Maybe it’s when their spouse announces that they are leaving with the children – or after they are gone and the addicted person realizes what he or she has lost. Or the job is lost or the business is bankrupt, it’s a different moment for everyone.

Alcoholism comes with penalties. For some people, they may be a long time coming but they arrive finally for each alcoholic. The lucky ones are those who insist on sobriety and follow it up with actions. The sad ones are those who drink to drown out the pain resulting from the loss.

But for some alcoholics, it is downright dangerous to simply stop drinking. A person’s body can become so dependent on the presence of alcohol that suddenly taking it away might trigger fevers, seizures, coma and even death. When Amy Winehouse died in 2011, it was at first thought that it might have been this withdrawal syndrome that killed her. It turned out that she had drunk massive amounts the night she died. She simply died of an intolerable overdose of alcohol.

Medical Detoxes Deal with the Symptoms of Alcohol Withdrawal

A medical detoxification program assists a person coming off high alcohol consumption with constant supervision and medication to prevent the worst of the problems. Benzodiazepines may be administered to calm the person and prevent problems with hallucinations, anxiety, delusional behavior and other symptoms. If fevers get too high or the person goes into a coma, medical care is right at hand to help with these adverse effects.

Once the person is through this period and they are sober, they are ready for rehab. Detoxification is not a complete solution for an alcoholic. It only means that the person is safely withdrawn from alcohol. As yet, nothing has been done for the cravings and psychological dependence on the drug. Years ago, there was little that could be done for the alcoholic rather than let him dry out. But the public and medical profession have come to realize that drug rehabs must do much more than just get a person off drugs or alcohol.

Narconon Offers the Alcoholic a Viable Solution

In 1966 in Arizona, the first Narconon services began to be offered inside the Arizona State Prison system. This program matured into a fully-featured long-term drug rehab program that is offered in fifty locations around the world. There are centers in Northern California – like Narconon Vista Bay. And in Florida, there is Narconon Gulf Coast in Destin.

Once a person is out of danger of adverse alcohol withdrawal symptoms, they can come to a Narconon center to complete the recovery. At Narconon, each person learns how to make drug-free decisions, how to face the challenges of life so that they do not feel the need to escape to a bottle, and they go through a procedure that helps reduce or even eliminate cravings.

This is the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program, one phase of the overall recovery service. Through a process of taking a strict regimen of nutritional supplements, exercising moderately and spending time in a low-heat sauna, each person activates his or her own body’s ability to flush out old drug toxins. These stored residues have been shown to contribute to cravings, even years after drug use stopped. By flushing them out, those completing this service normally feel more energy and have a better outlook on life. Many say that their cravings are reduced and some say they are gone.

Each person then goes on to rebuild the life skills they lost through addiction. At the end of the program, each person understands how to make the drug-free decisions that help keep them on a sober path. Seven out of ten graduates successfully use these skills to stay clean after they go home.

For complete details on this program, contact Narconon International at 1-800-775-8750. Or you can visit the website for the regional office in the Eastern United States at www.narcononeus.org.

Resources:

http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh22-1/04-04.pdf

In a new report, LSD has been tested in Norway as a treatment for alcoholism and is being touted as a solution to the chronic, relapsing nature of the problem.

In this study, more than 500 alcoholics were studied to determine their response to treatment with the hallucinogenic drug LSD. Two-thirds received LSD while the others received different treatments, and then their recoveries were compared. Slightly more of the LSD users did not return to alcohol abuse after the study period.

So there are some researchers associated with this study who now propose using LSD as a treatment for alcoholism. The problem is that LSD is an addictive drug that sends people to rehab for recovery and that has been known to cause lasting psychosis among some individuals.

Consider a study published by the National Institutes of Health. In 1983, 52 “LSD psychotics” were compared to 29 non-drug-induced schizophrenics and were found to be “fundamentally similar.” Is this a drug that should be used to treat alcoholics?

In the report on the Norwegian study, one addiction psychiatrist associated with the University of Washington noted that little is known about the effects of LSD and so it should be used with caution. But then he commented that “We already use drugs to fight drugs,” noting that methadone is addictive and it is used to fight addiction to heroin and other opiates as a justification for using LSD in this situation.

