Where There Is Life There Is Hope!

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Where There Is Life There Is Hope!
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Synopsis

1. 4 Most common Crack Addiction Symptoms
2. 3 Common Myths about Crack Addiction
3. An Overview of Hydromorphone Abuse
4. What Is Alcohol Abuse?
5. Alcohol Abuse Causes, Signs and Treatment
6. How Effective Is Alcohol Or Drug Addiction
   Treatment?
7. Getting Your Facts Straight On Alcohol Abuse,
   Alcohol Dependence and Alcoholism
8. Life After Rehab How to Live a Normal Life Post
   Addiction Treatment

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4 Most common Crack Addiction Symptoms

• Red Eyes and Dilated Pupils
• One of the most common and easily noticeable
  signs of crack addiction include dilated pupils
  and red eyes. The pupils are dilated due to a
  nervous system stimulant which is present in the
  crack. Therefore, when the person uses the drug,
  their people dilate and increase in size. It may
  also result in bloodshot eyes and cause extreme
  irritation, in some cases.
• Depression
• Another uncontrollable side effect of crack abuse
  is depression. Using crack results in increased
  dopamine levels in the users brain. Dopamine is
  a chemical which elevates the mood of a person
  and causes the high which people get by using
  crack. However, once the effect of drug wears
  off, the level of dopamine levels will be
  washed-out. This may, consequently, result in
  severe depression and fatigue.
• Mood Swings
• Smoking crack can make a person feeling happier
  and more confident, which can be quite
  overwhelming. However, these good feelings come
  with consequences. The high that results from
  crack are short-lived, and after the effect is
  worn out, a user may experience sadness, fatigue,
  and irritation. The effects are often noticeable
  to the people around them.
• Hyperactivity
• Using crack makes the person increasingly active,
  and they may experience difficulty in staying
  still. Moreover, they may talk quickly and
  compelled to talk more than usual. This can be
  difficult for the addict to hide and may create
  awkwardness, especially when there are many
  people around the addict.

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3 Common Myths about Crack Addiction

• Cocaine addicts can quit whenever they want
• Most people presume that a person who is
  suffering from cocaine addiction is able to quit
  this habit whenever they want. Contrary to this
  popular belief, a cocaine addict does not make a
  conscious choice to continue using it.
• Addiction to cocaine is a moral failure
• Although it is true to some extent, however, it
  is not the case with every drug addict. Many
  people are introduced to cocaine against their
  will or at a very young age. It does not mean
  that it is their moral failure, but the problem
  is circumstantial. Most people unwillingly try
  this drug, perhaps due to peer pressure or the
  environment and gets hooked to it. Some people
  have a higher tendency of resistance, but other
  may be unable to resist the urge once they are
  addicted to cocaine.
• Friends or family cannot help
• This myth is the most dangerous one because it
  prevents many people from helping their family
  member or friend who is suffering from cocaine
  addiction. People must understand that while the
  drug user may be helpless against the addiction,
  but loved ones can always help them recover from
  the addiction.

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An Overview of Hydromorphone Abuse

• Effects of the drug
• Hydromorphone is several times stronger than
  morphine. When used, it causes drowsiness and
  euphoria, and, depending on the dose it can also
  cause respiratory depression because it has a
  direct effect on the respiratory center in the
  central nervous system. In some cases, this drug
  causes itching and it can cause severe nausea, up
  to vomiting. Hydromorphone slows the motility of
  the gastrointestinal tract, which is associated
  with an increase in the tone of smooth muscles,
  and as a result, constipation may occur.
• If you take a high dose of the drug, a cardiac
  attack might occur and a severe respiratory
  depression begins which can lead to suffocation.
  Without medical assistance, cardiac arrest can
  also cause death.
• Dependence and consequences
• Dependence on hydromorphone, as well as on other
  opioid preparations, develops quite quickly and
  is very difficult to quit. The most terrible
  variant of the development of addiction is the
  use of a drug by insertion into a vein. This
  method of taking the drug threatens very terrible
  health problems.
• Repeated use of syringes by several people
  significantly increases the risk of contracting
  serious infectious diseases, as well as the
  spread of AIDS.

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What Is Alcohol Abuse?

• If a person is drinking too much alcohol in one
  go or too frequently in the week then they have
  an alcohol abuse problem, which might harm the
  persons relationships, health, work and legal
  issues. Also, this can interfere with a persons
  functionality and productivity at the workplace,
  or in other parts of a persons life.
• Alcohol abuse can eventually result in alcohol
  dependency and alcoholism while consuming large
  quantities of alcohol in a single sitting can
  cause alcohol poisoning. A person should always
  drink in moderation. A female should consume no
  more than one drink per day, while a man should
  consume no more than two drinks in one day. One
  drink, in this case, equals to
• 1.5 ounces of liquor (such as rum, whisky, and
  tequila)
• 5 ounces of wine
• 12 ounces of beer

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Alcohol Abuse Causes, Signs and Treatment

• What are the causes of alcohol abuse?
• There are a number of reasons why people might
  abuse alcohol including social pressure, stress,
  anxiety, depression, loneliness, tension,
  unhappiness, self-doubt, family history, and as a
  coping mechanism.
• How can doctors diagnose alcohol abuse?
• The frequent consumption of alcohol hinders or
  interferes with the persons responsibilities at
  school, work, and home.
• The frequent consumption of alcohol puts the
  person abusing alcohol or others at risk of
  accidents or in other forms of physical danger
  (such as driving or operating machinery under the
  influence, consuming alcohol during pregnancy,
  consuming alcohol with drugs).
• The person abusing alcohol lands into legal
  trouble due to alcohol consumption (such as drunk
  driving).
• The relationships of the person abusing alcohol
  are severely affected.
• Which is the best treatment for alcohol abuse?
• There are many forms of treatment available to
  treat alcohol abuse. Each treatment has a
  different effect on each patient. However, there
  is one definite factor the sooner a person
  receives treatment, the quicker they will
  recover.
• Behavioural therapy is an effective form of
  treatment for alcohol abuse, which may include
  counselling sessions, support groups, or both.
  Also, the doctor might prescribe some medications
  to treat alcohol abuse. The function of these
  medications is to help a person curb their
  drinking.

