Mehlville, Missouri Drug Rehab Information

Heroin addiction, as with any of the opium derivatives, creates a severe physical/mental dependency. With regular heroin use, tolerance develops. This means the abuser must use more and more heroin to achieve the same intensity or effect. With heroin addiction the body has adapted to the presence of the drug and withdrawal symptoms occur if use is reduced or stopped. Withdrawal, which in heroin addiction may occur as early as a few hours after the last administration, produces drug craving, restlessness, muscle and bone pain, insomnia, diarrhea and vomiting, cold flashes with goose bumps (‘cold turkey’), kicking movements (‘kicking the habit’), and other symptoms. Narconon Arrowheads unique approach to withdrawal keeps these symptoms to a minimum and by actual report sometimes totally removes these symptoms.

Many people have a misunderstanding when it comes to detox. Quite often it is confused with withdrawal. Withdrawal is the process of ceasing the current drug or alcohol use with enough of the effects handled so as to give the individual a fighting chance at continued sobriety. Detox on the other hand should involve removing the quantities of drugs and toxins that store in the fat tissues of the body, sometimes for years. The Narconon Arrowhead New Life Detoxification Program is done following withdrawal and results in a marked resurgence in the overall sense of well-being for the individual. Many, if not most, of our detoxification program completions report an end to their drug or alcohol cravings at this point.

There are many forms of alcohol treatments available, 12 step meetings, medical detoxification, short and long term programs, behavioral, educational, etc. Narconon Arrowhead is long-term, non traditional, drug free approach to alcohol treatment. Medical withdrawal is used when needed to insure the health and safety of the alcoholic while ceasing alcohol use. At Narconon Arrowhead the physical factors of addiction are addressed following withdrawal with the New Life Detoxification Program to eliminate the drug and alcohol metabolites that lodge in the fatty tissues of the body and can lead to future cravings and relapse if not removed. Narconon Arrowhead alcohol treatments address the cravings, guilt and depression that accompany and more often than not precede the individual becoming alcoholic. A full handling of each individuals situations and needs follows this using life skills training which put the individual himself in the position to confront and handle his life with renewed vigor and enthusiasm.

Cravings (both mental and physical) for increasing and continuing use of drugs and alcohol. Guilt as a result of all the harm and damage done to self, loved ones, and others. Depression resulting from failed hopes and dreams, and the feelings of being trapped in a vicious cycle with no escape. These are the points that must be handled by a drug and alcohol rehab center if that treatment is to be effective and create change for a lifetime. An effective drug and alcohol rehab center knows there is much more to treatment than merely getting someone to quit using. At Narconon Arrowhead we know there are only three paths available once addiction or alcoholism has set in – jail, death, or sobriety. A drug and alcohol free life is possible without constant worry of relapse.