Alcoholism Treatment Routinely Involves the Use of Drugs at Conventional Rehab Centers

For alcoholics, there may be two phases of their recovery. They may first need to go through a medical detox to come down safely from their chronic intoxication. As bodies become dependent on the constant presence of alcohol, a person may experience seizures, high fevers or even a coma as they withdraw. Benzodiazepines are often given to get a person safely through this period. While this is medically necessary in some cases, many conventional rehabs continue to prescribe these or other drugs through the entire treatment program and long afterwards. Thus a person who wishes to recover their sobriety may be kept on drugs instead of being able to experience an enjoyable life without medication.

Perhaps If There Were No Other Way to Fight Alcoholism

If use of LSD were the only possible way to save a person from drinking themselves to death, perhaps the use of a hallucinogen that could create psychosis in some of the patients would be warranted. But if there are other ways of creating lasting sobriety, that is the obvious first choice. And fortunately, there is a way that avoids the use of drugs in alcoholism recovery.

Of course, some people have created such an intense physical dependence on alcohol that they have no choice but to rely on some drugs to get them through that initial period. Once that is done, they can find the remainder of their recovery drug-free at a Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. These rehab facilities, located in more than fifty locations around the world, have found healthy, holistic ways of relieving depression, helping a recovering person overcome guilt and restoring self-esteem. These are all essential components to lasting recovery from alcoholism or any kind of drug addiction.

Narconon International in Los Angeles can help you determine if you have a Narconon rehab near you. Or you can visit the site www.narcononcenter.org for more information.

Resources:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6870484

http://vitals.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/09/10622976-acid-trip-could-help-treat-alcoholism-report-suggests

The changes that occur in the life of a habitual crack user are rather staggering.

Crack symptoms include:

• Cardiac and vascular damage
• Cardiac arrest
• Stroke
• Stomach perforations
• Birth defects
• Lung problems including what’s called “crack lung”: scarring, difficulty breathing, severe pain, cough
• Risky sexual activity including unprotected sex or prostitution especially among women

Plenty of Mental Damage Occurs, Too

Mental ravages include deep depression as the brief high of crack cocaine wears off, paranoia, mania and compulsive behavior. One type of compulsive behavior noted was the searching for misplaced pieces of crack rock. One study of 41 crack addicts found that the average time spent searching for lost crack rocks was 90 minutes.

Delusion, agitation, violence and suicidal or homicidal thinking were noted among crack users. While some of these symptoms are also associated with powder cocaine use, with crack users, the symptoms tend to be more intense.

Each month, about a million and a half people use cocaine, with as many as three-quarters of crack users reporting that they smoke it.

Crack Symptoms Can Be Relieved Through Effective Rehab

Once a person stops using crack, it does not mean that all the damage done by the drug immediately heals. Recovering from addiction takes time and work. But the payoff is worth it when a person learns to live a drug-free life and accordingly, stays sober after graduation from rehab. A short, 28-day rehab is unlikely to make this much change on a person who has been abusing crack cocaine for the past few years. Many simple life skills have been lost during that time. The addicted person feels guilty about the things they have done, whether it was harming someone else or just contributing to their own decline. There is a terrible loss of personal integrity and also the depression that normally occurs after stopping use or crack cocaine.

The Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program provides recovery even from an addiction as severe as crack cocaine. It doesn’t happen overnight. It takes a long-term program with a way of restoring integrity and self-esteem and methods of teaching a person the life skills he or she has lost. That is what Narconon centers have been offering for more than forty-five years. Narconon reviews from families state that they have their loved ones back after losing them to addiction.

Each person who has struggled with the terrible crack symptoms has a chance to live sober and productive after the Narconon program. In three to five months for most people, the damage can be repaired.

The Narconon New Life Detoxification Program is a big step forward in recovery. This intensive detox program uses a low heat sauna, generous nutritional supplements, moderate daily exercise and strict supervision to help each person flush out old drug toxins. A trained staff member at Narconon reviews every day’s progress to make sure the program is done properly.

