Painkiller Addiction Help
It is estimated that more than six million Americans abuse prescription painkillers each month. More than 50 million have abused this type of drug at some time in their lives. What started out as help for those in pain has become a national epidemic of abuse and addiction. Those addicted to painkillers need help to get clean and sober again.
No one wants to be an addict. Even if a person says there is no way he can get clean and stay clean, in his heart he wishes to have a sober life back again. He may have long ago lost hope of ever being able to maintain sobriety and so wants to stop being a burden on others. Or he may simply feel that he is not worth helping any more. Whatever the reasons he (or she) feels you should not help, the truth is that he can be brought back to sobriety once again.
There is an effective rehab program that does not substitute one drug for another, that restores personal integrity and life skills and enables a new sober life to replace the one that was destroyed. That is Narconon.
What if the Addicted Person Refuses Help?
Many addicted people are desperate for help but others refuse the reality of their need. They may deny being addicted, saying they can quit any time, that they are not really using drugs that often, that they will wean themselves off. If they don’t immediately follow through on their promises, they need assistance. Any day, their painkiller addiction could result in an overdose that could land them in the hospital or morgue.
In most cases, it is possible to break through their resistance. It usually requires patience and getting them to remember what life was life before addiction. You may have to overcome those feelings that he is simply not worth wasting any more time on. A person can feel this way when he feels that real sobriety is beyond him. If he can’t get stably sober, why should anyone bother?
Inadequate Help May Lead to Despair
He may have been through one or five or even ten rehab programs before and failed each time. In fact, some programs are too short to help or do not get to the root of the problems driving the addiction. There must be a way to help a person find relief from the cravings that are incessant and that can make him feel so crazy that nothing can stop him from getting more drugs. A person addicted to opiate painkillers may feel that getting more drugs and stopping the withdrawal sickness is as important as taking his next breath.
Narconon offers a unique drug rehab program found nowhere outside of the Narconon network. This alone is sometimes enough to get an addicted person to listen for a few minutes. Early in the program, each person goes through a deep detoxification step. Not like the one done in medical detoxes, however. This one flushes out drug residues that remain lodged in the fatty tissues of the body and have been shown to affect thinking and cravings, even years after drug abuse stops. When the drugs are flushed out with this sauna-based detox, most people say that their cravings are diminished or even gone. They can then get on with the job of learning how to stay sober.
The life skills component of this program then helps a person find relief from the guilt he carries around after years of being addicted. He also learns how some people would be able to drive him straight back into drug abuse again, and how to handle these people.
These and other steps strengthen a person and make it much more likely that he can stay sober after this trip to rehab. In fact, over a forty-five year history, the Narconon rehabilitation technology has resulted in s 75% success rate. Routine outcome monitoring enables Narconon centers to track their graduates and find out how many are still doing well, even years later.
Interventionists Have their Place
It does happen that a family may fail to get the agreement of a person addicted to painkillers to go to rehab. In this case, a professional interventionist can help turn this situation around. A pro interventionist has seen people in their most desperate situations and knows how to tell someone frankly what lies ahead if he doesn’t get help. If a loving family can’t get a person in need of rehab to agree, then the center you choose from the Narconon network of rehab centers can help you find the right interventionist.
There is no need to give up or despair. Addiction to painkillers can be helped. You have found a place that can bring about recovery without more drugs being administered. Learn more about the effective, innovative program offered at Narconon today.
