Drug Addiction 2

There are many side effects and adverse reactions that can occur with the use of opioids as pain killers. Patients can innocently start taking pain killers after a moderate injury or because of a severe injury in an automobile accident, fall or for post surgical pain. More than 10% of high school seniors have started taking Vicodin for reasons other than reducing pain.

If you are addicted to pain killers or other drugs or think you may be, you can start working to increase the body’s endorphin production naturally; some ways are laughing, touching, massage, acupuncture, acupressure, walking, anything that makes you feel good that’s natural. More than 415,000 people received treatment for pain killer abuse or addiction this

past year. Treatment options for pain killer addiction include: medications, such as methadone and LAAM (levo-alpha-acetyl-methadol), and behavioral counseling; usually, the patient is medically detoxified before any treatment approach is begun.

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If you have a desire to recover from the disease of addiction, you must take certain steps to increase your chances of long-term recovery. Residential treatment is a great place to start you on your road to recovery. Program lengths may vary from 30 days to several months. If you have just returned home from a treatment centre, it is imperative that you have an after care plan and follow it 100%. Below are the top 5 reasons why you must follow your after care plan:

1. You are 100% responsible for your own recovery — Nobody else can do it for you!

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There are some alarming facts to consider regarding addictive disorders. For instance, a recent report in the National Drug Addiction Recovery Month Kit showed the cost of alcohol and illicit drug use in the workplace, including lost productivity, accidents and medical claims to be an estimated $140 billion per year.

Another fact: every eight seconds, a person dies due to a tobacco-related illness, according to the World Health Organization.

Also, an estimated 28 percent to 30 percent of people in the U.S.A. alone have an addictive substance abuse disorder, a mental health disorder or both, according to a 2002 report by the National Mental Health Association.

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If substance abuse has become a way of life for you, and is costing you your relationships, financial stability, career, and everything else which really matters to you, you only hope of reasserting control over your life may be to admit yourself to one of the thousands of drug addiction centers for treatment.

The Financial Question

If you have already rejected the idea that drug addiction centers are the answer for you because the cost of their treatment puts them beyond your financial reach, it s time to get really honest with yourself. How much are you currently spending on alcohol or your drugs of choice? If you don t beat you habit, you will continue to

spend that much, or more, until you die. With treatment from one of the drug addiction centers you can at least see an end to the expense involved; and if you have health insurance, part of the costs may be covered. Check your policy.

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I am a person in long-term recovery from drug dependence opiates. I am also a entertainer singer, songwriter that has dedicated my life to try to remove the stigma associated with “the disease of addiction” and to show that people can and do recovery and can lead a positive and productive life and can be a contributing member of there community and society. I am one individual among millions who are successfully living as positive, contributing members in communities across the country.

There is a new “Miracle Pill” called Suboxone (buprenorphine) now available to us that has been proven successful in treating opiate dependency. It is the first medicine to be approved by the FDA to treat opiate dependency

in over 20 years.

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