As drugs have a natural affinity for fats, the residues of drug use tend to become lodged in fatty tissues. When these residues are flushed, each person recovers much of his or her ability to think clearly again. Emotions are more like they were before drug use. Many people say that the sharp cravings for cocaine either greatly reduce or go away. This is a key point of a long-lasting sobriety.

Find out how someone you care about who is struggling with crack cocaine addiction can recover with the Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation program. Call 1-800-775-8750 today.

Resources:

http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/2k7/crackTX/crackTX.htm

http://ww2.drugabuse.gov/whgd/WGRDirRep202.html

http://ww2.drugabuse.gov/whgd/WHGDDirRep15.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC181074/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2860323/

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8417561

Cocaine use produces a fast euphoria accompanied by a sense of great enjoyment and confidence. A performer may lose his stage fright, a businesswoman may lose her fear of failure and act with more confidence. And of course, cocaine is often considered a party drug. Those partying with cocaine feel more energetic, even when drinking. Large quantities of alcohol won’t make them feel groggy, so by using cocaine with their alcohol, they can party longer. They won’t need food or sleep for quite a while either.

Naturally, these “benefits” won’t last. In fact, with cocaine, they are fairly short-lived. Within a half hour or less, they may be gone, requiring another line or injection to keep the good feeling rolling along.

In quest to feel this good again, a person will abuse cocaine repeatedly. But many cocaine users state that once they begin to build a tolerance for the drug, the euphoria is never as good again. He or she may begin to “chase” that initial euphoric feeling by using more cocaine each time. Increased dosages of cocaine lead more quickly to addiction and to severe stress on the body that can lead to heart damage, stroke, heart attack or cardiac arrest.

The Lows of Cocaine Abuses

Anyone who has worked with a cocaine addict knows about the flip side of this picture. Strong cravings, anxiety, paranoia, panic attacks and erratic behavior can result from chronic cocaine use. A heavy user may also become violent and aggressive, even psychotic. Eventually, acquiring cocaine and using it become the ruling passions of this person’s life, over family, friends, jobs and his own health and personal integrity. That’s the nature of addiction.

These emotional lows can be accompanied by physical damage such as thickened, stiffened heart muscle that can’t efficiently pump blood. Stresses to the vascular system can result in aneurysms in the coronary arteries that can be fatal.

Withdrawal May Be Rough, but Leads to Sobriety

It may be hard for a person to face the need for cocaine rehab for a few reasons. They may be certain that they can feel pleasure from nothing but a dose of cocaine. And they may dread the agitated, depressed state they hit when they withdraw from cocaine use. The Narconon drug rehabilitation program provides each person seeking cocaine addiction rehab the hope of a productive, enjoyable life again.

Narconon drug recovery centers offer long-term holistic rehabilitation from cocaine addiction. By addressing the causes that drug abuse started in the first place and by teaching the life skills one needs to stay sober, the Narconon drug rehab program helps seven out of ten graduates stay clean and sober after they go home. This is without having to ever attend Narconon meetings.

An essential step in restoring one’s ability to enjoy life is the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program. This phase of the overall drug rehab program guides each person through a sauna-based detoxification that uses moderate exercise and a strict program of nutritional supplements to flush out old drug toxins. These drug residues lodge in the fatty tissues of the body where they can be involved in the triggering of drug cravings, even years after drug abuse stopped. They can also fog up and slow down thinking. When the toxins are fully flushed out, those finishing this step talk about their brighter outlook, better senses of taste and smell, more energy and reduced – sometimes even eliminated – cravings.

When this step of treatment is complete, a person in cocaine addiction rehab can now learn how to manage a sober, productive life in the future. They learn how to recover their personal integrity and maintain it in the future. They learn drug-free decision-making skills and a personal moral code to guide their actions.

When someone you care about needs cocaine addiction rehab, contact Narconon to find the recovery center nearest you.

Resources:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001943/

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/cocaine-abuse-addiction/what-are-short-term-effects-cocaine-use

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/research-reports/cocaine-abuse-addiction/what-are-long-term-effects-cocaine-use

http://cocaine.org/aneurysm/index.html

But it didn’t take very long for the damaging physical effects of cocaine to start showing up. The first cocaine-induced stroke was diagnosed in 1977, and the death of basketball star Len Bias let plenty of people know about the damage that can be done to one’s heart by cocaine abuse.

