Withdrawal Treatments

A clock ticks in the back of your mind as the hours pass since the last time you used cocaine. Your skin crawls and heart races at the thought of just one more hit of heroin. The highs of drugs may be euphoric and drown the problems of your life to a whisper, but the crashing lows are unbearable. The withdrawal experienced when you can no longer keep up the binges is a nightmare of physical and mentally manifested symptoms that twist your body with pain and torture your mind with cravings, descending into hallucinations and feverish paranoia. Withdrawal treatments aren’t only necessary in these situations, they can be life saving.

Quitting Your Addiction

The dependency of highly addictive drugs, of crack, meth, of opiates and narcotics, affect everyone differently. Genetic makeup makes one person able to at least present the illusion of coping while the next spirals out of control, succumbing to a heavy toll of severe and chronic symptoms. You’ve passed a critical line, somewhere between the last few fixes. You need more heroin to get the same intensity of high, to avoid the crash and the following withdrawal. Without withdrawal treatments the period between feeling good and coming down is going to get shorter, the cravings stronger.

Playing Addiction Russian Roulette

It’s difficult to quantify just how compromised your judgement is while hooked on an addictive substance. You’re certainly willing to consider previously unimaginable choices if the supply is threatened. You’ll borrow money from friends, promising it’ll be returned. You’ll steal if that’s what it takes, and medically unsafe habits are used regardless of the danger. This includes sharing needles, an invitation to disease. Withdrawal treatments restore clarity of mind so that you can make informed choices again, avoiding going down a road that will endanger your already compromised health.

Withdrawal Treatments Mean Detoxing

Challenging, emotionally exhausting, and physically debilitating, withdrawal treatments take time and inner strength. Medical professionals often describe this period as an uneven road with many pitfalls, and the ever-present possibility of relapse sits nearby to tempt you off the road.

The symptoms of withdrawal are too numerous to count here, ranging from the restlessness and insomnia associated with coming off of oxycontin, to the super-sensitivity and physical pain of reducing opiate intake. Some treatments involve reducing the dosage of the drug, weaning with a less dangerous substitute, abstaining from the substance outright. A rehabilitation center is the only way to effectively employ these solutions, with trained medical professionals caring for troubled addicts through a combination of compassion and tough love. Indeed, withdrawal treatments require a toughness from the physician and nurse, therapy to reassure you that the unbearable symptoms of withdrawal will pass. The worst of the pain and mental issues should pass within 24 hours but users can experience days of pain.

After the worst of the pain has passed, there’s still much work to be done. There will be feelings of depression and despair, cravings that tempt relapse. Draw on every ounce of strength you possess and send that energy into your withdrawal treatments.