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August 19, 2010

Methadone No Longer A Solution

Filed under: Riverbend — Tags: drug rehab, heroin addiction — admin @ 11:25 am

For decades, heroin addicts have been given methadone in massive quantities to fend off painful withdrawal symptoms. When first introduced, the powerful drug methadone, was never intended to be a long term solution. In fact, many methadone users have been on the drug for decades.

The concern with methadone is when a user comes off of it, they will experience withdrawal symptoms far greater and far more severe than they would experience with heroin withdrawal.

Depending upon on the amount of methadone the person was taking, withdrawal symptoms may include vomiting, severe body pain, insomnia, anxiety, diarrhea, fever, sweating, chills, suicidal ideation, depression, and severe cravings. Unlike heroin, these withdrawal symptoms have been known to last for over a month.

More and more people are beginning to realize methadone may not be the miracle cure for heroin abuse that people once thought it was. In fact, in recent years there has been a growing trend for holistic based rehabilitation. These drug-free approaches allow people suffering from heroin addiction to permanently get off the drug without replacing it with something more dangerous like methadone.

When dealing with heroin addiction, it is vital to enroll in an effective drug rehab; one that will deal with the addiction as well as the cause of the addiction. If you or anyone you know is suffering from a drug or alcohol addiction, you must seek help immediately.

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August 18, 2010

Decriminalization Will Not Stop Drug Use

Filed under: Riverbend — Tags: alcohol addiction, drug rehab — admin @ 3:42 pm

Should we decriminalize drugs in an attempt to reduce the violence, overflowing prisons and homelessness in our country?

It is a parent’s worse nightmare; having a child with a drug or alcohol addiction. That nightmare continues during many attempts to get them help through a drug and/or alcohol rehab and often times a family’s only leverage is to threaten getting the police involved.

In the end the only thing that matters is that the individual gets help. But imagine if drugs were legal? There is no more worry about legal action. There is no more worry about being sent to prison and there is no worry that a person’s family will threaten legal action if the addict does not go to rehab thereby cutting the chances way down that the individual will ever get help.

The argument on this idea is that if we make drugs legal and tax them than the country will not be funding massive projects in the prisons, that we will not have to worry about gang violence on the streets and that the allure of drugs will be minimized. In theory this idea does not sound bad, however for the hundreds of thousands of heroin addicts in our country, making drugs legal is not going to do anything but further their addictions. Drug rehab is the only solution to handling a drug addiction. This needs to be pushed, forced, and screamed from the rooftops if we are ever going to stop the drug epidemic in our country.

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July 27, 2010

Does Television Promote Drug Abuse

Filed under: Riverbend — Tags: alcohol addiction, drug rehab, Narconon Louisiana — admin @ 2:43 pm

Just recently, VH1′s reality show, Celebrity Rehab, started production on its fourth season. The show, which films celebrities on their quest to rid themselves of their addictions, has become known for allowing viewers a front row seat into the struggle, pain and self reflection that is inevitable when dealing with substance abuse issues.

For those who have seen someone struggle with a drug addiction, or have struggled with an addiction themselves, they are all too familiar with the long, lonely road that is traveled in order to attain sobriety. In fact, attaining permanent sobriety is one of the hardest things that a person can do. That is, unless you enroll in an effective drug rehab.

One such rehab is Narconon Louisiana. Narconon Louisiana is fast becoming one of the premier facilities in the U.S. This is mostly attributed to their unheard of success rate of 76% and the quiet, serene atmosphere that addicts are surrounded by while embarking on their quest for sobriety. There are several components to the Narconon Louisiana program, all of which contribute to their ability to help people stay off drugs and alcohol for the rest of their life.

Upon entering into the Narconon program, clients are able to detoxify their bodies using a dry-heat sauna. This is the same program that has gained recognition in New York, allowing hundreds of 9/11 rescue workers to rid their bodies of the harmful chemicals and debris that were ingested during the clean up efforts and in Utah, where the police force routinely sends their law enforcement officers to do the sauna program in order to detoxify themselves from the harmful chemicals they are exposed to when dealing with toxic methamphetamine laboratories. This program fully handles the physical aspect of addiction by allowing addicts to sweat out toxic drug residues that are one of the number one reason why relapses occur.