This hasn’t quelled cocaine’s image as a party drug. Celebrity arrests and visits to rehab may continue to give the drug a glamourous allure, despite the health risks. But cocaine’s intense addictiveness can perpetuate the drug habit even when the user knows the risk.

Cocaine Creates Strong Cravings for More of the Drug

While cocaine use in the US and Europe both has declined in the last several years, there are still 1.6 million Americans using cocaine. Europe still consumes about 25% of the world’s cocaine supply.

Both crack cocaine and powder cocaine retain their customers by creating intense cravings that drive users into repeated use of the drug. Powder cocaine may be consumed in binges where the user keeps using cocaine over and over again for days until they run out of money, drugs or the physical ability to keep on going.

Trying to withdraw from cocaine use can generate withdrawal symptoms such as exhaustion, paranoia, suicidal thoughts, anxiety and intense cravings, creating a formidable barrier to sobriety. Cocaine addiction rehab must provide support for the person in withdrawal to get them safely through this period. The Narconon drug rehab program, located in fifty centers around the world, offers a holistic, drugless rehabilitation program that provides those addicted to cocaine with a strong hope of lasting sobriety.

Narconon Long-Term Cocaine Addiction Rehab Has Excellent Track Record of Success

In order to help a person achieve lasting sobriety, the reasons a person began to abuse drugs must be addressed and handled. In the Narconon drug recovery program, a person has the time and the guidance to repair the damage done by addiction and build new life skills.

Nutritional support and one-on-one work with the Narconon staff help make withdrawal tolerable. Gentle reorientation exercises and physical assists help calm the body’s reactions to the changes going on.

When safely through this phase, each person furthers their recovery by completing the intensely therapeutic Narconon New Life Detoxification Program, one step of the larger program. This program utilizes a low-heat sauna, a strict regimen of nutritional supplements and moderate daily exercise to activate the body’s ability to eliminate toxins left over from drug use. These toxins are attracted to a body’s fatty tissues where they tend to remain until the right conditions exist to be flushed out. This is what this drug detoxification program provides – the exact help the body needs to flush these old residues. When the residues are gone, those completing this step state that they feel brighter and more energetic, that the dullness of the years of drug use is gone and that their cravings have gone with it, in most cases.

But cocaine addiction rehab is not done until a person learns how to choose a sober life over drug use, no matter what challenges are faced. Treatment continues at a Narconon center by guiding each person going through cocaine addiction rehab through the life skills training that keeps them safe and sober once they get home.

Narconon can be the answer you need for someone who is struggling with cocaine addiction. Contact a counselor to find out more  about the Narconon objectives and why  this program is so effective.

Resources:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17551070

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine#Illicit_trade

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/infofacts/nationwide-trends

Every drug that creates addiction has the potential to be highly destructive, but crack cocaine stands among the worst. According to the Medical University of South Carolina, the use of crack cocaine is often associated with more severe and frequent symptoms than cocaine use alone.

Paranoia occurs in two-thirds or more of crack users. Violence shows up in 55% of crack users and in some areas, 31% of homicide victims were killed by a crack cocaine user. Crack was also found to be present in a fifth of suicides.

Users usually develop a tolerance to this drug quickly which means that many will probably wind up “chasing” the euphoric high of early experiences. As more and more crack is used in an attempt to duplicate these early pleasures, there is a greater risk of incurring the severe mental disturbances associated with crack.

Cocaine Addiction Rehab Helps Crack Cocaine Addicts

Recovery is the same no matter what drug is used because the fundamental damage done to a person by addiction is fairly consistent. An addict loses self-respect and personal integrity because of the actions taken to obtain and use more drugs, and the lies told to those who might just want to help. Addicts often lose the ability to interact honestly with those around them and may not feel pleasure from anything but drug abuse. An addict’s environment is often foggy and dim due to the lasting effects of the drugs. These effects have to be undone if recovery is to be lasting. Simply covering them up with substitute medications will not return a person to life.

