Addiction Blog | The Raleigh House of Hope

For recovering addicts, having an ample amount of family support is crucial to the success of their recovery. From the time an addict admits they need help until they are discharged from drug rehab, their recovery will go more smoothly if they have plenty of support. This support can help an addict in a number of ways.

One of the most difficult hurdles for recovering addicts to overcome is a drug craving. Drug cravings can torment recovering addicts for weeks, months and even decades after their sobriety began. For an addict experiencing a drug craving, nothing is more relevant to them then acquiring and enjoying the drug they are craving. This means they will do or say whatever they feel is necessary to get the drug, and they won't care whom they hurt in the process.

A large portion of people who are in addiction recovery relapse back into substance abuse. While some people do manage to get off and stay off drugs through addiction rehab or addiction treatment many people are unable to maintain their sobriety. There are a few reasons why people relapse, including inability to deal with stress, overestimating their new found resolve to stay sober and lacking substitutes in daily life for intoxicants. Through proper drug rehab and counseling it is possible to beat drug addiction.

Imagine losing control of your mind for five days, ten days, two weeks or more. Sound like a plot for a horror movie? More and more people who are trying the new designer street drug - Bath Salts are experiencing this type of nightmare, and recovery is a slow process. Violence, agitation, hallucinations, and even suicide have been reported.

Realizing the need to get support for an addiction is a major and important step towards recovery. Fortunately there are plenty of different options for addiction treatment for all lifestyles and budgets. Getting the right type of support can help to curb an addiction, assess a person's mental and physical states, and prevent them from succumbing to addiction again in the future. Below are some of the main forms of addiction support:

After seeking treatment at a drug rehab center for addiction, the biggest battle is life after drug addiction. Dealing with a drug addiction is a lifetime journey for many people that doesn't come easy. At the Raleigh House of Hope, we will give you the tools needed to overcome a drug addiction for a lifetime.

Therapy

Our center offers therapy to our patients. This will teach you how to handle your cravings both in and out of our center. We will give you skills that you will be able to use throughout your lifetime that will help you live a fulfilling life after drug addiction. Our therapy techniques are tailored to fit your needs. We offer a high staff-to-client ratio. This means that your rehabilitation will take place in an intimidate setting filled with compassionate people who want to see you have a successful life after rehab.

Counseling

Many times drug addiction is just part of an underlying problem. Whether there are issues such as depression, stress or anxiety, we will work with you through counseling sessions to help you figure out what made you turn to drugs in the first place. After pinpointing that out, we can better understand your addiction and positive ways to deal with the underlying problem.

Continued Support

We're with you on this journey. We will work with you every step of the way. Your feelings are important, and we will listen to you in a caring manner. Your success is important to us and that is why we offer continued support even when you are finished with our program. We will always be there when you need us at the Raleigh House of Hope.

At the Raleigh House of Hope, we are here to give you the tools you need to handle life after drug addiction. Our center is open to not only residents of Denver, Colorado, but anyone who is willing to come to our center for help. If you are ready to kick your drug addiction, please contact us today. The sooner you do, the sooner you can begin your new life drug free.

Working through an addiction can be almost impossible without help. We at The Raleigh House of Hope in Denver, Colorado work to make sure that addicts are not alone during their recovery. One of the best ways to help a recovering addict is by having compassion. Despite popular belief no one chooses to become a drug addict. Some people can experiment with drugs and alcohol all day long and walk away; however there are a select few that just aren't that lucky.

In the past recovery has focused on the addict as a sick person and tried to help them become "well" again. While you can get sick from withdrawals symptoms if you think about it almost everyone in society has an addiction, whether it is to alcohol, drugs, pornography or even caffeine. The best way to work through an addiction now seems to be to not treat the individual drug addiction but to treat the reason behind the addiction.

Often an addiction starts as the need to cling to something, once an addict recovers they may turn this need for drugs to other things, such as a person or coffee. The addiction started as a need to belong or to be taken away from life's problems for a short period of time. Addiction is a nasty word that doesn't have to mean you are on drugs. If we treat the root of the problem them we help the addict work through the addiction as well.

Three such methods of working through an addiction are to rest, inquire and enjoy life. These methods get to the core of the problem and help the addict to finally see that life is worth enjoying. An addict has to have a reason to want to recover. If they feel worthless or have nothing to look forward to why would they go through the suffering of trying to recover?

As with every other part of recovery in a drug rehab center, compassion and understanding is the key to helping addicts finally lead a healthy lifestyle that they enjoy and love. If you know an addict who needs help then this may just be the key.