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How Effective Is Alcohol Or Drug Addiction
Treatment?

• There Is No Magic Formula Who Get Things Fix
  Right Away!
• Only a licensed alcohol and drug counselor can
  turn things in your favor and make you recover
  from your situation as s/he has to thoroughly
  diagnose and evaluate your drug or alcohol
  addiction-level and come up with an effective
  treatment plan. One thing to keep in mind is,
  there is no direct method or magic formula that
  can cure your drug or alcohol addiction right
  away. Typically, the treatment takes a lot of
  time and may get you in a troublesome situation,
  only to get you out of the crisis.
• Healthcare Provides You A Recovery PathFollow It
  As Prescribed!
• Since the goal of treatment is to return you to
  live a normal life, you need to help yourself and
  work tirelessly with your recovery counselor who
  will eventually make things easier for you to
  recover from the menace. Simply put, your
  healthcare or recovery counselor can only provide
  you with a direction, you can make your life
  better by following his or her prescribed method.
  Or else, your addiction situation will lead you
  into a disaster, costing you both your health and
  wealth.
• Addiction Treatment via Evidence-Based
  Approaches!
• There is a wide continuum of evidence-based
  approaches to treating addiction, out of which
  two are most prominent that include behavioral
  therapy or contingency management. Generally,
  healthcare or recovery counselors use a
  combination of these approaches, which means
  treatment via medication plus therapy depending
  on the patients individual needs and limitations
  that have long known to produce desirable
  outcomes. In short, Drug, alcohol, or behavioral
  treatment can include behavioral therapies,
  medications, or both.

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Getting Your Facts Straight On Alcohol Abuse,
Alcohol Dependence and Alcoholism

• Alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence and alcoholism
  share many symptoms and signs which makes it hard
  to identify between the three, yet all of them
  are separate conditions. However, alcohol abuse
  can lead to alcoholism due to the increase in
  alcohol tolerance levels, which is why AUD is
  considered a severe and distorted form of alcohol
  abuse. Alcohol dependency is a severe form of
  alcoholism, which is why not only does it exhibit
  the characteristics of alcohol abuse, but it also
  showcases other symptoms.
• Alcohol abuse is a relatively milder drinking
  problem that can be curbed by the patient
  himself/herself even without professional help.
  Alcoholism has different forms, the treatment of
  which can only be determined after identifying
  the severity of the issue. Alcohol dependency, on
  the other hand, is a serious issue that cannot be
  treated without professional help or medication,
  and in some cases even requires being admitted to
  rehab.
• The main similarities between the three
  alcohol-related issues are their symptoms and in
  some case their causes. There are three major
  causes of alcohol abuse, alcoholism and
  alcoholism family history and genetics, a
  stressful lifestyle that can result in a person
  using alcohol as a coping mechanism, and lastly
  to feel enjoyment and happiness.

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Life After Rehab How to Live a Normal Life Post
Addiction Treatment

• Make a Post-Treatment Addiction Plan
• Whether you are reaching at the end your
  treatment or you are returning home after a
  successful rehab, you need to develop a
  post-treatment addiction plan in order to recover
  fully and get back the life you once had lived
  happily. This post-treatment plan eradicates the
  chances of using drugs or alcohol again. So,
  connecting with a reliable support, including
  friends, family, healthcare professionals can
  help create an effective recovery plan that
  further helps you practice a healthy lifestyle.
• Follow a Prescribed Code of Conduct
  Post-Addiction Treatment
• The people that are close to you can understand
  you better and help you recover from your ill
  health as they feel and care for you. Besides
  recovery support services, you also need to take
  care of yourself and maintain a healthy yet
  balanced lifestyle post-addiction treatment by
  following a general code of conduct after the
  treatment under the supervision of trained
  healthcare professionals. That may include
  individual or group counseling or therapy,
  medication, drug testing and feedback, phone
  follow-ups followed by recovery checkups etc.

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Life After Rehab How to Live a Normal Life Post
Addiction Treatment

• Recognize and Manage Triggers
• It is important to understand the situation that
  can trigger cravings for behavioral, drug, or
  alcohol dependency. So, you need to recognize and
  manage triggers and avoid them at any costs if
  you expect your recovery phase to go smoothly.
  Trust me, fighting against all the odds or the
  addiction can make you normal and help you live a
  stress-free life after your post-treatment.
• Always Be Ready If Relapse Occurs
• Well, you need to understand that relapse doesnt
  mean your addiction treatment has failed to
  address your health issues. Rather, relapse is
  much more common after several years into the
  recovery and people can fall prey to drugs and
  alcohol all over again. However, you should, by
  then, must have learned the art of controlling
  yourself from abusing drugs or substances. If you
  cant manage recovery on your own, consider
  rehiring the same rehab centre that had
  previously successfully got you out of danger.

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