| Drug abuse, intervention, drug rehab - if you're | | | | an identical effect as time passes). (People) can |
| familiar, really familiar with addiction you've been lead | | | | become addicted to various drugs quickly. Almost at |
| down a path of failure again and again. That's not | | | | the same time, a common definition of addiction |
| your fault. You were set up to fail. | | | | developed: to continue to use a given drug despite |
| My BIG question to you is: Are you willing to re-look | | | | their own best interest. (Wikipedia) |
| at the problem of addiction with a fresh set of eyes? | | | | Addiction is a dangerous problem with severe |
| The good news is by sorting out the truth and the | | | | consequences if it is not handled fast. The first thing |
| lies, you can find out what you've failed to solve and | | | | to find out is, What is the actual problem? |
| then solve addiction for real. This is not an empty | | | | Social Education Model |
| promise. I help 3/4 families end addiction for life. | | | | This model considers that a number of people |
| Let's First Find Out The Lies About Drug And Alcohol | | | | requiring drug and alcohol rehab are relapsing due to |
| Addiction | | | | life skills never applied or learned or abilities never |
| The popular and incorrect definition of addiction is a | | | | developed or used. Some people clearly lose touch |
| chronic relapsing disease or disorder overtaking a | | | | with their abilities while living the life of addiction. |
| persons power of judgment and personal control | | | | If a drug abuse program uses a Social Educational |
| resulting them to drink or take drugs to excess. | | | | Model of recovery, they will average 40% to 75% |
| Alcoholics and drug abusers DO take these drugs to | | | | success rate in Canada and the USA. (Baldwin |
| excess. But can they exert self will over their bad | | | | Research Corporation) |
| habit and end addiction? Let's find out the truth by | | | | Here is the catch. Many Social Educational Models are |
| exposing what has failed. | | | | only privately financed, meaning you or the family |
| Disease Model | | | | pays for the program. |
| A disease pre-supposes one requires medications, | | | | Let's do the math. If a drug or alcohol addiction is |
| medical care or other serious interventions to treat or | | | | costing you or the family $100,000 in expenses, lost |
| cure the problem. But, a chronic re-occurring disease | | | | income, lawyers, a divorce due to asset splitting, etc. |
| also pre-supposes you've got it for life ie HIV, | | | | a $30,000 program is a bargain. This is especially true |
| Diabetes, etc. | | | | if that program is 2 to 6 months or longer in duration |
| The drug treatment Disease Model is not performing | | | | and works. |
| well. It's about 10% (+/- 5%) success rate after 1 | | | | If the quality of your family's life has been damaged |
| year of program completion. | | | | dramatically by substance abuse and life is all about |
| This means if the program follows the Disease Model | | | | the drama that is created by the addict, ask yourself |
| or center offers 12 Step, counseling, medications, | | | | one thing: |
| mood altering drugs to treat various disorders (ADD / | | | | Are you trying to just survive it or are you trying to |
| ADHD, Anxiety, etc) that drug rehab program will | | | | fix the problem for good? |
| average a majority failure in Canada and the USA. | | | | Many families get so en-wrapped into the addicts life, |
| (Baldwin Research Corporation) | | | | they get 'addicted' to rescuing the addict, saving |
| Therefore, while a treatment program may not | | | | them from disasters and anticipating the next |
| openly say so, they don't expect your loved one to | | | | disaster. They are now just as trapped in the addict's |
| be cured of addiction, if they follow this model. They | | | | world, sometimes more trapped, as the addict. |
| only expect the addict get 'proper treatment', not | | | | Tips For Families And Addicts To Recover From |
| end addiction. | | | | Addiction |
| The Truth About Drug And Alcohol Addiction | | | | |
| Fact: the average case of alcoholism and drug | | | | 1. Do a self inventory. What are you trying to handle? |
| addiction is regularly cured by properly defining and | | | | 2. Identify the problem to be fixed |
| handling the actual or true problems underlying drug | | | | 3. Find a program method that fixes that problem |
| abuse. | | | | 4. Go with the odds |
| The original definition of drug / alcohol addiction is: | | | | 5. Ignore the detractors, everyone has a story to tell |
| - The use of a tolerance-inducing drug in sufficient | | | | and they are limited to their own perspective |
| quantity as to cause tolerance (the requirement that | | | | Curing addiction is a great joy and cause for |
| greater dosages of a given drug be used to produce | | | | celebration. I look forward to seeing your success. |