Need to Know How to Stop an Addiction?

Heroin has a devastating effect on the human body. Without heroin drug treatment, an addict can suffer from long-term effects such as collapsed veins, heart infection and liver disease. Pulmonary complications from heroin use include pneumonia and depressed respiratory function. Additives often used in heroin also can clog blood vessels leading to the lungs, liver, kidneys and brain, resulting in death.

Heroin treatments such as the one offered by Narconon Arrowhead help heroin addicts kick the habit and return to their role as a healthy and sober member of society.

Narconon Arrowhead Treatment for Heroin Success Rates

Our specialized treatment for heroin addicts results in a more than 70 percent success rate, which proves significantly higher than the success rates touted by other treatments for heroin addiction. Our heroin treatment center is often the last stop for addicts who have tried other programs and failed.

Narconon Arrowhead Treatments for Heroin Addiction

At the core of our success is a sauna-based therapy that detoxifies the body. During treatment for heroin addiction, an addict suffers through some of the worst withdrawal symptoms possible. They include cravings, restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea, vomiting, cold flashes and kicking movements. Our therapy literally sweats the heroin and heroin residue from the addict’s body to minimize withdrawal symptoms and speed up the withdrawal process. Because withdrawal from heroin can be so severe, the addict is medically supervised throughout the process. We do not, however,
incorporate drugs into the detox process, as we do not believe substituting one drug for another leads to rehabilitation success.

Once the addict has flushed the toxins from his body, he begins to attend individual and group therapy sessions. These sessions focus on teaching the addict to accept the life he has lead until now and to take ownership of past behaviors and actions so he can move on with his life. The addict also learns life skills to help him cope with the world outside of our heroin abuse treatment program.

Narconon Arrowhead Heroin Treatment Center Staff

Our staff includes Certified Chemical Dependency Counselors (CCDC), Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CADC) and/or Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors (LADC). We also have staff members who are former heroin addicts themselves, allowing addicts in our program to discuss their challenges with others who have been in the same position. The heroin treatment center itself is licensed by the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.

Contact Us Regarding Drug Recovery Treatment

To begin the intake process, for either yourself or a loved one, contact one of our Certified Chemical Dependency Counselors. You can call (800) 468-6933 or fill out the contact form located throughout this website. If the intake process seems like too big of a next step, we encourage you or your loved one to spend time on our website studying the information found throughout. We offer many articles about drug addiction and treatment, including heroin treatments that can help an addict understand not only addiction but also why our treatment program offers the best possible chance for success. Videos and photo tours of the facility are also viewable on our website. Be sure to read through the many testimonials as well, as they represent best why Narconon Arrowhead is one of the most successful heroin drug treatment programs in the country.

There are approximately 2000 drug rehab programs in CA. That may sound like a lot but it's really not compared to the population over the 58 counties in California. Drug rehab programs are needed more and more each day in the state for drug abuse, especially methamphetamine addiction. Methamphetamine is the number one drug abused in the state of California and the numbers are on the rise daily. Californians make up 40% of all treatment admissions for methamphetamine nationwide. Needless to say that is almost half of the addicted population of methamphetamine addicts in the entire US. Methamphetamine is one of the most dangerous drugs on the street today. Millions of addicts are faced with addiction and finding help can seem like an never ending struggle if you don't know where to look. Luckily, residents in California have several programs to choose from but, the question still remains: how many of these 2000 programs are equiped to handle methamphetamine addiction? 

If you find yourself continually worried about a friend or loved one and you think they may be addicted to drugs or alcohol, it is important to do what ever it takes to find them a drug addiction treatment program as soon as possible. There are parents who spend endless nights worrying and wondering if their child will make it home that night. There are children who suffer because their parents are addicted to drugs and alcohol and therefore are neglected. Children who suffer from drug abusing parents often achieve less in school and have more behavioral problems because they are trying to find ways to get help but reach out in the wrong way. Their social skills are usually not up to normal standards because these children are kept from participating in a lot of activities. Partially because their parents spend all their money on drugs or alcohol or the parents are too consumed by their addiction to take the time to be interested in their children. When a child grows up in an environment where drugs and alcohol are a daily routine, it's more than likely that they will fall into the same horrible cycle of addiction.

The scope of methamphetamine addiction in the United States.

Methamphetamine addiction treatment is needed as methamphetamine is a growing problem for many people and families in the United States. Meth abuse does not just affect a certain group of the population. It does not discriminate or choose a certain person. It is affecting all ages, ethnicity, and race. Many people become addicted to methamphetamine before they can see that they have a problem, and others can’t even see that they have a problem.

What is Methamphetamine?

It is an illegal drug that is in the same class as cocaine and many other powerful street drugs. It is a synthetic drug with a more rapid and lasting affect than amphetamine. It is used illegally as a stimulant and also used as a prescription drug to treat narcolepsy and to maintain blood pressure. It has many nicknames, but the most common are meth, crank, chalk, or speed.

It will usually come in the form of a crystalline white powder that is odorless. It has a bitter-taste and will dissolve easily in water or alcohol. Powder meth can also come in colors like yellow-gray, orange, and even pink. Like many other drugs, meth can be snorted, smoked, or injected.

Affects of Methamphetamine Use

Once taken, meth will create a false sense of well-being and energy for a person. With this feeling a person will push his body faster and further than it is actually meant to go. A user will experience a severe “crash” or physical and mental breakdown after the effects of the drug wear off. There are many long term and short term affects of meth use. While some are not too severe, meth can kill a person without treatment for the addiction.

