoxing myself in 6-8 weeks off a dose of 195mg (150mg injectable) methadone. This was done alone and without medical attention or support groups. I have been abstinent for 18 months; I am not advocating everyone try this, as it is very dangerous. What I can say is everyone has more willpower than they believe, and it is not necessary to attend AA/NA or go into rehabilitation to stay abstinent. Once the addictive thoughts have been eliminated. You are recovered, as apposed to being in recovery without the stigma of believing you have a disease, and perpetual meetings, which do not allow a person to evolve, as the 12 step model, spoon-feeds you. Total freedom is within everybody's reach, you just need to believe in yourself.
I will gladly furnish my strategies and techniques, for overcoming the withdrawals and remaining abstinent.
It would be interesting to here feedback and engage in dialogue, about the medical, psychological, emotional and physical problems during the initial phase of the withdrawal and subsequent post withdrawal symptoms.
I would like to make a couple of comments in response to enigma. First, congratulations on your sobriety.
I both agree and disagree with some of the things that you had said. I believe, as you do, that you must not erode the belief in yourself as is promoted in some places. It is the "tear you down" mentality. Most people are torn down already when they are suffering from addiction. There is no need for a person to be torn down or put down even more. A tremendous amount of willpower is needed to battle addiction. However, willpower is not enough to become a person in recovery. I suspect if you think about it, more than willpower has been involved with your abstinence thus far. You had other supports. You are still engaged in the study and reflection on the disease (after all, you replied to the blog!). There are likely a number of things that you are doing to maintain abstinence currently, all of which require willpower, but it extends beyond just that.
I would like to point out that there is a difference between abstinence and recovery. Abstinence is the cessation of usage. However, nothing else has changed around the addicted person's thinking, their thought distortions, their way of living, their behavior. Have you ever heard of the term "dry drunk"? Abstinence = "dry drunk". You are still a drunk, but you have stopped the behavior of drinking. Abstinence is only the first step of recovery. Some people can achieve abstinence on their own (most can't, though). Nearly everyone requires help in order to achieve a life of recovery, however. Recovery goes way beyond abstinence. It is something that permeates all areas of your life, your thoughts, your behaviors.
Recovery means you can be fully alive.
I agree the main problem has been moving on , the mental effort , the emotional turmoil as all the suppressed memories are flooding back after 16 years, remorse, disgust in ones self, for throwing all those years away , along with the wonderful life I had before.
In reply to your assertion I had support .There was none during the withdrawal process, this was done alone, without medical attention (denied me by the drug services, that is another issue in itself); basic hygiene and nutrition were incredibly difficult under such circumstances.
I had 3 months of post detox support by a charity, and 12 1 hr sessions of counselling, plus 8 1hr key working sessions.
In addition, due to the intensity of the withdrawals, my GP had diagnosed posttraumatic stress syndrome, I suffer flashbacks, and night sweats.
You are correct I have not been able to reflect and analyze the years of addiction. After waking up in an environment unlike that which I was brought up , also the world has changed much in my years of isolation , also no resolution to finding my estranged family( should I or shouldn’t I).
There have been some beneficial effects, under normal circumstances; the body’s endorphin levels are brought back incrementally as they are suppressed by opiates, especially on a dose of 195mg methadone.
4 months after the withdrawal I began feel and notice some unusual effects as my body became flooded with them, this combined with a metabolic rate between two and four times that of most adults my age.
My lung capacity is that of a man 10 years younger, my veins have some how regenerated, before the withdrawal process , it was impossible to find one in my arms , legs and hands, had to resort to femoral vein for many years. I also have incredible energy levels, putting them to positive use is now the main problem.
Your views on my comments are much appreciated, and it is my earnest hope to one day share the strategies and techniques, used during the “cold turkey”, as I had to improvise and use unconventional methods, of which could assist others during the withdrawal process.
Regards
Enigma
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