The Consequences of Drug Abuse

July 11, 2014

The consequences of drug abuse-Drug Addiction

Drug addiction consequences. Drug addicts often find themselves in the wrong sides of the law. Being arrested and re-arrested can be avoided by avoiding drugs.

If you have been with us on this link for sometimes now you must have read a lot about addiction in several articles we have been posting and we want to continue informing you of the many consequences of indulging in drugs. The consequences are many but for the purpose of this article we will categorize them in to five segments as follows: Legal, health, social and finances consequences. We are going to be discussing each briefly giving the insight of the consequences in each category.

Legal consequences
humanity has from creation lived in strict observation of rules and regulations. This system has been passed from generation to generation and today all nations globally operate within certain perimeters of laws. These laws include laws governing drug abuse detailing the consequences of any infringements which may include a lifetime in the confinement in prison, hefty fine or both. When one if found on the wrong side of the law other things likely to follow will be:

Criminal Record: the affected person will have a criminal record on your file and this will tarnish your reputation with the authorities and the society.

Career and employment: -the affected person will lose many employment opportunities since most employers require certification of good conduct.

Licenses: – with criminal record on your head you are likely to miss certain opportunities in business like getting license to operate a liquor business or drive a taxi.

Travel: -with the advent of global terrorism having criminal record will restrict your travel and movement as many countries will not give you visa to set foot in their land.

Social Status: -people do not want to associate with criminals less they be branded criminals too birds of the same feathers flock together) this will injure your relationship not just with people but very close ones to you like those of your co-workers, neighbors and your relationships with your family and friends. In other words criminal records assassinate ones character completely.

Consequences Related to health
One of the greatest assets in human life if that of peace of mind and it is easily affected by drugs and addiction related problems. The effects are either physical or psychological.

Physical Health -Drug abuse can adversely affect every major system in the human body like alcohol and cigarette smoking may cause fatal illness like cancer.

Psychological Health – Mental health problems such as depression, developmental lags, apathy, withdrawal, and other psychosocial dysfunctions frequently are linked to substance abuse among adolescents. Others include conduct problems, personality disorders, suicidal thoughts, attempted suicide, and suicide. For example marijuana use which is common among young people has been shown to interfere with short-term memory, learning and psychomotor skills.

Addiction – often people think they can never get addicted, but this is not true as addiction can knock on the doors of anyone at any time. Someone who is addicted normally suffers lose of control and sound judgment and when they stop using the substance, they are likely to suffer severe psychological or physical symptoms, such as anxiety, irritability, unhappiness and stress.

Social Consequences

Drugs affect the brain directly and the human brain is design in a way that it controls almost everything we do. This action of drug addiction will therefore affect:

Relationships: bad behavior associated with drug abuse will negatively affect your relationships with your loved ones.
Families: substance abuse affects the emotional, financial, and psychological well-being of the whole family. Normally teenagers who use drugs withdraw from their family members and family activities, their actions in the process set bad examples for any younger siblings this is because their judgment and decision-making ability becomes greatly impaired, they may become more hostile toward family members and even steal from them to get money for drugs.
Peers: Your peers will stay away from you. No one will like to have bad influence, and they will feel scared around you. You will lose worthy friends, and find yourself keeping bad ones.
School: Chances are that you will drop out of school because your brain is affected, and you are no longer in control of your school work. You may rebel and get a suspension and so you will be vulnerable to committing crime and the results of this is very clear.

Financial Consequences
It goes without saying that when one becomes addicted to dugs they will need money for supply and when there is no money they will begin to start selling their personal belongings, phones, music iPods, personal jewelry etc. to finance their addictive needs. It must be noted that as the small drug users struggle to maintain their supply it is the bigger drug dealer who is making money out of this situation and with this money they organize more sophisticated crimes and the whole community or nation suffers the consequences.

We can never get to conclusion when discussing the consequences of addiction in human life and so there will always be room for further discussions on this but for the purpose of bringing this article to an end we must make all necessary effort to ensure that we and our loved ones do not suffer these consequences. How to do this will greatly depend on individual will power to abstain from all addiction related substances. Therefore seeking lasting solutions will be very desirable and talking to the experts on matters relating to addiction will be the starting point. AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center will be very helpful to all people willing to distance themselves from the consequences of addiction. AWAREmed is a facility founded by doctor Dalal Akoury who is a medical doctor and has had experience over several decades in matters addiction. Visiting this facility under Doctor Akoury’s care will be the most valuable thing you can do to free yourself from these consequences. While receiving treatment here, doctor Akoury and her team of experts will focus on Neuroendocrine Restoration (NER) to reinstate normality through realization of the oneness of Spirit, Mind, and Body, Unifying the threesome into ONE making you to be safe and free from all these consequences.

