Working With Others

“We vigorously commenced this way of living as we cleaned up the past. We have entered the world of the Spirit. Our next function is to grow in understanding and effectiveness. This is not an overnight matter. It should continue for our lifetime. Continue to watch for selfishness, dishonesty, resentment, and fear. When these crop up, we ask God at once to remove them. We discuss them with someone immediately and make amends quickly if we have harmed anyone. Then we resolutely turn our thoughts to someone we can help.” - pg. 84 from the chapter entitled “ Into Action” from the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous

After we have gone through alcohol addiction detox, AA, or Above It All Treatment and have picked up the tools needed in order to live a sober life it is imperative that we “pay it forward” and start helping others. When we start feeling uneasy or our character defects start cropping up then nothing will insure immunity from the first drink like extensive work with a newcomer. Through providing addiction treatment to someone else we are able to get out of ourselves and are able to see things from a different perspective. Through working with others we are able to recall where we came from as well as provide hope to people with less experience , or time sober than us. When we approach life from an altruistic angle we are able to have gratitude for the things that we have as opposed to focusing on the things we don’t. When we take contrary action we are able to start over and change our perception.

Cocaine Addiction Treatment

Cocaine addiction is a powerful stimulant with extremely addictive strength that damages the brain directly. Coke, blow, or snow just to name a few well known names for cocaine. Cocaine can be snorted via the nose, smoke or injected. Above It All drug rehab center is designed for individuals who need an environment separate from their home life in which to focus on their recovery.

Cocaine effects a person within minutes of using the drug and can last anywhere from minutes to a few hours. In the beginning using cocaine can give an individual a feeling of excitement, energy, alertness, and make the user become very talkative. Cocaine temporarily diminishes the users need for sleep or food. An anxiety, restlessness, irritability and paranoia are very common feelings for coming down of the drug period.

Here are some most common effects of cocaine:
Confusion, Flow of energy, Increase in heart rate and blood pressure, Loss of appetite, Paranoia, Rapid speech, Runny nose, or Stuffy nose.

It is very common that user could become cocaine addicted from the very first us of the drug. When cocaine dependency developed, an individual may experience the following complications:  Blurred vision, Chest pain, Hallucinations, Heart attack, Heart disease, Seizures, or Stroke.

Cocaine treatment has two components: detoxification and rehabilitation. The first step is to stop using the drug. A medically-supervised detox program may consist of medications given to help a patient to get through the need for cocaine period. Their doctor will study and assess their own unique situation. He will review their mental and physical history, along with their past days of cocaine abuse. He will put forward a detox plan that will help them detox from their cocaine addiction safely and painlessly until they are ready to begin their treatment program.

Second step in Cocaine Treatment is recovery and rehabilitation in a drug rehab facility.    A person who has been using cocaine associates certain people, places and feelings with drug use. They will need help to identify the kinds of things that act as “triggers” that make them feel like they want to use the drug again. Over time, they can learn how to deal with their triggers and substitute other behaviors in the place of using cocaine. Both individual and group therapy may be used at Above It All Treatment Center for this type of addiction.

Call us today so that we can help you to stop the Cocaine addiction.  Our controlled environment will allow you the best chance for a successful recovery and our personalized treatment plan will start you down the road to recovery.

New Wave of Heroin Addiction

While new regulations and law enforcement efforts have significantly reduced the supply of prescription drugs, they have inadvertently driven many users to another type of opiate that is cheap, powerful and perhaps even more destructive—heroin. Across the country, experts are seeing abuse of heroin at striking levels. “It’s an epidemic,” said Dr. Joe Gay, director of the regional addiction and mental health clinic Health Recovery Services, who has studied patterns of drug use in Ohio. A flood of cheap heroin from Mexico, which is now one of the leading sources of the drug to the United States, is another reason for the return of the scourge.

According to the Justice Department, the drug is showing up in new areas, including upscale suburban towns where heroin was once rare. Suburban father Randy Mayer explains his attitude before his daughter got addicted, “There was never a thought that ever entered my mind that I would ever lose a child through addiction.” He continues, “Watching this thing grab her and not let go, I mean, it was a horrible time.” Teens emphasize the difficulty of avoiding heroin when its use is so prevalent. “It’s just hard being young and staying clean,” says Holly Yates of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. “I mean this town; it’s just, like, that’s all that’s here.”

Yates started using painkillers in the ninth grade, at parties and hanging out with friends. The pills were everywhere, easy to get and cheap. By the time she was 18, she was abusing oxycodone, Percocet and other pills every day. Then they stopped being enough. 

“My cousin, she was into heroin and I started hanging out with her,” said Yates, a hazel-eyed 20-year-old. “She told me about it, and I was like, ‘I want to try it.’ The first time that I shot it up, it was like, ‘Where has this been all my life?’”

If you are one of those who have become trapped by the addiction to heroin, we can help. Contact Above It All Treatment Center and let their professionals design a personalized recovery program just for you.  Once implemented, it will set you on the road to a full, relapse free recovery.