The Narconon Drug Rehab Program Provides New Hope and Life for Cocaine Use

When a family seeks cocaine addiction rehab for one who has lost control of a cocaine habit, Narconon drug rehab centers offer lasting recovery for those seeking cocaine addiction rehab.

Located in cities and country settings in fifty locations around the world, Narconon centers have been enabling seven out of ten graduates to achieve lasting sobriety for more than forty-five years. This includes those addicted to cocaine and crack.

Cocaine addiction rehab starts with a nutritionally-supported withdrawal phase that can help avoid the worst of cocaine withdrawal’s usual energy crash and depression. Each person then goes on to learn basic communication skills, which starts to return a person to healthy interaction with people and things around him.

Treatment continues with the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program that uses a sauna, moderate exercise and a strict nutritional regimen to flush out old drug toxins. As the toxic residues of crack or powder cocaine use (and from other drugs as well) lodge in the fatty tissues, this step helps remove the lingering effects of these drugs. The result is a brighter outlook and reduced cravings.

The next phase of rehabilitation in this cocaine addiction rehab activity is the restoration of sober living skills, which includes recovering one’s personal integrity and the ability to make sober living decisions.

Find out today how this long-term program can help someone you care about recover the ability to live a productive, enjoyable life. Get help with cocaine addiction today.

Resources:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC181074/

http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/infofacts/cocaine

Opinions have varied widely on when it’s acceptable for a pregnant woman to drink. It wasn’t until 1973 that researchers identified Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), that collection of symptoms that show up in newborns when mothers drink, usually heavily, during pregnancy. FAS symptoms can include physical deformities to the head and face plus behavioral and learning problems.

And it wasn’t until 1981 that there were definite warnings about drinking during pregnancy issued by the Surgeon General.

One of the problems with collecting study data on the problem was that it was difficult to carry out a study that involved pregnant women because of the chance of harming the baby. But now a recent study has provided a closer look at how much alcohol is too much for a pregnant woman – and does it matter when during the pregnancy she drinks it?

The study carefully followed the toxic exposure and drinking experiences of 992 pregnant woman in California between 1978 and 2005. Once the women gave birth, the babies were carefully examined for any signs of FAS. The researchers then correlated any signs with the amount of alcohol consumed and when in the pregnancy it was drunk.

The report based on this research now states that the second half of the first trimester – or about 43 to 84 days after conception – is the most sensitive time for alcohol consumption, based on the appearance of FAS-type symptoms of women who drank during this time.

But because of the appearance of symptoms in babies born to women who drank in varying quantities at various times in the pregnancy, the researchers were forced to conclude that there were no safe levels of alcohol consumption while pregnant.

This is Bad News for Those Who Can’t Control their Alcohol Consumption

This may not present a problem for the average pregnant woman who has no trouble controlling her drinking. But for the pregnant woman who has lost control due to prolonged alcohol abuse, this is not good news. Some women may seek help at Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or if her problem is drug abuse, Narcotics Anonymous (NA).

Many alcoholics, however, benefit greatly from being removed from the environment in which they were drinking. With alcohol being legal, it can often be found within a few blocks of almost any point of an urban landscape. This is where Narconon can provide a unique kind of help.

Narconon residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers located across the US and in dozens of other locations around the world offer a pregnant woman a chance to recover from alcoholism in a safe, controlled environment, protecting not only her sobriety but also her unborn child.

Utilizing life skills training and nutritional support, a pregnant woman can learn how to get her life back on track so she can nurture her baby when it is born. At a Narconon drug and alcohol rehab center, Narconon meetings consist of learning how to choose one’s friends properly to preserve a drug-free life, knowing how to recover one’s personal integrity that might have been lost during drug or alcohol addiction, and much more.

For anyone you want to help recover from alcohol or drug addiction, pregnant or not, contact the Narconon International offices at 1-800-775-8750 today to find out more.

