Drug Addiction Stories & Info

You might think this title to be odd for a tale, especially one week before Mother’s Day. However this story, brought to you by Narconon Trois-Rivieres, has an happy ending. It shows that the love of a mother is more powerful than addiction.

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The most wonderful thing that has ever happened in my life was born on Oct 17, 2006. She had a head of full, dark hair and the bluest eyes I’d ever seen. I named her Atiya. I’d never known such joy in all my life. Being a single parent was tough, and I had my share of hard times, but she always made me smile. Always. I couldn’t bring myself to go back to work until she was 4 months old. I cried that first day back.

We were so close. We made each other laugh, and her smile was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen. We loved going to the park, and getting ice cream. She’d say, “we’re buddies, huh mom”. Life was sweet for the two of us until the car accident. A drunk driver clipped us while we drove to the park. I remember waking up and the first thing I said was “Is Atiya Ok?” Thankfully, she was bruised and had a few cuts, but I was able to call my Mother to come get her from the hospital. I had to mend a bit before I went home.

Four days after the accident, I and my cracked rib went home to be with my precious baby. It hurt like hell, but they gave me some Oxycontin for the pain. I couldn’t lift Atiya up, but I could still be with her. Atiya didn’t leave my side for days after I got home. She was like a little mama the way she showed concern. She would even go to the refrigerator and get me a soda. It took a while getting used to the Oxycontin. At first, it made me sleep, but it eased the pain, and in a way, made me feel incredible. After a few days, I didn’t sleep as much, but the pain was so bad, I started taking two pills instead of just one. It felt good to relax and also to have the pain lessened.

Atiya and I would read and play games, but I had a hard time keeping up with her. I would call my Mom to get her quite often, which I never used to do. She used to say I was “hogging” Atiya because I never wanted to let her go anywhere without me. Mom loved having her at her house, and Atiya missed me, but she had fun there. Meanwhile, I enjoyed taking my Oxy and relaxing. I still couldn’t work, so I pretty much had all day to do what I wanted. I did have to go to my doctor for more pain medication. Since the rib hadn’t healed, he wrote a prescription right away.

I’m not sure what happened, but one day, I lifted something I shouldn’t have, and my rib just hurt SO badly. I went to the Emergency room, but I hadn’t done any damage. They gave me more Oxy and sent me home. I was truly in pain…a LOT of pain. I ended up chewing the Oxycontin instead of taking it whole. I cannot describe how fantastic I felt. The pain went away, and I didn’t have a care in the world! Since I hadn’t been able to work, I had begun playing computer games to pass the time, especially when Atiya was at my Mom’s house. Chewing some Oxy and playing games became routine.

Atiya would come home, and I’d read to her, but really all I wanted to do was be alone and enjoy my Oxy and my games. She was cute, I’ll give her that, but I just didn’t want to be bothered. I’d end up calling Mom before the day was out to have her pick up Atiya. Mom started to get worried, but I told her I’d be fine after the rib healed. She commented that it should already be healing, but I brushed it off. I had moved up to chewing two Oxycontin every couple of hours, but the doctor was starting to hesitate prescribing more. So, I went to another clinic and got more.

That went on for months. I became like a zombie. All I did was play my computer games, talk on the phone with my friends, and little else. Atiya rarely came home anymore, but she called every night. It probably would have continued like that except for one pivotal moment. My Mom brought Atiya over, unannounced. She wanted to play a game with me, but I told her I was tired. She turned to my Mother and said something I will never forget…”Grandma, why doesn’t Mommy like me anymore”. In that moment…I don’t know…I had a glimpse of the past and I saw us together as we once were. Laughing, playing, just being “buddies”.

For the first time in months, I looked, I mean really looked at my baby girl. I saw her tears and my heart sank. I wanted to run into my room, chew some Oxy and forget, but my Mom said; “Your Mommy loves you, Atiya. And to prove it, she is going to get help”. Thank God I walked out that door with my Mother and my little girl to go to rehab. Otherwise, I don’t know that I ever would have gotten back my relationship with my beautiful daughter. How could I have given all of that up for a drug? I still can’t answer that, I just know that Oxy almost cost me the most precious thing in my life, and I’m glad it didn’t. Read more…

There are massive discussions on how to best ease the discomfort of OxyContin withdrawal. There are just as many discussions on the best way to beat the addiction altogether. Interestingly, getting through the withdrawal is only part of the battle. However, there are people who are addicted to Oxy who may ask this question. Not all remedies, especially those used independently without help of a trusted rehab, will ultimately work.

For the few who do succeed in going through withdrawal on their own, tapering off the drug seems to be a very effective way. However, most sites who offer advice from addicts who are trying to quit, or have quit, use other drugs in order to succeed. An example may be taking Benadryl to help them sleep. As we will examine, substitution of drugs is not recommended. If an addict can taper off without using other drugs, it would be a better solution overall.

