If you are starting or considering recovery, you'll need to understand why you got addicted to drugs and how they changed your behavior. You'll also want to know what you can expect from drug 上瘾 recovery and how you'll prevent a relapse.
Drug 上瘾 can affect many aspects of your life. "When using drugs or drinking becomes your focus, you're tempted to step away from the things you enjoy and the people you love to pursue your 上瘾,丽贝卡·海德说, MA, manager of recovery services at Huntsman Mental Health Institute (HMHI). "The most important thing to remember is that asking for help makes you strong—you have the strength to want more and to see a better future."
Why did you get addicted to drugs?
Your path to drug 上瘾 probably began by taking drugs for recreational use or by using a prescription for a medical condition. Over time, your ability to choose not to take drugs became compromised. Seeking and relying on drugs became compulsive. Long-term drug exposure changes your brain and can have harmful and long-lasting consequences.
How have drugs changed your behavior?
Addiction affects parts of the brain involved in reward and motivation, 学习与记忆, 以及对行为的控制. Addiction may cause negative behaviors, including:
- 无法停止
- Changes in mood, appetite, and sleep
- Continuing drug abuse despite negative consequences
- 否认
- 从事危险行为
- 法律和财务问题
- Losing interest in activities previously enjoyed
- Putting the substance or using ahead of other parts of your life, 包括家庭, 工作, 以及其他职责
- 保密
- Using increasingly larger substance amounts
- Taking more of the substance than you intended
- 戒断症状
What can you expect from drug 上瘾 recovery?
"Many people think they can stop using and stay sober by themselves,海德说. "They may have periods of sobriety but then find themselves sliding back into their old patterns. 恢复项目 provide the skills, support, and accountability that allow people to succeed."
By complying with behavioral therapies, appropriate medication management, 经验治疗, 家庭治疗, 以及善后支持, participants can gain skills to handle and balance family, 社区, 以及工作与生活的关系, 并大发娱乐防止复发.
Treatment is usually intensive at first, with frequent, lengthy sessions. 完成初始化后, 强化治疗, patients transition to less-frequent sessions and weekly check-ins to help sustain recovery.
Successful treatment includes:
- Medically assisted detoxification (if necessary)
- Medication to reduce cravings, manage withdrawal symptoms, and prevent relapse
- Evaluation and treatment for co-occurring mental health issues such as depression and anxiety
- Behavioral therapies to modify attitudes and behaviors related to drug use, 提高健康生活技能, 改善人际关系
- Education on healthy relationships, boundaries, and other life skills
- Long-term follow-up to prevent relapse
病人 can receive treatment in many different settings and approaches:
门诊
- Medication management for substance use and co-occurring conditions
- Individual and group counseling
Intensive outpatient programs
- 小组治疗
- 家庭支援小组
- Education groups for patients and their loved ones
- 艺术/娱乐疗法
- 预防复发小组
恢复住房
- Supervised, short-term housing for patients, following inpatient or residential treatment
- Support for the transition to an independent life
住宅的治疗
- Licensed residential treatment facilities offering 24-hour structured and intensive care, including safe housing and medical attention (programs usually take 30 days)
- A variety of therapeutic approaches to help patients build sobriety
住院戒毒
- Medically supervised detox for alcohol and other drug use (usually takes two to five days)
- Staff-assisted develop of effective treatment continuation plans for patients
How will you prevent a relapse?
It's critical for you to stay in treatment for a prescribed and adequate amount of time. Drug abuse can change the function of your brain and many things can "trigger" your drug cravings following drug 上瘾 recovery. Learning how to recognize, avoid, and cope with triggers is key to maintaining sobriety.
Emotional and mental relapse may start weeks or even months before the event of physical relapse. 在治疗期间, you'll learn the early warning signs of relapse and specific prevention techniques for each stage of relapse. You'll also have systems and people you can contact to support your continued sobriety.
"People with 上瘾 find themselves in a world that keeps getting smaller and more isolated,海德说. "The opposite of 上瘾 is connection. If you have substance abuse issues, reach out to connect with treatment. This first step will eventually allow you to build a world of healthy relationships with family, 朋友, 和你自己."