Drug Rehab Solutions for South Carolina
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The news creeps into one local news source after another: A drug arrest and large seizure—an overdose death—a fight over drugs that results in murder—college students dealing drugs from their affluent homes. In one county after another, the alarm is sounded. The statistics on losses to drugs rise. Law enforcement personnel rally to fight this evil force. Gradually, South Carolinians realize that they are not immune to this problem that has been taking lives all over the country.
Here are some of the news items that reveal the extent of this problem.
- In 2016, nine people were arrested after a drug deal turned bad and a young man was shot to death. During these arrests, seizures included 43,000 Xanax and synthetic marijuana pills, 1.5 pounds of cocaine, 5 pounds of marijuana, ecstasy and LSD and $214,000 in cash. The leaders of the group were young, white and affluent and operating close to the College of Charleston.
- The Charleston County coroner reported that opioid abuse that had been seen in other states had arrived in South Carolina and that it could affect anyone—a parent, businessman, athlete, rich, poor. She noted that many youths get their start with pills taken from medicine cabinets. In her county, overdose deaths jumped from 41 in 2014 to 58 the next year. Meanwhile, the local DEA agents were pursuing local doctors who made a habit of overprescribing painkillers and other pills.
- In July 2016, news services carried a report that law enforcement officers and other first responders were beginning to carry naloxone, the opioid antidote that could bring a person back after a heroin, fentanyl or painkiller overdose. By December, the antidote would be sold to family or friends of someone using opioids.
- After one State Representative lost his son to an overdose, he and other senators began to sponsor bills to help fight this problem. As of February 2017, there were bills in the pipeline to require doctors to check the state’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (to prevent patients from getting the same drugs from more than one doctor), increase drug prevention activities, and provide immunity from prosecution for those trying to help those who have overdosed.
When a Person is Addicted, A Recovery Solution is Vital
When addiction takes hold, the sooner a solution can be found, the better. With the powerful opioids like oxycodone on the market, the very first use of these drugs can be deadly. And with fentanyl in the drug supplies, even a person who is careful and experienced can lose everything in a single use. The best solution is to get an addicted loved one into a drug rehab with an approach to recovery that has been time-tested.
The Narconon drug rehab program has been helping the addicted recover for more than 50 years. Starting with a single rehab center in Los Angeles, this network of facilities now stretches around the world. Centers are found in Japan, Australia, Taiwan, Italy, Nepal, Colombia and other countries, as well as across the United States.
The First Step Toward a Drug-free Life
The Narconon program begins with a drug-free withdrawal process which does not use replacement drugs. It is designed to assist the individual to fully come off drugs or alcohol as comfortably as possible. This is accomplished through the generous use of nutritional supplements and special techniques that help alleviate the pain and discomfort of withdrawal symptoms.
When it is determined that it is medically necessary that a person step down from their current level of drug use we work with medical detox services to complete this before a person starts the drug-free withdrawal at Narconon. In the case where a person needs medication for a physical condition, they would, of course, continue that medication on the advice of his physician.
A Deep Detoxification
After a person has successfully completed the Narconon drug-free withdrawal step, each person on the Narconon drug rehab program completes a deep, sauna-based detoxification to help each person prepare for lasting recovery.
This detox is a post-acute detox and is unlike any you will find in other rehabs. This one utilizes daily exercise and a strict regimen of nutritional supplements to enable the body to wash away toxic residues stored deep in fatty tissues. These residues from past drug and alcohol use may have been locked in these cells for years, even if drug use stopped. In this carefully-supervised action, each person has a chance to brighten their thinking and outlook by ridding themselves of these toxins.
Those completing this step talk about how much clearer their thinking is and often say their cravings are manageable now. Some even say their cravings are gone. This is the perfect preparation for their next action—recovering the bright perceptions they sacrificed to years of drug use.
Perceptions and Control
Those who are deeply involved in drug use lose so much—it’s obvious to their families but not so obvious to them. To them, life looks dim and vague. They may have accidents or break things because they don’t see very sharply. They can’t make good decisions about their own survival because they have given control of their lives over to the drugs or alcohol they consume. They can never go for a very long time without planning where their next drugs or drinks will come from.
Helping a person break out of this damaging pattern of behavior is the purpose of the objectives. The objectives consist of a series of exercises that gradually return perceptions and control to a person. Day by day, the world begins to look sharper and more real. Each person improves his perceptions and communication with objects and people in the environment. As perceptions improve, so do a person’s decisions. He (or she) gradually regains control of his actions, thoughts, and decisions. This is a big step forward toward lasting sobriety.
Regaining Life Skills
Now, a person must gain (or relearn) the abilities that will protect his continued sobriety. He gains these abilities on the life skills training of the Narconon drug rehab program.
There are three parts of this life skills training. First, he must learn who can be trusted and who will be likely to lead him back into drug abuse and addiction again. As he learns about different personality types and how to deal with them, he will be able to identify those in his past who sped his way into addiction. These lessons help him avoid such people in the future.
Next, he learns a valuable lesson about integrity and self-respect. Drug or alcohol abuse gradually destroy one’s self-esteem but now he learns how it can be recovered, to his great relief. Honesty replaces the self-destruction of the former addictive habits.
The last lesson is about how to cope with damaged relationships or problems at work or in life. It’s not always easy to know how to deal with setbacks or losses. This lesson will help a person find solutions rather than get derailed by upsets. Each person will now plan his approach to a lasting, sober life with Narconon staff so he has a stable, well-thought-out plan of re-entry into his normal life.
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Overdose Deaths Found Throughout South Carolina
In some states, there are more overdoses than fatalities from accidents but in South Carolina, the problem is not as severe and hopefully never will be.
As in most states, the counties along the major interstates suffer the most abundant drug supply and often, the most severe problems. In South Carolina, Pickens and Oconee Counties (both on I-85 near the Georgia border) had the highest rates of drug overdose deaths, followed by Aiken County on I-20 and Anderson County on I-85.
Don’t wait a single day—if someone you care is using drugs or drinking excessively, give us a call. When someone you love is addicted, you know that any day could bring disaster. We can help you as we have helped tens of thousands before.
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