AHS Views

Not too many people paid an awful lot of attention to methadone when it was used primarily as a substitute drug for heroin addicts. But now that it’s used as a painkiller and the death toll is rising, it’s in the news. Perhaps the increase in methadone-related deaths will prompt the right people to realize what an abomination methadone ‘treatment’ really is and heroin addicts may start to get the addiction help they need instead of being put onto another addictive, dangerous drug.

What took them so long? I suspect that junkies dying didn’t come as a surprise to anyone, and wasn’t particularly newsworthy. You don’t see too many stories about how many junkies are dying from methadone, although the number of methadone-related deaths have been about double those related to heroin. And many more people take heroin than methadone.

Thinking of getting into a methadone maintenance program? If someone is telling you that’s the way to go, forget it. Contact a medical drug detox program that can get you through withdrawal and into drug rehab. And if you’re already on methadone, do the same. You don’t have to settle for replacing one drug addiction for another. Get the addiction help services you need.

I don’t know of many drug addicts who want to get arrested, but I came across a story about NASCAR driver Aaron Fike who reportedly told a judge that he was thankful for an arrest that got him the addiction help he needed to handle his problem with heroin.
 
According to the article, Fike was arrested while shooting up in an amusement park parking lot and was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of heroin. After four days in jail, Fike was admitted into a drug addiction treatment program where he spent four months.

Fike had struggled with addiction for many years. It started with him taking prescription painkillers to handle a physical injury. He got hooked on them very quickly, then graduated to OxyContin, and then started shooting heroin.

After his arrest he was thankful for the opportunity to get addiction treatment help to handle his substance abuse issues. Today, although he still may face some sentencing for his arrest, Fike is trying to deliver drug education to schools, racetracks and other community venues in order to reduce his charges.

His personal story shows what can happen when a person gets the addiction help services they need.

A $2.3 million grant has just been given to the University of Houston, Texas, to study the effects of drug abuse on older Latinos. Personally, I don’t see the point. There’s nothing about Latinos, or the fact that they’re older, that would make the effects any different from anyone else, and they’ll still need the same drug addiction help anyone abusing drugs needs.

What else could that money be used for? Well, $2.3 million could get an awful lot of those older Latinos actually through drug rehab so they can be free of drugs. Seems a much better use of the money than studying them to see if there’s anything different about Latino drug addicts than addicts within other ethnic groups.

If you know someone who’s abusing drugs, contact a good drug rehab program counselor who can help you find the addiction help services they need. Latino or not, I can guarantee it’s going to be drug rehab. 

I’ve heard of many different types of drug rehab, but never before have I seen people trying to get addiction help being filmed throughout their drug rehab and the films being released on TV – which is what the new reality TV show Celebrity Rehab is all about.
 
The show began filming in September and will feature Jessica Sierra and, possibly, other celebs who were at the drug rehab center at the time. Although the others are not confirmed, they could include Daniel Baldwin, pro-wrestler Chyna, and even a porn star.

God knows what effect this will have on the viewpoint of the public regarding drug rehab.

If you or someone you care about is on drugs, realize that this is not reality TV – it’s the real thing, and it’s dangerous. Contact a drug rehab program counselor to find out how you can get the addiction help services you need.

When you’ve struggled with drug addiction for years, as I have, Thanksgiving takes on a special meaning. Drug rehab is one of the major things I have to be thankful for – without the addiction help I received, I might not be here today.
 
When you’re addicted to drugs, it seems like it will never be over but, as a fully recovered addict, I want to tell you that addiction really can be overcome if you get the right treatment.

Millions of others have been through what I went through, and those who were lucky enough to get into a drug rehab program are having dinner today with friends and family.

If someone you care about is addicted to drugs or alcohol, contact a drug rehab counselor to figure out how to get them the addiction help services they need. Although they may not be with you this Thanksgiving, next year they could be fully recovered and sitting beside you at your dinner table.

I’ve often wondered why the government and other entities continue to throw money at drug detox and drug rehab facilities and treatment models that are unsuccessful. I think one of the reasons may be that they actually believe ‘relapse is part of recovery.’  I don’t know who the ‘expert’ is who decided that, or how the word got spread around, but it’s certain that it didn’t come from someone who is an expert in addiction help.

It more than likely came from someone who has had a number of failures in trying to get people off drugs. Somehow, they just got to the point where they didn’t believe there was anything wrong with their treatment model, or their facility, or their skills - it’s just that ‘relapse is part of recovery.’

It’s not uncommon for someone who has failed at something to try to make others believe that the thing they’re failing at is impossible.

