In order to understand why outpatient detox for drug addicts and alcoholics rarely gives satisfactory results, we have to review a couple of things about addiction. Addiction is a compulsion to use a substance or behavior to alter the way we feel. However, it is more than that: it is a physical and emotional way …
Getting drunk or high on an intermittent basis — perhaps every weekend — is known as binge using. There is are indications that people who binge drink stand a considerably greater chance of becoming alcoholics, especially young people, who are still forming neural connections in their brains. Many authorities believe that this applies to certain …
In practically all cases, opiates kill by respiratory depression: when we OD, the part of the brain that controls breathing shuts down, and we “forget” to breathe. This causes death by hypoxia — suffocation. I was reading again today about another addict who overdosed and died because she misjudged her tolerance for Oxycontin after leaving …
An article in the December 9th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (not available online) refers to a Johns Hopkins study regarding maintenance treatment for opiate addiction in pregnant women. First, we need to mention that, when a woman who is currently addicted to opiates gives birth, the baby is addicted as well. The child’s detox symptoms …
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Drug abuse in the US (not including alcohol) costs the economy $193 billion a year, according to a new report. That figure equals or exceeds the cost of chronic diseases such as diabetes. Read about it…
It is true, but in order to give you a good overview, let’s talk about overdoses (ODs) in general. Most overdoses are caused by people mixing drugs such as heroin, alcohol, methadone and benzodiazepines (Valium, Xanax, Ativan and similar “tranquilizers”). These drugs are all central nervous system (CNS) depressants. When used together, there can be …
Q. Is being prescribed methadone or suboxone considered being clean, even though they are addictive, abusable substances? You’ll get different answers to this question from different people. Generally the division lies between those who are on maintenance drugs and those who are not. Both sides of the discussion have their valid points. However, I believe you …
If I’m On A Suboxone Or Methadone Program, Am I Clean? Read More »
This really comes down to a personal decision. Our program is intended to develop “a manner of living that demands rigorous honesty,” but it is also an anonymous program. The “rigorous honesty” demanded is self-honesty. There are, without question, situations where being too open about our past can destroy careers and create chaos in other …
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