Addiction is a very complicated thing. Most people become addicts for a few reasons. The reason that a person first starts using drugs or alcohol is usually because there is something painful that is going on in their life that they are having trouble dealing with. This can be in some cases, physical pain, in other cases it is mental. The person will usually find a temporary relief when they get high. Whatever problem that they are dealing with will somehow not seem quite as bad and the person will think to themselves “hey I can deal with this.” The relief that they feel will usually go away once the effects of the drugs wear off. When the relief is gone, many times the problem that they were having trouble will usually seem much worse than it did before they used the drugs and overall the person will also feel just a little more run down and worse than before they used. This is because drugs cause vitamin and mineral defencencies in a person and they also effect the brain chemistry and cause depression. The person will then often feel the need to use more drugs so that they can feel better again. This time when the person uses, the high they often find is not quite as enjoyable as it was before and they have to use a little more of the drug to achieve the same feeling that they are looking for.

Again, when they come off of the drug they will feel just a little worse than they did before and the cycle can continue for some time. Often times the cycle is so gradual that the person never even realizes what is going on. They just know that eventually they get to a point to where the only time that they feel even just a little good is when they are on drugs.

Addiction is Tragic

Most people have the ability to go outside and greet a nice sunny day with a smile. Most people do not need to use drugs to be able to do this. Addiction is really tragic in the fact that it robs the people that are suffering from it the natural good feelings that most people possess naturally. Drugs affect a person’s brain chemistry and natures reward system. There are certain actions that are hard wired into someone’s mind that a person associates with pleasure and good feelings. These are activities are ones that are designed to be protective of a person’s health and will ensure the survival of the species. When a person is hungry and they eat to satiation they will feel good. Serotonin is released at this point in the persons brain. When a person is sweet and connects to another human being they will also get rewarded for there is safety in numbers. When a person has sex they will feel good because this ensures reproduction and a continuation of the species. The same goes with exercise and other activities that are healthy.

Most drugs act in the brain in a way that is similar to the natural chemicals that the brain releases during these reward times. They use the same pathways and after a while replace the natural chemicals that the brain produces. This has two effects on the person. One, it make the person usually go through depression while they are going through withdrawal. This depression will usually last for about twenty-one days to a month for most people. Taking anti-depressants during this time can be dangerous and actually prolong the natural process that the brain goes through while healing.

The other thing that is does is it makes the person associate using drugs with survival. Because the person gets the same kind of reward from using drugs as they would from say eating, drugs can become as important, and oftentimes more important to the person than food. The same kind of panic that a person goes through when they don’t know where their next meal is coming from is what goes through a person who is addicted and does not know where their next fix is going to come from.

This is why many people steal and do all sorts of other things in the name of addiction that they would usually never do. Drugs have robbed them of their life and threaten their very survival. The person does not see this, because to them they really actually feel that they will NOT survive without drugs, no matter how much the facts state otherwise. This is why one often sees drug abuse rising amoung older adults (55+). These are people who are old enough to know better, but their addiction has gotten to the point where they really feel they need drugs to live.

Narconon Rehab Center

This is where ones local Narconon Rehab Center comes in. Narconon is one of the only programs that help a person relearn how to survive life without the need of drugs or alcohol. Narconon first handles the physical aspect of addiction and gets the person feeling physically better than they ever did when they were using drugs. The Narconon New Life Detoxification program helps a person rid their bodies of all the unwanted toxins and drug residuals that have become stored in their body due to their addiction while also ridding the person of any vitamin and mineral deficiencies they may have. When a person is freed from these drug residuals, they no longer are constantly going through physical cravings. This gives the person enough relief that they are able to face the mental and emotional issues that got them started using in the first place. Their body also will feel good again naturally without drugs.

The rest of the Narconon program concentrates on teaching the person the coping tools that they need to deal with the hard issues in life. It does not matter how old an addict is; Narconon is designed for people of all ages who wish to be freed from the chains of their addiction. Narconon is very successful at doing this. Narconon has one of the highest success rates in the country at seventy-six percent. Most programs only have a two to twenty-four percent success rate. Call today and handle addiction forever.