The addiction treatment a long way, and to understand this way and how to deal with addiction, to you a number of questions and answers on the subject.
What is the most appropriate time to ask for help?
The sooner the better, some say the addict must be up to the gutter until it is ready for change, but the evidence has shown that early intervention whenever more, was more successful.
What is the role of family and friends?
They should tell all of addiction-whether they suspected was close or a friend or a colleague at work -banhm have noticed a deterioration in the drinking of alcoholic beverages or drugs Maagherth or a deterioration in his health in temperament or physical.
But we must move away from the use of style in the indictment and talk to them, but often it will meet with the conduct of defensive and will turn to move away, the more the style of a positive talk with them and build it more useful and convincing treatment.
There is very strong evidence for the efficacy ask for help from those close to the addict, as many specialists offering services based on a network of family and friends treatment.
It is very important that help be addicted to alcohol or drugs by people as positive care about the command does not suffer from addictive or other problems.
To the addict must have recourse first?
The doctor can draw the addict at any stage, and not only when the person wants to give up the addiction, registered doctor that provides guidance on how to drink alcohol at a rate acceptable and that the medical authorities assisted assistance, such as nurses and counselors.
As well as the doctor may recommend using national help lines and support groups.
These groups help a lot of people to deal with their addiction, in addition there is a private health care units addiction ready to interview addicts so that they are not ready to take off. These units also encourages people to talk about their addiction and trying to motivate them to quit.
Addict to find a local addiction and alcohol addiction service from the nearby local drug service.
How are processed addict?
Treatment is designed to fit a person is addicted, there are many treatments that have proven effective and are often incorporated into speak with medication treatment. And cognitive behavioral treatments are used usually because of its high efficiency in addictive problems.
Treatment usually starts with the person making the owner of the problem is seriously considering the way he wants to change them, it is important to avoid sentencing he could not recover, as it is essential for him to believe that he can quit, which would make his life better.
Specialists will discuss how he sees the addict of his life in the future and what the obstacles that thinks he will face during the phase change, and what will help him in overcoming these obstacles.
Then they will be able to identify situations that Sastassabha addict and develop plans to deal with these cases. They can specify the target through this process, which quit addiction in the end.
Once you select the target and addict needs to get to him must prepare all possible resources, and family and friends are an important way. It is better to choose the people who really do not care about, for example, encouraging him "to drink one cup, because it will not affect the liftoff" but offering him going to the movies, for example.
Once merged addict addictive behaviors, all his lifestyle will be on substance abuse and get them. So is a lifestyle change very big step. Quit addiction is not often the most difficult stage but continue to take off is the hardest.
How self-help groups and rehabilitation centers work?
Some of the self-help groups are very helpful because it provides network -galba relations in the absence of family and friends, it also provides the necessary support during the period of rehabilitation.
Rehabilitation helps a lot of people in the centers exceeded the early stages of withdrawal begin to change in lifestyle, which are appointed by the continued recovery from addiction.
Do you work or home self-help recovery programs?
Of course. When there is a wide range of treatment options, people tend to doubt without them appropriate methods of treatment, as it would not be a good response if they feel that they are crammed in the corner.
But rarely have the self-help substitute for being with supportive people within the center of social guidance booklet equivalent to abstain or addiction control.
Is recovery means refrain in all cases?
The goal can be set to drink alcohol at the lack of people who suffer from moderate drinking problems. But most people in treatment centers need to be objective is to refrain (full take-off), the only option for addicts to heroin and cocaine.
How you can protect the addict from relapse?
There are many ways, one of which triggers the removal of addiction or avoided. Also other ways to communicate new people not being treated for addiction and drug users.
On the other hand, some people are advised to follow unlike the previous method, consider where it's important to stay with the people undergoing treatment because they are more understanding and ability to provide support, there is nothing wrong so long as they are helping the addict to quit more than inciting addictive.
In the case of drug abuse, people who have recovered from addiction successfully are the ones who stayed away from people addicted to those around them. This it may be very difficult especially if a life partner also addicted (unless habits change).
It is also important to change the addict from daily activities to find alternatives so that they can feel happy and being able to overcome the feeling of depression, loneliness, make him spend a good time.
People resort to drugs and alcohol usually for a feeling of relaxation and recreation for themselves, but it's up to their loss of control, and should in such cases to find different ways to relax.
He answered these questions D.gillian Topper the counselor psychology and former president of the Society study addictive.
