Rehabilitation Center

If one understands ‘rehabilitation’ as the process of restoring something to a previous state or an improved state, then one will have an idea of what a rehabilitation center should do or accomplish. Rehabilitation is so much more than simply getting someone to stop using drugs or alcohol. Full detoxification of the body to remove drugs and toxins that have been accumulating in the fat tissues for years is a vital factor. Many of the people who have completed the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program report feeling years younger, as well as often reporting a complete cessation of their physical drug cravings. There are of course lots of other actions to facilitate and bring about rehabilitation on a mental and emotional level. When looking for a rehabilitation center, look for a center with complete and comprehensive services and a proven track record of creating drug free and productive lives.

What makes the Narconon Arrowhead addiction treatment program unique? First we offer a completely drug free withdrawal with no worries about now needing more or additional medications to stay off the drugs causing addiction. Second is a detox program that is second to none. The New Life Detoxification Program cleanses the body of all residual drugs and toxins showing a marked resurgence in overall sense of well being for the participants. We also fully address and handle the guilt and depression that accompanies addiction and are the factors causing continued use and relapse. Narconon Arrowhead has a 76% success rate as compared to 16 -20% in more traditional approaches.

There are common denominators between drugs though each may have its own effects and side effects. All drugs are essentially poisons with the amount taken determining the effect. A small amount of any drug will act as a stimulant (increases activity). A larger amount of any drug will act as a sedative (suppressing activity). A still larger amount poisons and can kill. This is true of any drug and only the amount needed differs. Drugs act to block of sensations, unfortunately this includes desirable sensations as well as unwanted sensations. Though sometimes of short term value in handling pain, they also wipe out ability, alertness, and greatly confuse thinking processes. At an addictive level drugs serve as major sources of numbing mental and physical sensation, while at the same time increasing unwanted attitudes, emotions, sensations, and pains, when attempts are made to cease use.

Addiction is a chronic, relapsing condition, characterized by compulsive drug-seeking and drug use which is accompanied by functional and molecular changes in the brain. In addition to being addicted to methamphetamine, chronic methamphetamine abusers exhibit symptoms that can include violent behavior, anxiety, confusion, and insomnia. They also can display a number of psychotic features, including paranoia, auditory hallucinations, mood disturbances, and delusions. The paranoia can result in homicidal as well as suicidal thoughts. With chronic use, tolerance for methamphetamine can develop. Users may take higher doses of the drug, take it more frequently, or change their method of drug intake. In some cases, abusers forego food and sleep while injecting as much as a gram of the drug every 2 to 3 hours over several days until the user runs out of the drug or is too disorganized to continue. Chronic abuse can lead to psychotic behavior, characterized by intense paranoia, visual and auditory hallucinations, and out-of-control rages that can be coupled with extremely violent behavior.

Cocaine addiction can involve the use of powder cocaine or the more potent form of cocaine known as crack. Both are highly addictive, but crack creates an almost instantaneous short lived feeling of euphoria. More and more of the substance is used more and more often in an attempt to regain the feelings of euphoria. The cocaine initially filled some sort of need for the individual. Perhaps it was only the need to fit in. Cravings, guilt, and depression soon set in and only get worse as the individual violates his own values and those of his family and loved ones in an attempt to simply get back to some feeling of normality. It is a deadly trap that can only end one of three ways – jail, death, or sobriety