That being said, some rehab centers use narcotics in their programs. Ironically, many people then become addicted to the substitute drug. The ideal result should be becoming drug-free, not to substitute addictions. Methadone and Suboxone are both addictive in their own right. Again, using this withdrawal remedy is not a method to becoming drug-free, but becoming addicted to another drug. The ability to function normally is not proven in any substitute drug which may be used.

There are, however, natural and comprehensive methods to becoming drug-free. With detoxification, the goal is to rid the body of all drugs. There are methods used successfully in programs such as Narconon, which aid detoxification and ease withdrawal symptoms. It has been shown that without removing the drugs through methods, such as using a sauna and nutritional regiment, can cause a sustained craving for the drug for a very long time.

Anyone attempting to ease withdrawal symptoms at home may benefit from taking vitamins. In any case, withdrawal should be done under proper medical supervision. Ideally, detox should be followed by learning how to overcome the addiction in its entirety. Learning what stressors may cause increased desire for drugs is something that cannot be done alone. Overcoming drug addiction goes much deeper than simply going through withdrawal. A comprehensive, long term treatment, such as that provided by Narconon should be considered for the best results.

The Narconon rehabilitation program has been in existence since 1966. Today, Narconon is an international network of independent drug prevention and drug rehab centers. It has been successfully helping addicts to beat their addiction without drug substitution. With Narconon, an individual learns how to live happily without the use of drugs or alcohol.

For more information about the natural Narconon OxyContin addiction treatment program, please call 1-877-782-7409 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 1-877-782-7409 end_of_the_skype_highlighting.

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Narconon Trois-Rivieres has for many years offered a complete non-narcotic, therapeutic solution for alcohol and drug addiction recovery, that successfully enables addicts to completely become drug-free and rebuild their lives.

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Is Drug a Solution in the Treatment of Addiction?

Mainstream researchers in this field are still searching and striving to find some kind of drug, a magic bullet that will put an end to addiction. What researchers fail to see is that drug use is not a necessary or a healthy option. Drug use is not natural and places toxic stress on the body and mind.

The only way to become happy and contented, perhaps then illness free, is to use addiction recovery methods that enhance good health, reduce toxic stress, and that are completely drug-free.

OxyContin itself is a good example of how drugs cause damage and stress. People who go to a doctor, to get pain relief don’t expect to end up addicted. Addiction is probably one of the most misunderstood conditions that affect people’s lives today.

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What Is Addiction Really?

Part of the problem is an insistence by some that addiction is an incurable disease, with a mental and a physical component that some people seem to acquire, or perhaps are simply born with.

In view of what drug addicts say, and the many successes achieved by the Narconon program it would appear most clearly that addiction is the result of pleasure seeking to avoid pain by the use of a drug. Pain can have a physical cause, such as when we break a leg, or an emotional basis, such as when we have a broken heart. Either can cause intense feelings of pain in the body, and if we choose drug use, illicit or prescription, instead of more healthy options to overcome our pain, then addiction is virtually inevitable.

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Why Do Some People Become Addicted and others do not?

In the case of OxyContin, not all users get addicted. People don’t get addicted if they experience the drug’s toxic effects as being undesirable and use other means to relieve their pain. As an example, a woman prescribed OxyContin for pain simply refused to continue to use it. “It gives me constipation” she said, “and I have had hallucinations.”

However, people get addicted to oxy because they make a decision to ignore symptoms of distress in the body and enjoy the pleasurable sensations that it creates.

With continued drug use, “tolerance” effects occur, making us need to keep pushing more drugs into our body to get the same effect. At first the body tries to neutralize this toxin in the body – after a while the body learns to accept the new, enforced regime, and adapts accordingly. We might not like being captive to continued drug use – but we have only ourselves to blame.

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The Regain of Good Health and Independence

The only way to regain good health and independence is to stop our drug use completely, and allow the body to re-adjust. Drug withdrawal generates many painful symptoms in the body. Drug withdrawal can be more enjoyable if every twinge and ache is seen as yet another step on the pathway to complete addiction recovery.

Narconon has an effective drug detox program to get drugs out of the body, and a fully supportive rehabilitation program that deals with the reasons why you might find drug addiction more pleasurable than other options in life. With a drug-free body, with health and harmony restored to the mind, people feel empowered and in control of their life. Addiction is something that you can recover from, if you make up your mind to do it. Resolve physical pain, enhance your life skills using the Narconon methods – and addictive drug use will quite simply no longer be a part of your life.

For more information about the drug-free Narconon detox and rehabilitation program, please call 1-877-782-7409.

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