Drug Addiction Rehab

The greatest fear of anyone associated with a friend, co-worker or loved one caught in the cycle of addiction is that the person will die of an overdose. Most overdoses are considered accidental. At least that is how the families and friends of the addict want to look at their death. However, a new study by SAMSHA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration) in 2008 showed that 8.3 million adults in the U.S. had serious thoughts of committing suicide in the last year.
Out of the 8.3 million considering suicide, 2.3 million Americans made a plan in the last year while 1.1 million adults had actually attempted suicide in the last year. Factoring into the risk levels was gender, age and history of substance abuse. Substance abuse, not surprisingly, increased the risk of seriously considering, planning or attempting suicide. It was found that people experiencing substance abuse disorders within the past year were more than three times as likely to have seriously considered committing suicide as those not battling substance abuse. Those with past year substance abuse were four times more likely to have planned a suicide than those without substance abuse disorders and nearly seven times more likely to have attempted suicide.
These numbers are tragic but not altogether too surprising when taking into consideration the lifestyle of a person caught in the cycle of addiction. Most people tried a drug to avoid a problem and then continued with taking drugs instead of handling the problems in their life, finding them actually worse than at first and now finding themselves addicted to their drug of choice. Now their foremost problem is the cravings for the drug and the “how –to- get -more” of said drug. The lifestyle to keep the addiction fed brings on depression and guilt due to the activities to keep their cravings at bay. This of course increases the guilt where the only way out of this lifestyle to the addict is to commit suicide, which in the their mind will handle all their problems and do their friends and family a favor by them not having to worry over them any longer.
According to one professional in the rehab field, many people entering a rehab program state upon arriving that they had considered suicide because they had hit rock bottom and saw no other way to stop using drugs; and in the process were destroying not only themselves but their families. A person addicted to drugs cannot see any way out of this lifestyle. This is why an effective and successful rehabilitation program which takes a biophysical approach, and teaches Life Skills steps, is able to give that addict the tools and skills to overcome their addiction and to achieve their goals and dreams upon completion of the program, drug-free.
If you need help for yourself or a loved one, please call us on our toll-free Addiction Helpline at 1-877-873-8532. There is hope. It is possible to live a drug-free life…
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A recent study conducted by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University shows that of the $373.9 billion spent annually to fight the nation’s drug problem, less than 2% actually goes toward drug treatment and prevention. The remainder of this staggering amount of money (paid out by both federal and state government) is going to handle the societal consequences of not making effective drug and alcohol rehabilitation services available to the estimated 25 million substance abusers living within the U.S. borders.

Every untreated addict costs the tax payers of this country astonishing amounts of money. Costs to try and incarcerate drug offenders; costs in health care services related to addiction, costs in unemployment benefits, disability funding, costs in social services for drug dependent parents and their children, the spending goes on and on. When you understand this it is not surprising to know that almost 98% of the federal and state budgets to fight substance abuse are going to handle the social issues facing Americans that are created by a lack of drug and alcohol rehabilitation services. ”

The C.A.S.A. report further revealed that for every dollar of the $373.9 billion the federal and state government spent on drug prevention treatment , it cost $59.83 to fund the government and state programs needed to support untreated drug addicts and alcoholics who are in legal trouble, unhealthy or unemployable because of their addiction.

The consensus of a growing number of treatment professionals seems to be that the recent C.A.S.A. study clearly shows that there must be more financial resources piped towards drug and alcohol treatment and prevention services. Not doing so will only continue to waste billions more in tax payer money while the numbers of drug addicted people continue to sky rocket out of control.

If you or someone you love needs help, please call us at 1-877-873-8532 to speak to a Counselor. It is possible to live a drug-free life…

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According to CNN, many people who think prescription pain medication addiction just affects celebrities, like Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger and other big names, are in for some shocking news. The Office of the National Drug Control Policy reports more people are abusing prescription drugs currently than cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine combined. In addition, between 1995 and 2005, drug treatment admission for prescription pain medication abuse grew 300 percent.

Right now, prescription drugs are the second most abused drug after alcohol.

While we have seen many big names lose their battles with prescription drug addiction, there are many who have successfully recovered from it and lived to tell their stories.  

One individual who has fully handled his addiction to prescription drugs is Ramsy Darwish. Mr. Darwish recently appeared on a show called America’s “Other” Drug Problem Prescription Medication Abuse with Rick Sanchez and shared his story of addiction and recovery. His drug use started by experimenting with different drugs throughout his adolescent years, until injuries from a car accident started him on pain killers. This quickly led to an escalating addiction of various opiates.

Brought up in a good family who gave him a lot of opportunity, Darwish never thought he would end up a drug addict.  Ramsy struggled with prescription pain medication addiction for many years and burned most of his bridges, until his family intervened and got him help through a longterm drug and alcohol rehabilitation program which successfully addresses the biophysical and life skills aspects of drug addiciton, and which maintians an over 70% success rate for permanent addiction recovery.

On CNN news, Darwish explained that using prescription drugs helped him deal with emotional and physical pain and that typically people start to abuse prescription drugs as a way to handle personal loss and various other problems instead of the original physical pain that the original prescription was written for.   Once thoroughly addicted to the drugs, the drug use creates more and more problems for the person and their family. The only answer lies only in successful drug treatment.

Ramsy’s experience is one example of this.  Unlike many who have lost their lives as a result of substance abuse, he was able to fully recover from his addiction and been stably off drugs for several years and is happily married.  Since his recovery, Ramsy trained to become an addiction counselor and is now helping others to live a drug-free life.

Whether a person is a celebrity, loved one, family member or friend, if they are addicted to prescription drugs, they don’t have to end up like Michael Jackson or Heath Ledger. Successful recovery from prescription drug abuse is possible.

Please contact us at www.successfulrehabservices.org, or call our toll-free Addiction Helpline at 1-877-873-8532 if you or a loved one needs help to overcome addiciton, and live a drug-free life.

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