The consequences of drug abuse-Drug Addiction

A Step Further to Controlling Addiction

July 10, 2014

A Step Further to Controlling Addiction-Parental Roles

It is all about giving the best to your children. Nothing can be best like an addiction free life

The joy of having children is among other things is seeing them through life and transforming them to be useful and productive people in the society. This is very fundamental to all parents whether biological or foster. The common denominator in the up bring of children is to see them develop into worthy people in the tomorrows society. While this is everyone’s wish and hope, it’s not always the case thanks to addiction and problems related to drug addiction. This is becoming a common phenomenon today and it can affect the child at a very tender age that would ordinarily be seen to be easy to manage. The pain in much more inflicted when what you thought you could manage with ease become a pitfall that you cannot handle. This is what I want to share with you in this article so that we can together have the common approach in tackling addiction especially in our children.

Having been in this line I will be sharing some practical experiences I have had to deal with in this journey of finding solutions to drug addiction. It is becoming a normal practice for children as young as 15 years of age being addicted to drugs and very frustrating to control and advise appropriately by their parents. Many of us parents would put up family rules like imposing curfew but still all these rules are broken leaving us very devastated. Then the next cause of action would be to involve a professional for help. This indeed is necessary and visit to the professional office would engage you in discussion with the professional to get to the root cause of the matter and hence find working solutions to the problem at hand. All that these parents wants is solutions and quite often they will not be interested in the discussions because of fear that when the current situations with their children are out of control, it can be frightening, intimidating, and exceedingly stressful, especially when parents aren’t really sure of what their children is using.

A Step Further to Controlling Addiction-Educating Parents about drugs

A knowledgeable parent will be able to offer the most immediate help because they will be able to recognize and label the condition. They will be able to notice the warning signs, suspicious behavior and get to know the differences between various drugs and their effects. This may be good for a start but often not enough. It is important to note that there will be no significant result is certain things are not changed because if nothing changes then nothing changes. As a professional how then will you help? It is not just about what you tell your patients it is all about change in thinking, behavior and attitude on the part of the parent and the loved one.

It is all about developing a different kind of mind-set which will help you have some control in situations like that. For instance illustrating from the experience of a given family therapist who specifically worked with individuals and families struggling with alcoholism, drug abuse, and dependence, who introduced an affectionately formula known as the “3-C’s” with this he would simply explain to parents and loved ones that:

You didn’t cause this condition.
You can’t control it
You can’t cure it.

This application might appear strange in some ways, however using rational and logical thought processes when dealing with irrational and illogical behavior e.g. alcoholics, substance abusers and out of control situations don’t usually work very well but here is a different way of looking at it, thinking about it, and managing it.

A Step Further to Controlling Addiction-Working with Addicts

A common scenario in working with individuals and families around alcohol/drug abuse and dependence looks something like this:

The abuser of the substance usually ends up in trouble in their environment be it at school, work, legally or in relationships within the family and outside the family.
Because of their drinking and drug use, and their out of control behavior they become the focus of attention and considered as the problem or troublemaker.
In the treatment world they are called the identified patient but to the family these individuals have issues which need fixing for the family can get their normal lives back.

Much of the energy and attention is put on the addicted patients to change their “crazy” behavior. The problem is that many at times they are not able to at that point in time, meaning that you will be asking someone who is out of control to take control. It normally don’t work that way and the condition continues to deteriorate until someone else take that control normally the court, police or families members.

Therefore if the 3-C’s say “you can’t control it,” what then do you control? Well exercise of control may be done if pressure is exerted upon an individual like threat of being put jail, job loss, divorce or eviction this way they may consent to go into treatment which will, hopefully, begin the process of change desired. Keen note should be taken as consenting to treatment may be used as an escape from the current situation (pressure) and once it ends the individual quickly returns to their prior behaviors and lifestyle.

Treatment is very vital, but it is has its limitations, it is only the beginning. If all the underlying conditions like stressors, relationships, etc. in a persons’ life remain unchanged, returning from treatment and sustaining that positive change may be very difficult. Many families believe that by sending someone for treatment will cures them and that during the treatment period they will be free from the crazy behaviors of the patient. That should not be the case, for lasting recovery it is important that the family get involved in the whole process that is before, during and after treatment.