In fact, when it comes to drug rehab, it’s not. There are very successful drug rehab program centers around. And plenty of people actually kick the habit.

If you or someone you care about needs help getting off drugs, contact an addiction help services counselor. He can guide you to something that really works. 

How they can be a drug rehab expert and not know how to get someone to stay off You have probably heard ‘relapse is part of recovery’  being offered as the reason why some drug rehab programs are unsuccessful – they are unsuccessful, relapse is part of recovery. a reason for relapse and for the failure of drug rehab programs. Anyone who says this really doesn’t know what it takes to make drug rehab successful. What else are they going to say? They don’t know What does that mea 

“You have to want to stop, and you have to stop believing drugs are the answer to your pain,” Dale Gordon, a recovery addict and director of treatment for the Yukon territory’s Alcohol and Drug Services unit told the Whitehorse Star in a recent article. “My experience is that people who recover have a way to do that.”
 

When it comes right down to it, you’re the only one who’s going to educate your kids on drugs and alcohol and ensure that your kids, family members and others you care about get the drug addiction help they need. And the first thing you have to do is recognize that there is a problem.

An article today about the Kentucky forum on drug abuse, entitled “Not My Child! (Are You Sure?),” featured Pennyrile Narcotics Task Force Director Cheyenne Albro. Winning the war on drugs requires success in three areas, says Albro, enforcement, education and treatment. Law enforcement, while active, is obviously not solving the problem. So, if your kid is in trouble, it’s up to you. “Drug abuse is a devastating disease. It’s got a death grip on our nation. The cure for that disease is you, the public,” said Albro.

‘Not My Child! (Are You Sure?)’ is probably what almost every parent thinks when they hear their kid is doing drugs. It may be just as shocking to you – but, nevertheless, if that’s what’s going on, you need to know about it. And you need to do something about it fast. Drugs ruin lives, and sometimes they end them. Don’t let it happen to someone you love. Contact a drug rehab counselor and get the addiction help treatment you need.

Getting someone who needs help with alcohol or drug addiction can be difficult. In fact, 95% of alcohol and drug treatment candidates think they don’t have a problem. But, they do. They have a problem with alcohol or drugs, and they have the problems that got them into alcohol or drugs in the first place. And the only way to resolve those problems is through a successful alcohol and drug rehab program.

But how do you convince them of that fact? Sometimes the addict is afraid the person will think less of them if they discuss it, sometimes they think the person couldn’t possibly understand what they’re going through, and sometimes the relationship between the addict and the person trying to convince them to get help is not that great.

That’s when you need outside help – someone who understands what the addict is going through, has worked with hundreds or thousands of alcoholics or drug addicts in the past, and can convince them to get into alcohol or drug rehab.

If you need help getting someone into treatment, call a drug rehab program counselor. They’ll help you determine if an interventionist is needed, and will also help you find the right treatment program.

Many people go in and out of drug rehab over and over again. They go through rehab, relapse, rehab, relapse, and on and on. Why? There are thousands of rehab centers available, they have different philosophies and treatment methods and the results, obviously, can vary. How are you supposed to know beforehand whether a drug rehab program will suit your situation and actually work?

For the layman, it’s hard to know. But a drug rehab specialist who has helped thousands of addicts and is familiar with the various types of rehab can assess the situation and determine which type of program would be best.

No matter which program is used, success is determined by the rehab program’s ability to get down to the bottom of the problem that caused the person to become addicted in the first place. It also has to give the person the tools they need to stay drug free once they leave.

Each person’s needs are different. If you want to stop the revolving door of rehab, get a drug rehab counselor to help you find the program that’s right for you.

One of the problems with drug addiction and abuse is that the person often has to resort to criminal activity to support the habit. This can be a disaster for addicts as it’s almost as easy to get drugs in jail as it is in the streets – yet another reason to get addicts into drug rehab fast.

I read an article today about a teen who’d become addicted to prescription painkillers after being prescribed them by his doctor. He’d been on them quite a while – he’d had three surgeries – but, unfortunately, it doesn’t have to take long to get addicted to things like OxyContin. Some people get addicted in a week or two.

He got involved in dealing the drugs – working under bigger dealers – just to support his own habit, not to make money, and then couldn’t quit. The dealers told him that if he quit dealing, they’d hurt his mother.

That’s the kind of thing you’re up against if you let someone who’s addicted to drugs stay that way. If someone you care about is addicted to drugs, get in touch with a drug rehab program counselor who can help you find treatment.