Addiction Recovery Basics

I don't know, why you asking? If you are asking if you need drug addiction treatment because you

drug use is starting to cause more problems in your life,

then maybe you've answered your question. 

If it were only that easy. One thing about people who have become chemically dependent is we want to continue to use as much as possible, as long as possible. We will make up fantasies, stories, and what really amounts to insane rationalizations to convince ourselves that is OK to keep on with our addictive use, despite the growing wreckage around us.

When it gets to the point where considering drug addiction treatment the stories and fantasies we have surround ourselves with have begun to crack. Reality sets in. We become aware that we need more and more drugs to get high, or worse yet they have stopped working. The time between drug use episodes has gotten shorter and shorter and when we're not using we are sicker and sicker. These are indications of classic drug addiction symptoms of tolerance and withdrawal.

We can no longer convince ourselves that we're not hurting people around us and ourselves, but the urge to continue the use is there as strong as ever. That's the really scary part. We know we're destroying ourselves and everyone around us yet the pull from inside, the gut wrenching stomach level, is to go use the drug, at any cost. What's that all about? I don’t get the urge to repeatedly bash myself in the face with a hammer. But I think about one more high.

Well the answer to that question is about another characteristic of drug addiction called compulsion an obsession. The intellectual decision to stop using by itself is not enough, if it were, we would have stopped hundreds of times already, every time we said this was the last. To my mind, the only way to put an addiction and a state of remission, is with some outside help.

The best suggestion I can offer in getting started to seek drug addiction treatment is to get an assessment by a competent professional. There are different levels and types of treatment available and not all are appropriate for all people. a competent assessment by an addiction professional will increase your chances on being matched to an appropriate drug addiction treatment program.

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