A Step Further to Controlling Addiction-The family Dynamics

It can be easy to complain of your loved one addiction condition and their state of being out of control. But the families always miss a point it is unusual that one particular family member would be out of control for no reason. The point is appreciating families and family dynamics is always complicated and difficult and to add alcohol and drugs further complicate the already complicated problem. Much as we have these substances around us many families do not full information about alcohol and drug abuse and addiction. This deficiency of information leads to confusion and fear when a member of the family is addicted to any substance and so there is great need of creating awareness in all the family units. Finally realizing that there is an information gap Dr. Dalal Akoury, Founded of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center a facility of plenty you can ask for. Doctor Akoury is a medical doctor with decades of experience in addiction and together with her team of experts they are offering exclusive NER Recovery Treatment to everyone the world over. Your socials status does not matter everybody is welcome including physicians and health care professionals. You will not only be treated but will also be educated through trainings, clinical apprenticeships, webinars and seminars. This is an opportunity for you welcome and be a part of this truly successful and fast addiction recovery treatment.

A Step Further to Controlling Addiction-Parental Roles

Watch out for elements of an addiction

July 8, 2014

Watch out for elements of an addiction-Drug Addiction

Drug addiction is the number one enemy of relationships. It may not be long before you land in problems. Get to know the causes of addiction and act positively.

It is an open secret that the global world is under undue pressure of the effects of substance abuse and addiction. Effort is being made by all like-minded people to bring normalcy back to the society and live in an addiction free society. We are not left out either and because of that we want to discuss some of the elements that you need to look into to be able to distance yourself and family from the problems caused by addiction. If you have been on this link for some time before you must have noted that we have made effort informing the globe of the risk involved when addiction set foot into the family. This article is going to be a continuation of what we had started and we shall continue with unlimitedly because we are passionate about our resolve to eliminate the scourge of addiction. All we ask of you is to keep on the link and invite your friend on to get this honorable information about addiction.

There are many ways in which addiction finds its way into our society. The following causes of an addiction are just but a few we want to share with you briefly:

Genetic
Peer influence
Stress
Exploration
Addictive personality
Surrounding

Like I said these are just a small portion of what causes addiction and the do so differently. Some of these may be considered to be more provocative than others.

Watch out for elements of an addiction-Genetic

There is indication to propose that some people are more vulnerable to developing an addiction looking at the history of their lives and relationships. The hereditary cause is not conclusive but gives all the indicators. This doesn’t suggest that the addiction is flowing in their family blood stream and so it is passed from one to the other that is not the case but that their biological make up is rooted in such a way that makes them more vulnerable to dependency.

Watch out for elements of an addiction-Peer influence

This is leaning much on young people than adults due to their vulnerability to the influence of their surroundings. The youth would generally want to be identified with the new and current happenings and celebrities. For instance if one is keeping friends who are into drugs, alcohol or smokes then this individual is likely to give in to the pressure from their friends into their habits. We have discussed this in our addiction and peer pressure segment and you may have a look for more.

Watch out for elements of an addiction-Stress

Stress can be very dangerous in one’s life. It is true that our ways of doing things is becoming increasingly demanding in nearly all sectors like we work longer hours trying to provide the best for our families and in the process fail to create time for relaxing and when we do we choose to relax the wrong way like going for a few drinks after work. This may look nice in the beginning as a way of coping with stress but if it graduates to being a habit then you will be in danger of being addicted and suffers an addiction. You can read for more in our article on the stress management segment.

Watch out for elements of an addiction-Exploration

This is an element generally associated with the young people and particularly the teenagers. Teenagers in their desire to fit in would want to explore and be seen to be belonging to a given set up. If the teenagers are associated with a given group good or bad they would want to fit in and adopt the behavior of that group by doing what they do without proper judgment whether their actions is good or bad. The teenagers will want to experiment and in the process may become addicted to that practice. The sad fact is that this might happen with a different group of friends and in different circumstances and all for the wrong things.

Watch out for elements of an addiction-Addictive personality

We have witnessed certain traits in some people that points towards addiction. Looking at the traits of these people it may be concluded that they have addictive personality meaning that they are more vulnerable to drugs, cigarettes or alcohol than other group of people. This may not be conclusive but there are all the indications of possibility though open for discussion.

Watch out for elements of an addiction-Surrounding

The environment in which we reside and brought up in has a significant factor in addiction. Take for example if you were brought up in a family where all your grandparents, parents and senior siblings are all alcoholics, you may not have who to give you’re the right guidance that alcohol consumption is bad. You may believe that alcohol is a healthy drink after all it is all alcohol that you have been seeing all your life and the people to guide you are so much in it. In the holy book (Bible) it is written that “show a child the right way to go and when they grow up they will not depart from it” and so this kind of environment may not be good and anyone brought up this way is likely to be addicted. This may not be automatic since one can make a good choice not to mimic what they see and be free from addiction.