Resources:

http://fasdcenter.samhsa.gov/educationTraining/courses/CapCurriculum/competency1/changes1.cfm

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/29/dining/29preg.html?ref=health

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/womens-health/articles/2012/01/17/drinking-late-in-first-trimester-may-be-most-hazardous

While it’s probably very hard for a non-drug user to understand the possible benefits of mixing addictive drugs, polydrug use is a very common phenomenon. According to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, polydrug use represents a significant proportion of medical emergencies. Simultaneous use of illicit drugs, alcohol and/or prescription drugs can cause interactions that take a toll on the user’s health. New, toxic substances can be formed through these interactions.

Also, use of one substance like alcohol can impair one’s ability to keep track of how much of another substance, like cocaine or heroin, was also used. This can lead to an overdose. Polydrug use can also contribute to an increased risk of traffic accidents.

But according to users, the skillful combining of drugs can enable them to tailor the effect they want. Use of benzodiazepines after stimulant use (like cocaine or methamphetamine) could enable a person to sleep.

Or the effect of an additional drug can offset an undesirable effect of another drug. Cocaine use can enable a person to avoid the sedating effect of alcohol and thus stay up longer and drink more. In some parts of Europe, the percentage of cocaine users who mix alcohol and cocaine reached 94%.

Speedball Use is a Mixture of Cocaine and Heroin

One of the original drug combinations that grew popular was heroin and cocaine together, either snorted or injected. However, this combination has resulted in the deaths of many people. In the US, entertainers John Belushi, Chris Farley and River Phoenix all died from this combination.

While use of new synthetic drug “bath salts” by itself is dangerous enough, when it was used with cocaine by a woman in Alaska, she suffered a cardiac arrest but managed to survive.

Essentially, polydrug use makes a dangerous habit – substance abuse – even more dangerous. This makes it all the more essential to help an addicted person engaged in polydrug use find sobriety through drug rehabilitation.

Polydrug Addicts Find Recovery at Narconon Drug Rehabs

It doesn’t matter if a person is addicted to one drug or several, the route to recovery is the same at Narconon drug rehab centers. Cocaine addiction rehab requires the same restoration of self-respect and personal integrity as addiction to any other drugs.

At a Narconon centers, cocaine addiction rehab involves helping a person come back to life after the deadness of addiction. In part, this is accomplished through the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program, a sauna-based program that combines time in the sauna with moderate exercise and an exact nutritional regimen. This combination results in the activation of the body’s ability to eliminate old lodged drug toxins that are stored in fatty tissues of the body. When these residues are gone, those in recovery talk about better energy, sharper taste and smell, clearer thinking and loss of cravings.

Cocaine addiction rehab is furthered by the learning of the skills necessary to live sober and productive.

Narconon objectives of treatment are to enable each person to make drug-free decisions that maintain sobriety for the long-term, and to restore each person’s ability to live a productive, enjoyable life again. It’s not necessary to attend hundreds of meetings as is done with NA (Narcotics Anonymous); recovery can take place in just three to five months.

Cocaine addiction rehab can result in lasting sobriety when Narconon is the recovery program chosen. Find out more about this holistic treatment program today.

Resources:

http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/attachements.cfm/att_93217_EN_EMCDDA_SI09_polydrug%20use.pdf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedball_(drug)

http://www.epi.alaska.gov/bulletins/docs/b2011_27.pdf

An article on the American Heart Association’s website outlines the various ways that cocaine is destructive for a user’s heart. According to the article “The Effects of Acute and Chronic Cocaine Use on the Heart,” cocaine is toxic to the heart muscle. It reduces the ability of the heart muscle to contract, and therefore pump blood. The heart muscle will receive less oxygen and this can lead to the death of some heart tissue. Even young cocaine users may suffer damage similar to that of a heart attack which can be hard for medical staff to understand since the risk factors for heart attack might not seem to be present.

Cocaine can also accelerate the buildup of plaque inside the arteries, leading to atherosclerosis. Direct damage to some types of heart muscle cells can lead to cardiomyopathy, where the heart becomes abnormally enlarged, thickened or stiffened, leading to less efficiency.

Overall, cocaine is a very bad choice for anyone wishing to preserve the health of his or her heart. But of course, when a person becomes addicted to cocaine, the damage extends far beyond cardiac effects.