In addition to the sauna program, clients work one on one with a counselor in order to figure out what problem drugs and alcohol were solutions for in the first place. Once that problem is isolated and handled, clients no longer have to live their life falling into the same traps which perpetuate the drug and/or alcohol abuse.

So, while Celebrity Rehab may open many people’s eyes to the quickly growing drug epidemic in our society, it is good to know that there are effective treatment programs out there, like Narconon Louisiana that can permanently handle addiction. If you or anyone you know is in need of hep for a drug or alcohol addiction, please call Narconon Louisiana at 866-422-4650 for more information.

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Teens Turning To Drugs To Handle Depression

Filed under: Riverbend — Tags: alcohol ause, drug rehab, Narconon Louisiana — admin @ 2:27 pm

Teen angst, acting out, troubled teens; these are terms used for teenagers when they are not doing well. This is because it has become increasingly popular for teenagers to self medicate their depression, anger and anxiety with illegal drugs. In fact, 3 out of every 4 high school students have consumed alcohol by the end of their senior year, 50% of teens admit to trying an illegal drug by the time they have graduated high school and over 25% of teenagers have been offered, sold, or given an illegal drug by someone on school property.

This means, that while most children experience the seemingly required growing pains during their teen years; drug abuse has become the solution.

In order to prevent lifetime drug abuse, it is vital for parents to enroll their children in an effective drug rehab. One rehab that has garnered much success in the rehabilitation of teens, and offers their services in an outpatient basis, is Narconon Louisiana. This drug rehab allows teens to work one on one with a counselor to figure out what problem or problems, drugs and alcohol were solution for in the first place. This non-traditional program’s viewpoint on handling drug addiction allows children to address the key mental and emotional issues that lead to their addiction so that they can live drug free, stably and happy.

In addition to handling the reason behind the addiction, Narconon Louisiana also handles the inevitable cravings that an addict experiences that are notorious for preventing a person from maintaining sobriety. The drug rehab tackles this program by enrolling students in a dry-heat sauna program that allows the drug residues that build up in the system to release from the body and helps to drastically reduce physical drug cravings.

The Narconon program is a pioneer in the field when it comes to handling addiction and achieves a 76% success rate for permanent recovery.

Don’t let a depression problem with your teenager turn into a lifetime of drug and alcohol abuse. Call Narconon Louisiana today at 866-422-4650 for more information. Help is available.

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July 19, 2010

Drug And Alcohol Rehab Makes Headway In Addiction Epidemic

Filed under: Riverbend — Tags: alcohol addiction, drug rehab, Narconon Louisiana — admin @ 5:12 pm

One of the biggest problems in our society is that there is a drug and alcohol epidemic. Anyone that reads the reports on the amount of people addicted to drugs, will see the lengths that people will go to, and they may even have seen for themselves the way a person can destroy themselves, their families and the people around them while struggling with addiction. The problem isn’t just addiction; it is also that nothing effective is being done to handle this problem.

The only real way to handle a drug and/or alcohol addiction is to enroll in an effective drug rehab. One such rehab that has solidified themselves as a leader in the field of addiction is Narconon Louisiana. Narconon Louisiana is a long-term, drug and alcohol rehab that currently achieves a 76% success rate for permanent recovery.

Narconon Louisiana is located just outside of Baton Rouge. This premier facility has become renown for their ability to permanently handle substance abuse addictions. The biggest factor that allows this facility to be successful is their stance addiction. Narconon Louisiana does not subscribe to the idea that addiction is a disease. Instead clients work one on one with a counselor to figure out what problem drugs and alcohol were solutions for in the first place. When someone reaches for the high that drugs provide they are trying to handle some aspect of life that is troubling them. In order to permanently handle this reach for drugs, it is vital to get to the bottom of the underlying issues that started the person down the road of drug use in the first place.

To do this, Narconon Louisiana implements their unique methodology, which consists of detoxifying the body through the use of a dry heat sauna that drastically reduces physical cravings by removing residues from the body that are left there by drugs. This unique approach handles physical drug cravings; one of the primary traps that an addict will fall into that causes them to resort to drugs.