Here we will take a look at some of the short term effects of meth abuse:

Loss of Appetite
Dilation of Pupils
Increased heart rate, blood pressure or body temperature
Disturbed sleep patterns
Bizarre, erratic, and sometimes violent behavior
Nausea
Panic and psychosis
Hallucinations, hyper-excitability, or irritability
Convulsions, seizures or death form high doses

Now a look at the long term effects of meth abuse:

Malnutrition, weight loss
Severe tooth decay
Destruction of tissue in the nose if snorted
Depression
Respiratory problems if smoked
Liver, kidney and lung damage
Strong psychological dependence
Infectious diseases and abscesses if injected
Disorientation, apathy, confused exhaustion
Psychosis
Damage to the brain similar to Alzheimer’s disease, stroke and epilepsy
Permanent damage to the blood vessels of the heart and brain, high blood pressure leading to heart attacks, strokes and death

Categories of Abuse

When a person consumes methamphetamine, it takes over their lives in varying degrees. There are basically three categories of drug abuse. These are Low-Intensity Meth Abuse, Binge Meth Abuse, and High-Intensity Meth Abuse.

Someone who swallows or snorts methamphetamine is considered a low-intensity abuser. They are looking for the extra stimulation meth provides. This will allow them to feel they can stay awake long enough to finish a task or a job, or if they want the appetite-suppressant effect to lose unwanted weight. They are just one step away from becoming a “binge” abuser, meaning they will have an uncontrolled use of the substance.

When a person smokes or injects methamphetamine with a needle, they are considered binge abuser. What this does is allows them to receive a more intense dose of the meth and experience a stronger “rush” that is psychologically addictive. These abusers are just on the verge of moving into becoming a high-intensity abuser.

The high-intensity abusers are the meth addicts that are most often called “speed freaks.” Basically, their whole existence is focused on preventing the crash, that painful letdown after the drug high. In order to continue to achieve the desired “rush” form the meth, the person must take more and more of it. But just like any other drug, each successive meth high is less and less than the one before. This urges the meth addict info a dark and deadly spiral of addiction.

Methamphetamine Addiction Treatment

There is an obvious need for more methamphetamine addiction treatment facilities. Every year that passes, we see an increase in the number of people checking into rehab programs and people who are addicted that are not getting the help that they need. According to the SAMHSA Treatment Episode Data Set, in one year there were over 1.8 million admissions to substance abuse treatment facilities. Even more is that 9% of all the admissions were primarily for methamphetamine/amphetamine abuse and 4% more was where methamphetamine/amphetamine was the secondary drug of choice.
How to Handle the Problem

When someone is addicted to methamphetamine, they need help immediately. Find a drug treatment program that is going to handle their specific needs. Call Narconon today at 800-468-6933 to find out how we can you or your loved one.

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The new national figures have just been released for drug use and addiction for 2007 and the news is not good. Nationally, nearly 20 million people (aged 12 and older) used an illicit drug each month, and more than 23 million were classifiable as needing treatment for alcohol or drug abuse. Only 2.4 million people actually got treatment leaving many millions in danger of losing their homes, their families, their health, their very lives.

Addiction medicine is the newest method said to treat addicts through the use of replacement drugs used to curb cravings caused from all drugs. Studies show that the use of medicine and replacement drugs not only doesn’t cure addiction, but causes many to relapse or become addicted to replacement drugs, in addition those drugs that they were formerly addicted to.

Since the field of addiction medicine often crosses over into other areas such a psychiatry and internal medicine, the disease theory of addiction is most commonly used and the solution, for some medical practitioners is to treat addiction with medication, more specifically replacement drug methods.

Substance abuse statistics from around the world are staggering. 

Drug use is the underlying factor in many of today's societal problems including, crime, child abuse, spread of HIV and other diseases, auto accidents and much more. Entire nations are driven to apathy concerning the subject of drug addiction due to a lack of workable solutions or, in some cases, very few rehabilitation centers at all to even begin to address the issue.

The very first step to drug rehabilitation is to get the addict off the drugs and through the withdrawal stage. One method that is receiving a lot of attention is used by the Narconon® Drug Rehabilitation and Education Program. 

Stopping Alcohol and Drug Abuse:  An American Resolution

Every New Year's Day, Americans face one of the deadliest days on the road. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data has shown that alcohol-related traffic fatalities increase on New Year's Day and an estimated 185 people will be killed as a result.

The NHTSA's Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) reports that 45 percent of all fatalities during the Christmas and New Year holiday periods, on an average, have occurred in crashes where at least one of the involved drivers was impaired as compared to about 30 percent of all fatalities during the rest of the year.

The answer to whether or not we are winning the "war" on drugs depends upon whom it is you ask.

8,000 Americans, mostly young people, start using drugs every day and our jails and prisons are full of people incarcerated for crimes that most of them committed while on drugs or while trying to get drugs.  

Clearly more than just effective rehabilitation needs to occur, and one former local is on the spearhead of the fight. As you may recall, we printed a story this past spring about Bobby Newman, a former meth addict from Elmore City that is involved in drug prevention. 

Effective Drug Detoxification - A Missing Ingredient in Most Drug Rehabs

Cravings, guilt and depression make up the harness that keeps an addict in the downward spiral of drug addiction and effective drug detoxification will help. In almost all cases these symptoms are generated after a long term of substance abuse. In the history of drug and alcohol rehabilitation it has always been known that the addict must first undergo a drug detoxification procedure, as the drug cravings are the first barrier to a successful recovery.