One’s Emotional Heart Also Takes a Hit

When a person becomes addicted, it seems like the addiction makes the decisions instead of the individual. An addict becomes consumed with the necessity to acquire more of the drug he or she is addicted to before withdrawal symptoms kick in. This becomes more important than caring for his health, family, job or home. This abandonment of values is heartbreaking for the addict and only continued abuse of the drug makes life seem livable.

Financial ruin can follow cocaine addiction because of the high cost of the powder form of the drug. When crack cocaine is the drug of choice, healthful lifestyles are very often abandoned for whatever lifestyle will provide the drug, which can include prostitution or crime. But effective cocaine addiction rehab can turn this situation around.

The Narconon Drug Recovery Program Provides Effective Cocaine Addiction Rehab

Even those who have been addicted for years or decades can find rehabilitation at a Narconon drug rehab center. The innovative Narconon treatment program offers a sauna-based detoxification program that helps reduce or even eliminate cravings. Each person going through cocaine addiction rehab at Narconon is guided through this process of time spent daily in a low-heat sauna, an exact nutritional program and moderate exercise. This combination activates the body’s ability to flush out old stored drug toxins. When these toxins remain lodged in fatty tissues, they can be involved in the triggering of cravings, even years after drug use stops. When the toxins are gone, brightness increases and cravings decrease.

Recovery of one’s true love for life – and thus repair to the less-physical heart damage – comes from recovery of one’s personal integrity and self respect. Cocaine addiction rehab would be incomplete without emotional repair as well. The Narconon program offers life skills training that shows each person how they can regain respect for self and others and then guides them through the healing process.

Around the world, Narconon centers provide lasting recovery from cocaine addiction as well as addiction to many other drugs. Find out more today by contacting Narconon.

Resources:

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/85/2/407

It’s well known that repeated use of cocaine can turn a person into an addict. What some people may not realize is that the drug itself has harsh physical effects. In fact, these effects can be so strenuous as to result in the prompt death of the user.

This potential was largely unknown until the 1986 death of Len Bias, a healthy young basketball player who had just been drafted by the Boston Celtics. Perhaps celebrating the accomplishment, Len was using cocaine with friends when he died suddenly from heart problems. Before this time, little was known about the stresses this strong stimulant places on the heart.

Any stimulant increases heart rate and body temperature. Cocaine abuse also constricts the blood vessels. This combination of faster-beating heart and constricted veins and arteries can place so much pressure on the heart that it can fail. This pressure can also lead to a stroke.

Preventing Physical Damage May Require Cocaine Addiction Rehab

If a person were to ingest cocaine, which sometimes is done, it can constrict the circulation in the intestines so much that gangrene forms in the abdomen. That’s how strong this drug is.

While not a dangerous effect, a chronic cocaine user who snorts the drug may suffer a severe erosion of the tissues in the nose, so much that holes form between the two sides. Drug rehab will not cause this damage to heal, only surgery will fix it. The reason the cocaine user does not notice this happening is because cocaine also acts as a local anesthetic. In fact, cocaine is used to numb eyes for surgery.

Cocaine addiction rehab at the earliest possible moment in cocaine abuse can prevent the worst of this damage. In addition, treatment can also save a person from the financial, moral and emotional destruction that often accompanies cocaine addiction. Like binge drinking, bingeing on cocaine can lead to the most serious effects.

Addicts to Cocaine and Other Drugs Find Sobriety at Narconon Drug Rehabilitation Centers

The Narconon drug rehab centers around the world help addicts to cocaine and many other drugs find recovery. One of key features of the program is the Narconon New Life Detoxification Program. Those seeking cocaine addiction rehab find that this step that uses time in a sauna, moderate exercise and an exact regimen of nutritional supplements helps them overcome the cravings for more cocaine. Since drug residues lodge in the fatty tissues of the body, they can remain there for years, contributing to cravings. When this program flushes out these stored toxins, the person in recovery feels brighter and often remarks on his increase in energy.

The Narconon program goes on to guide each recovering person through life skills training that supplies stability and the ability to make the right choices even in challenging situations.

Learn more about how the Narconon drug rehabilitation program can help with cocaine addiction and how it provides relief from cravings and long term sobriety.