Effective Drug Rehabilitation for Missouri
Missouri has a complicated drug trafficking and abuse problem. Historically, Missouri had more methamphetamine labs raided and dismantled than any other state. Now, Indiana and Tennessee are competing for first place but Missouri’s burden of meth is still very high. In addition, increasing levels of heroin are being seized in the state. As can be expected, heroin overdoses are increasing in urban centers like Kansas City and St. Louis. Cocaine and marijuana are popular across the state and club drugs like GHB are readily available in cities.
Given Missouri’s role as a gateway to the west, the state also serves as a gateway for drug trafficking organizations headed to Atlantic and Northern Midwest states. Outside the handful of major cities, the state is rural and agricultural, meaning drug manufacturing and storage are easy to conceal in barns or sheds. The people of Missouri deserve much better than this all-out assault on their way of life.
Narconon Offers a Way Out
Just a short flight south from Kansas City is Narconon Arrowhead, offering a drug-free solution to addiction. A little bit further northeast lies Narconon Freedom Center in Albion, Michigan. In both locations, the same holistic approach to recovery and relapse prevention is used to free the addicted from both drugs and their damaging way of life.
Before moving through the full Narconon rehabilitation program, each person must withdraw from the drugs being consumed. At Narconon, this is a carefully supervised and supported drug-free process that uses a variety of techniques to make it as tolerable as possible. Generous supplementation with B vitamins, vitamin C, calcium, magnesium and other nutrients support the body’s clearing of drug toxins and calm symptoms. Gentle techniques called assists help ease aching muscles and joints. A series of procedures called objectives help a person stay positive during this transition.
When it is determined that it is medically necessary for a person to step down from their current level of drug use we work with medical detox services to complete this before he (or she) starts the drug-free withdrawal at Narconon. A person who needs medication for a physical condition would also continue that medication on the advice of his physician.
When the person is eating and sleeping well, he (or she) will begin the next phase of the Narconon program. This includes a deeper detoxification that helps clear the mind and thinking processes. This is the New Life Detoxification. When the body receives the right nutritional supplements, some daily exercise and spends time in a low-heat sauna, a deeper detox kicks into high gear. Drug and alcohol residues lodged deep in fatty tissues start to be drawn out and are eliminated, mostly through the sweat. Gradually, the person’s outlook is freed from the effects of these residues and becomes brighter. Many people say their cravings are reduced or even leave entirely.
Regaining Control
Anyone around an addicted person can see that the person has lost control. He no longer controls his thoughts, his actions or his decisions. It’s like the drugs are making his choices for him. He can, in fact, regain control and the next step helps him make this change.
The gentle objective procedures used during withdrawal are resumed at this point, but now they go further and are more extensive. As each of these objective exercises is completed, a small piece of self-control and perception are returned to the individual. As the gains accumulate, a person’s self-determinism returns. No longer do drugs call the shots. At the same time, life looks brighter and old traumas have less power over him.
Training for Lasting Sobriety
To prevent relapse, each person needs a set of new life skills to help him deal with challenges that might send him back to drug use. Everyone will face upsets and setbacks, and there are certain people, locations or situations that could trigger a desire to use drugs again. The life skills training that comes next helps protect a person in these moments.
Step by step, a person studies the basic concepts related to vital sober living skills and then puts them to use. First, he learns how to deal with someone whose intentions are malicious and how to identify someone who truly does have the interests of others at heart. Next, he finds out how integrity and honor are lost. More importantly, he learns how it can be regained. Finally, he gains problem-solving skills so problems in projects, relationships, work or life don’t destabilize him.
Effective Rehab is the Solution to Drug-Related Loss and Injury
Across the Midwest, drug use results in crime, injury, and illness. Methamphetamine and crack cocaine use in particular trigger higher levels of assaults and thefts. Marijuana and alcohol use are associated with traffic accidents, injuries, and fatalities, especially when the two substances are combined. Heroin use, of course, causes overdose injuries and death far too often. When a thorough method of recovery is available, these losses can stop and people can build new, sober lives for themselves.
Learn more about the Narconon drug rehab program and why no long-term substitute drugs are needed to help a person break free from addiction. With two locations easily accessible to those in Missouri, it’s very possible that your loved one could be on the road to lasting sobriety in just days.
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