The program also provides individuals with tools to handle life’s twists and turns called life skills courses. One of the hardest things for a person to get over when they are battling addiction is changing the way they approach problems or confrontation. With life skills courses an individual can handle all the mental and emotional issues associated with problems related to the substance abuse issues.

Regardless of the drug, the solution to the desire to become high lies in an effective drug rehab. Call Narconon Louisiana at 866-422-4650 for immediate help.

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June 28, 2010

Why Do People Become Addicted To Drugs?

Filed under: Riverbend — Tags: alcohol abuse, drug rehab, Narconon Louisiana — admin @ 9:05 pm

Addiction – for most people, their idea of addiction is fueled by what they watch on television, what they read in newspapers, and what they learn in school. But for a growing amount of people their concept of addiction has become frighteningly real. They see first hand the lies, manipulation, desperation, loneliness, and pain that is addiction. And inevitably, they wonder, “Why do people become addicted to drugs?” Finally there is an answer.

People abuse drugs and alcohol because they are attempting to solve a problem. Everyday, every minute we are faced with problems. For the most part we handle them and move on – it is what makes life interesting. But for some, they just cannot see around a certain obstacle. And, whether they know it or not, resort to drugs and alcohol as a way to get around life’s barriers. Over time, they begin to amass more problems and more barriers, turning to drugs and alcohol each time. At that point they can no longer see the original problem, only a long list of things to avoid. So now that we know that someone abuses drugs and alcohol as a way to handle life, what do we do next?

Rehab is the only real answer to this question. But there is a catch – a rehab that does not acknowledge that an addict has the ability to cease being an addict, will not help. In fact they won’t even attempt to handle the problems that led to the drug use in the first place. In order for the addiction to be completely handled one has to search out a rehab that will restore the abilities of an addict and help them become the person they were always meant to be. One such rehab, Narconon Louisiana, has achieved a 76% success rate for permanent recovery by helping addicts figure out what problems drugs and alcohol were solutions for. While this viewpoint on addiction is sometimes not the norm, it does produce drug-free, productive members of society.

Narconon Louisiana is a long-term, inpatient drug rehab located just outside of Baton Rouge. They have been helping people get off drugs for over four years, and since their inception, have become one of the premier facilities in the United States.

There are several components to the Narconon Louisiana program, all of which guide the person towards a life without the need for drugs and alcohol. In addition to finding out what problems drugs and alcohol are solving for the person, clients on this program are given the opportunity to cleanse their body of the dangerous toxins that are left behind from the drug and alcohol abuse. These toxins and the physical drug cravings they cause are the number one reason why addicts relapse within weeks, months and even years after stopping the use of drugs.

Drugs and alcohol abuse will destroy everything and everyone in its path, until it gets handled permanently. If you or someone you know is struggling with a substance abuse problem please call Narconon Louisiana at 866-422-4650 for more information.

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June 21, 2010

Finally A Way To Permanently Stop Relapse

Filed under: Riverbend — Tags: alcohol rehab, drug rehab, Narconon Louisiana — admin @ 9:02 pm

One of the most devastaing things about watching someone struggle with an addiction is watching relapse occur. For some this may happen right after becoming sober, for others, this can happen years after they’ve had their last drink or fix. Why does this happen? Is addiction really a disease? Or is there something more to this problem of relapse? And most importantly, can relapse be avoided or stopped all together?

Fortunately there is actually a solution to permanently handle addiction and relapse that one drug rehab has been successfully using for the last four years. The name of that rehab is Narconon Louisiana.

Narconon Louisiana is a long-term, inpatient drug and alcohol rehab that refuses to accept relapses as part of recovery. Instead, the drug treatment center utilizes a successful detoxification program aimed at permanently handling the reasons behind relapses. This alows those suffering from a drug or alcohol addiction to move on with their lives and completely disconnect from drugs and alcohol altogether.

In order to handle the incredible amount of people relapsing in our society, Narconon Louisiana uses a sauna detoxification program that rids the body of drug toxins and residues. As drugs are basically poisons, once they are ingested, they run through the system, leaving behind residue that lodges into the fatty tissue of the body. What this means is that a person, long after they have stopped abusing drugs or alcohol, can be affected by drug use.

