| Giving The Heroin Addict Hope, That A Successful | | | | slow down. Short-term effects also include clouded |
| Drug Rehab Can Help Them | | | | mental functioning, hypothermia and coma (or death |
| Hope, starts with you. I once had a family member | | | | due to overdose). |
| addicted to heroin. Today she is no longer an addict. | | | | Heroin withdrawal includes extreme physical and |
| Many families in the UK are no strangers to heroin | | | | mental symptoms like restlessness, aches and pains in |
| misuse. Although 75% of Heroin addicts in Northern | | | | the bones, diarrhea, vomiting and severe discomfort. |
| Ireland, last year, have been treated before and | | | | Most heroin addicts intensely fear opiate withdrawal. |
| failed, it does not mean we have to give up. There is | | | | The high the user seeks lasts only a few minutes. |
| hope in that only 10% of those users inject, lessening | | | | With continued use, the addict needs increasing |
| the risk of HIV and Hepatitis. | | | | amounts of the drug just to feel "normal". |
| The majority in the UK still smoke it rather than | | | | When Does Heroin Addiction Begin? |
| inject. My loved one had also been treated before | | | | Heroin addiction can occur even after a single dose. |
| and failed but I did not give up. I learned that it is | | | | In London we have the highest addiction rates of |
| possible to help a friend or loved one but it takes a | | | | opiates such as heroin and methadone for adults 16 |
| lot of courage. You have to want to do it enough to | | | | to 59 years of age for England and Wales. Scary |
| give them the courage and hope that they lost a | | | | facts, but how does this happen? |
| long time ago. She dared to trust me for 24 hours, | | | | Even when the person thinks about getting clean, the |
| that she could have a life again, and it was all the | | | | physical withdrawal which comes after each use and |
| time I needed to get her into a residential heroin | | | | before the next is enough to keep them addicted |
| rehab center that worked. I was prepared and | | | | and caring about nothing else in their lives. Even their |
| together we did it. | | | | "loved ones" become painful memories to be put |
| Learn-- How Strong Is The Urge To Keep Using | | | | behind them with the next fix. |
| Heroin And Other Opiates? | | | | When you cannot get out of bed because of the |
| Heroin is usually injected, snorted or smoked. Within | | | | pain, can't stay in bed because of the pain, can't |
| hours after the drug effects have reduced, the | | | | sleep, and can't eat, can't think, what then? When life |
| addicts body begins to crave more. If he does not | | | | is just pain, it is no wonder that there is nothing more |
| get another fix, he will begin to experience | | | | important than the next fix and some "relief". These |
| withdrawal. | | | | are facts of heroin addiction. This is why we must |
| In the UK there are free programs offered by the | | | | hope for them and we can help them to break free |
| NHS but these also involve substitute opiates as a | | | | from the shackles of their addiction. |
| form of "treatment" such as methadone which | | | | Is There Hope For Drug Addicts And Alcoholics in the |
| carries the same addictive qualities. There is private | | | | UK? |
| residential drug rehab in the south of England offering | | | | I have to say yes! First, do your homework. There is |
| a revolutionary drug free alternative that eases | | | | effective drug free treatment available for your |
| withdrawal and has an unbeaten success rate. | | | | loved one without creating substitute addictions like |
| The immediate effects of heroin include a surge of | | | | methadone. Arrange a spot. For me, it was the |
| sensation-- a "rush" often accompanied by a warm | | | | program that offered my family member the best |
| feeling of the skin and a dry mouth. It can include | | | | chance of recovery for life. Such private drug |
| vomiting or severe itching. After these effects fade, | | | | treatment programs are available in the UK and |
| the user becomes drowsy for several hours. The | | | | elsewhere. Educate yourself and take heart. You can |
| basic body functions such as breathing and heartbeat | | | | do it. I know, I did. |