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ddiction is a complex disease involving numerous areas of the brain. It’s a progressive disease—worsening over time, regardless of the substance or behavior of choice. This is about having such a great life, having so much fun & so many friends, there’s no way you would want to screw it up. Addicts tend to be pretty bright folks. They have to be in order to survive despite the fact that they keep “shooting themselves in the foot” and still manage to go on. Isn’t it time that you removed the ball and chain of your addiction? Isn’t it past time that you unleashed the amazing person inside of you who has been shackled by a disease that can turn you into a monster that you never thought you would be? Together, let’s DO that! Once an addicted person starts to inappropriately use, i.e. abuse a substance, all substances and/or behaviors that alter mood are dangerous, whether they are legal or not. All these substances and behaviors must be stopped to stop the progression of this disease. Abruptly stopping some of these substances can lead to death. Medical supervision is required for the safe detoxification of those substances; alcohol, benzodiazepines (like Xanax) & barbiturates can lead to death. Opiate (“pain pills”, heroin) detoxification (“dancing with the cold turkey”) may make one wish they were dead, but won’t kill. What this means, is that addicted folks looking for recovery need to stop using all mind-altering substances; pot, benzodiazepines, alcohol are all dangerous and must be stopped. Typically, a very slow detoxification is done with benzodiazepines, cutting the dose by half a tablet or so every few weeks.
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