One of the very first things that clients participate in when enrolled in the Narconon Louisiana program, is the sauna detoxification program that actually drastically reduces these residues in the body thereby greatly handling physical drug cravings.

Narconon Louisiana then handles the mental and emotional aspects of addiction by allowing addicts to fully concentrate on the reason why they started abusing drugs and/or alcohol in the first place. While the sauna is aimed at cleaning out the body, the rest of the program is aimed at cleaning out the mind of all the reasons why drug or alcohol use is necessary.

There are several ways that this is done. Clients on the Narconon Louisiana program work one one one with a counselor to figure out what problems drugs and alcohol were a solutions for in the first place. Clients also learn how to take responsibility for their past transgressions, they learn to identify the people in their lives that cause them to not do well, they learn how to increase control over different areas in their lives, they learn how to communicate, and most of all they learn h ow to enjoy life without the aid of drugs and/or alcohol.

Relapse does not have to be a part of recovery and addiction does not have to be a lifelong problem. Help is possible, and it is available at Narconon Louisiana. If you or anyone you know is in need of help for a substance abuse problem, please call Narconon Louisiana immediately at 866-422-4650 for more information.

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June 4, 2010

Narconon Explains Hard Work Is Vital For Former Addicts

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Coming off drugs and alcohol can be one of the most difficult things for a person to achieve. This is mostly due to the fact that some sort of substance has gotten them through life and now they are being asked to give that up. Addiction is notorious for rearing its ugly head well after a person has “beat” the problem. In fact, relapse is so common that some people expect it to happen and call it part of the recovery process.

But what if there was a way to handle an addiction so that relapse wasn’t so common?

Well there is, and it involves handling every aspect in life that a person has damaged by abusing drugs and/or alcohol. One drug rehab has been so successful at this approach to rehabilitation that 76% of their clients remain clean and sober two years after completing this program.

Narconon Louisiana is a long-term, inpatient rehab that does not subscribe to the idea that addiction is a disease. Instead, clients work one on one with a counselor to figure out what problem drugs and alcohol were solutions for in the first place. Once that problem is isolated and handled clients are able to move on with their life instead of getting sucked back into their addiction. This concept is the driving force behind this unique view on rehabilitation and paired with other, integral parts of the program, allows a person to free themselves from the addiction that is destroying their life.

One of the last steps of the Narconon Program is to enroll in a course called The Way To Happiness. This course focuses on the standard in which a person should live their life by, such as being industrious, or working hard. This shows clients that there is a life outside of drugs and alcohol and there is a way to attain that life. This also illustrates the well-known concept that boredom is the first step to relapse and that a person can prevent this from occurring. There is nothing quite like the feeling of finishing a hard days work and knowing that you accomplished something . This feeling is quite foreign to addicts and they need to be reminded that they too can produce something valuable.

So instead of succumbing to the idea that a person is stuck being an addict for the rest of their lives, it is time to switch gears and realize that in order to attain sobriety a person has to handle all aspects in life that led them to resort to drugs and alcohol in the first place. The Way To Happiness is the common-sense guide that addicts can take along with them on their road to sobriety.

There is a way to overcome addiction. If you or someone you know is in need of help for a drug or alcohol addiction please call Narconon Louisiana for immediate help at 866-422-4650.

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June 3, 2010

Law Enforcement Fails To Handle The Drug Problem

Filed under: Riverbend — Tags: alcohol rehab, drug rehab, Narconon Louisiana — admin @ 7:58 pm

For decades we have been flooded with pictures of beaming law enforcement standing next to piles of seized drugs, “Just say no to drugs” campaigns, DARE programs, statistics and battle cries – all in an attempt to drive home the necessity of the War on Drugs. This war that has claimed millions of lives (both due to the excessive and continued violence and the drug overdose deaths) has never really had a chance. Has the United States’ stand on drugs actually created more harm than good? SOme people are starting to think so. Instead of allowing the violence and continued drug abuse to go on it is time we switched our focus to effective drug rehabs and drug education. We need to make drug use less of a game of cops and robbers and more of a health crisis and issue. It is time to de-glamorize drug addiction.

