Drug Addiction Stories & Info

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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With the increasing number of addicts hooked on prescription drugs that are being admitted for treatment at Narconon rehab centers across America, it has become obvious that the road to OxyContin addiction is short, and sorrowful.

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How Does this Happen?

People can become addicted to Oxy as a result of having sought and been offered prescription pain relief. According to the 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health, produced by US Government health departments, most people who become addicted to painkillers do so as a result of medications that are being issued to them by their doctor. It is a myth that oxy addiction only occurs with illicit or long term use – many people given OxyContin on prescription start to experience addictive symptoms within a few days of starting the prescription drug use. However, few prescribing doctors would appear to understand the nature of opioid addiction, or its symptoms and so fail to prevent addiction.

Some people who become addicted to OxyContin have been earlier prescribed addictive medications for pain relief. Until recently, the addictive properties of sedative and anti-inflammatory drugs, have been largely ignored and overlooked. Often symptoms of addiction and withdrawal have been wrongly attributed to the condition being treated, rather than being seen as a side effect of the drugs.

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Increasing the Doses

When people being treated for pain complain of increasing pain and distress, the response of many doctors has been to diagnose “chronic pain” – and to simply increase the frequency and the dose of the pain relieving medication. When drugs such as Tylenol, or Percocet fail to cover increasing pain and discomfort, the tendency has been to change the patient’s medication to prescription Oxy. Many people have therefore started taking this drug when they already have an unrecognized sedative or opioid dependency created by their use of an earlier medication. Swift, short and sorrowful is the road to addiction when people have come to OxyContin by this route.

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Emotional and Physical Pain

The problem of oxy addiction is both physical and mental – emotional pain is felt and experienced as physical pain in the body. Anything that blocks or impedes pain sensation in the body could also provide symptomatic relief from feeling emotional pain. Therefore, people who take a prescription drug and find that it removes their stress and tension will naturally be inclined to want to use the drug for that purpose – and very likely don’t want to admit it to other people. The injured individual easily fall prey to the OxyContin “high”, and unwittingly, willingly take the short, sorrowful road to addiction.

People with oxy addiction feel much the same as people with a heroin habit – lying, stealing, betrayal and deception all happen in due course when a person gets seriously into an addictive opioid habit. When drug addiction takes a hold it is damaging, destructive and precludes using more healthy options. Drug use destroys people and damages human relationships.

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Feeling of Guilt

Addiction often brings with it feelings of guilt and shame that more properly should be ascribed to those who promote and encourage drug use in the community. Guiltiness does not allow people real freedom of choice between drug use and pain relief methods that are natural and pure – thus the down spiral of drug addiction.

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Natural Solutions

Talking about natural methods for pain relief to big pharma and some medical profession is somewhat akin to sprinkling a pack of demons and imps with a bottle of holy water. Indeed it is a worry that many who are entrusted by the community with providing the best in health care are so addicted to the use of drugs that it infects the wider community.

People traveling the sorrowful road of OxyContin addiction can branch off toward complete recovery. There is hope to achieve a drug-free and joyful life by getting proper help from a comprehensive and natural drug rehab program such as Narconon.

The Narconon detoxification and rehabilitation program has been helping people to truly and naturally recover from addiction for over 45 years. For more information about the Narconon solution, please call 1-877-782-7409.

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I am writing today to tell you how alcohol destroyed my relationship with my husband. When we first got married, my life was controlled by alcohol. It was all that mattered. Alcohol was more important then my husband and my marriage. It just made things worse. It came to the point that we almost got a divorce. Know I am in treatment, and looking towards a clean and sober life. Now I am the wife that I was supposed to be.  A clean and sober wife, who doesn’t have to take any drugs or alcohol to live.

Furthermore, when I had my daughter I couldn’t handle it. I had post-partum depression and turned to alcohol as a way of escaping. But that wasn’t the solution. It just made things worse. I am writing to tell you not to drink because it doesn’t solve anything and it isn’t the answer to your problems. I know now that being clean and sober that I can get through anything. It’s hard to be a good mother when you are drunk. There is so much time taken away when you could be bonding with your child.

A mother doing the Narconon program