People who suffer from drug addiction or alcohol abuse frequently lack the motivation, discipline and psychological support to succeed at becoming normally functioning individuals. The ones who have a strong willpower can eventually become successful at this vital task after suffering the "pain" of withdrawal symptoms or the mental distress associated with discontinuing the addictive substance or alcohol. Different drugs have different negative health effects and withdrawal symptoms, so it is important to receive professional help and advice when starting to eliminate addiction from one's life. Individuals who need support, but do not benefit from it due to being embarrassed to ask for help or the lack of family support, are the ones who are the most likely to fail at getting clean of drugs or alcohol. At the Raleigh House Of Hope, dedicated and highly skilled rehab experts can help individuals struggling with drug or alcohol addiction find the inner motivation to become clean by offering professional psychological support, medication that relieves withdrawal symptoms and encouraging the family to help the patient reach his or her goal. As an excellent rehab center that saved the health, life or marriage of many individuals suffering from addictions or alcohol abuse, the Raleigh House Of Hope prides itself with a superbly trained medical and administrative staff who work hard to offer professional, gentle medical and psychological support to their patients.

Contacting A Specialized Rehab Center Can Save Time And Increase The Chances Of Success

It takes a lot of motivation and determination to get clean of drugs or alcohol. Not all individuals are able to overcome the urge to use drugs or alcohol again after suffering the intense physical and mental distress associated with drug or alcohol discontinuation. Moreover, after a few failed attempts, individuals may become increasingly discouraged to try again. This is the reason why contacting a specialized, professional rehab center, such as the Raleigh House Of Hope, is essential to ensure the safety of the patient and increase the probability of a successful outcome. Success is defined as becoming clean, overcoming the urge to use drugs or alcohol again, and regaining a normal social functioning by improving relationships at work and in the family. Psychological support provided by the family, the inner mental strength to overcome temptations, discipline, motivation, and, last but not least, specialized, professional rehab support offered by a rehab center are vital components of overcoming drug or alcohol addiction.

The first step to getting help is admitting that you have a problem. It is important to understand that if your life hasbeen adversely affected by drugs or alcohol, there is professional help available to you. Raleigh House Of Hope offers comprehensive addiction treatment in a comfortable and caring setting. When you are ready to get help, it is important to reach out to those who can help you, even though it may be difficult. It can be very intimidating to get help because it may seem like admitting failure. The truth is, addiction is not a moral failing, it is a serious disease. The experienced professionals at Raleigh House Of Hope can help you learn how to manage the serious disease of addiction and begin the process of recovery.

Parents of addicts have a very difficult time because so often they feel hopeless, frustrated, afraid and angry.  As parents, there is a natural inclination to try to remain in control of the child that is a drug abuser or alcoholic.  All these feelings are complicated by a parent’s tendency to place blame on themselves.  Blaming oneself dilutes the opportunity not only to help one’s child but also to help and heal themselves and the family.

Many addicts are skilled manipulators which frequently drives the family to continue their behavior.  It is challenging and imperative to gather one’s inner strength and not allow guilt to become the primary motivating force to help the recovering addict.  Family members unwilling to accept that addiction is a disease tend to hold onto an illusion of power. That is, they believe they caused the addiction and must strive to control it so the addict ultimately will be cured.   

When mind-altering addiction controls any member of a family, life for that family cannot be normal.  Dependence upon drugs and alcohol cause users to behave in ways that hurt the people with whom they are closest.  Unless experienced firsthand, it is almost impossible to imagine the pain suffered by the family members of the addict. Their lives become filled with anger, guilt, shame, hurt, fear and loneliness.  They live with constant unpredictability.  The family revolves around the addict who in turn revolves around addiction.  Brief periods of sobriety do little to lessen the tension.  The family has learned not to rely on the addict’s promises.  The family suffers a lack of trust; they lose the ability to communicate in healthy ways; they have lost the ability to deal with emotions in a healthy way; their feelings of love become confounded by feelings of hatred; they find themselves unable to separate the person from the problem.  The family becomes filled with anger, fear, resentment and despair.  

There is help for the family.  There is a way out.  Families can recover and get well when they seek help for themselves with the same intensity they sought help for the addict.

Through counseling the family will learn:
·         How to create and maintain boundaries with the addict. 
·         Effective communication styles within the family and with the addict.
·         To identify and deal with their emotions on a more timely and effective basis.
·         To forgive themselves.
·         There is nothing they do that causes the addict to use.
·         There is nothing they can do to prevent the addict from using.
·         As their attitudes and behaviors change, likewise the addict’s attitude and behavior will change.
·         They can become well, productive and serene in their own lives.

The drug and alcohol epidemic has been plaguing people and families all over the world for decades. In some people, drug experimentation and alcohol consumption starts at a young age and, from there, evolves into something more prolific in adulthood. In others, drug and alcohol use is left behind at the experimentation phase. Still, others may never use an illegal substance or abuse alcohol in their entire lifetime. So what separates these groups of people?

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