ANyone who has witnessed drug addiction first hand understands that addicts lead a life of pain, sorrow, loneliness, and isolation sometimes ending in death and sometimes (if they’re lucky) they come out the other side a changed person. While there are significant, life-changing experiences to be had in drug and alcohol rehab, not everyone gets that chance. Some people are sent to jail, some people die before they can be helped and some people just continue to abuse drugs and/or alcohol. For those who have been able to attain success from drug rehab they will attest that nothing feels better than being able to live life the way it was intended. It is that type of success that we need to push. It is that type of mentality that we, as a country, need to have in order to finally stop the destruction and chaos that the illegal drug trade brings about.

There are thousands of rehabilitation facilities around the country that will help struggling addicts overcome their addiction, however there are a select few that have been commended for their unusually high success rates for permanent recovery. The Narconon Program has been in operation since the sixties, and was one of the fist inpatient drug rehabs in the country. One of their premier facilities, Narconon Louisiana has also attained success in the field of recovery by proving that clients can break away from the life of an addict and lead a better, more fulfilled life without drugs.

Narconon Louisiana is located just outside of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This long-term, inpatient drug rehab has been in operation for over four years and still maintains a 76% success rate. One of the biggest contributing factors to their success is that they do not follow the disease concept for addiction. Instead, clients work one on one with a trained drug and alcohol counselor to figure out what problem drugs and alcohol were a solution for in the first place. Once that problem is isolated and handled clients no longer feel the compulsion to get high as a way to get through life. This intensive counseling paired with a body detox and slew of other courses geared towards raising a person’s responsibility, ability to spot potentially dangerous situations, and repairing different relationships that were affected by the drug and/or alcohol use, is what makes the Narconon program so unique and successful.

So, instead of focusing on a war that has dragged on for way to long, let’s focus on getting our loved ones, our neighbors and our friends some long lasting help. If you or anyone you know is struggling with a substance abuse problem please call Narconon Louisiana at 866-422-4650 for immediate help.

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June 1, 2010

Narconon Drug Rehab Restores Abilities

Filed under: Riverbend — Tags: drug rehab, Narconon Louisiana — admin @ 9:00 am

When a person is addicted to drugs and/or alcohol it is often times hard to see anything other than their addiction. The inability to trust them, their lack of participation in their family, friends and job, and general apathy towards life gets all rolled into one when you are dealing with an addiction. This is the effect that suvstance abuse has on a person, but it doesn’t have to be permanent. In fact, with effective rehabilitation, one can overcome all these barriers and lead a happy, drug-free, productive life.

One alcohol and drug rehab proves that this can be done on a daily basis, evidenced by their 76% success rate for permanent recovery. Located just outside of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Narconon Louisiana is situated on 18 acres and has been creating drug-free lives for over four years. Their formula for success may best be described by their ability to break free from the traditional rehab mold.

Despite the worldwide popularity of 12-step programs, Narconon Louisiana takes an entirely different approach to rehabilitation. This program does not subscribe to the idea that addiction is a disease, instead clients work one on one with a counselor to figure out what problem drugs and alcohol were a solution for. In addition to this pro-active approach to addiction, one of the largest portions of this program deals with re-entering into society and what is expected of an individual. This allows former addicts to essentially change their viewpoint from selfishness and what is bst for them and them only, to a more diverse understanding of what is expected of them.

A key part of the Narconon program called, The Way To Happiness, is a detailed course that gives clients a step-by-step outline of the different morals society views as important and necessary. For instance, there is an entire chapter dedicated to fulfilling one’s obligations. Prior to rehabilitation the idea that a person addicted to drugs and/or alcohol would put them and their immediate desires on hold to handle some prior engagement is almost unheard of, however after completing The Way To Happiness Course clients are able to take on and handle more responsibility.

In addition To The Way To Happiness Course, there are several other parts to the Narconon program. Clients are able to once and for all handle cravings, which are so often the downfall to sobriety, they are able to handle the traps in their mind that continually come up and cause them to do irrational things and they have an opportunity to handle the different areas in their lives. All this is done so that a person who was once a drug and/or alcohol addict can live a live without the constant need to resort to poisons as a method to get through life.

Drug and alcohol addiction does not have to go unhandled. If you or anyone you know is in need of help for a substance abuse problem please call Narconon Louisiana at 866-422-4650. Help is available.

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