Like I had indicated above drug addiction is such a complex and devastating situation and involves more than one factor. The few we have discussed in this article are not conclusive we have discussed them in greater details in our previous individual addiction causes and you may want to read more from those detailed articles but for now I want to introduce you to the experts who will help you and your friends on the best ways of handing any matter related to addiction. Meet Dr. Dalal Akoury the best in addiction and all problems related to addiction. She is also the Founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center a facility whose objective is to offer exclusive NER Recovery Treatment to everyone including other physicians and health care professionals through training, clinical apprenticeships, webinars and seminars. We welcome you to this facility and meet doctor Akoury together with her team of experts and get the best treatment ever on matters addiction.

Watch out for elements of an addiction-Drug Addiction

Detoxification for Addiction Treatment

July 4, 2014

Detoxification for Addiction treatment-Drug Addiction

Detoxification is a proper way of removing toxins from the body of addicts. We can be free from drug addiction

Having seen people suffering from addiction and addiction related problems for several years I took it upon myself and made it to be a burden on my shoulder to offer help through written articles that are very informative and educative to the suffering societies. Drug addiction has been a thorn in many peoples flesh and the sooner we get the corrective measures the better for everyone. This is going to be one of the many articles of this nature I will be posting to help us live in an addiction free environment. We will concentrate on detoxification as a method of addiction treatment in this article and staying on the link to read more will be worth it. Detoxification or just detox is a method of addiction treatment which removes the physical effects of drug addiction from the body.

This word detox is normally very popular moments after Christmas when everyone is rushing to undo the effects of excess consumption of alcohol. This usually involves abstaining or following a very strict diet in order to cleanse the body of toxins. The detox of drug or alcohol is done in the same way to flush out toxins present in the body as a result of addiction. Toxins are responsible for the cravings experienced by many addicts and must be removed before the process of recovery begins.

Detoxification for Addiction treatment-Alcohol detox

During alcohol detox the alcoholics will receive medication only when they have stop drinking and are relatively sober this is done purposely to prevent or bring the possible side effects to manageable levels. The medications are prescribed by the GP who have a duty to help the patient go through the entire process of treatment and detox period. However in the absence of the GP’s then prescription may be done by a practicing nurse. The whole treatment process may involve the following;

The prescription of medication is only done once you have stopped drinking. This medication will be a chlordiazepoxide. The patient is advised to take a high dose the first day they stop drinking and then gradually reduce this dose over the next 7 days. This will help to ease any withdrawal symptoms.
The patient must NOT drink any alcohol at all during this process. They may be required to undertake a breathalyzer test to confirm this.
The patient is then put under observation of either the GP or practice nurse during this time. He/she will also prescribe vitamins to boost the patient’s health as many alcoholics tend to follow a poor diet or not eat at all which can cause a vitamin deficiency.
Further prescribed may be necessary for further medication after the detox to prevent a relapse. This is very important because quite often some people do go back to drinking after a detox and so medication can prevent this from happening.

During this period of detoxification it is important that the patient get all the support they need from their family members, friends and relatives. In addition to this the patient should enroll in a support group or a self-help group like AA and also be attending counseling sessions consistently.

It must be noted that detoxification is not a ‘magic bullet’ and does not mean that with this the addict will stop you drinking automatically. Much as we may want this it is not always the case and so the individual patient must take the lead role in deciding to stop. They must have greater determination and willpower as they will still experience some cravings even after this period.

A detox removes the toxins which have accumulated in your body as a result of your drinking. This enables your body to become used to not having alcohol which will improve your health and well-being.

Detoxification for Addiction treatment-Drug detox

The process of drug detox is the same to that one of alcohol as has been discussed above in that the addict is given medication to control withdrawal symptoms, e.g. methadone, once they stop taking drugs. The idea is that body will flush out the toxins which have built up over time as a result of drug use. During this time they will be offered counseling and other forms of support.

There are residential centers which offer treatment for drug addiction which includes detox, counseling and group meetings. They may also offer complimentary therapies such as massages or acupuncture, or advice on diet and exercise.

A detox can form part of your treatment plan. Once it has been completed you will still experience a few cravings so you will need to remain focused upon your goal of beating your addiction. That is why a support network is important as they will be able to help you go through this and prevent you from relapsing once the detox is over.

Cravings and withdrawal symptoms are an unpleasant but inevitable side effect of the addiction recovery process. These can be dealt with via medication but it is important for you to recognize what they are and what triggers them so that you can deal with them when this arises.

Detoxification for Addiction treatment-Cravings

These are strong urges for something, for example a cup of coffee or a cigarette which come on suddenly. They are extremely powerful emotions which can affect the way someone thinks or feels but they are also short lived.

A craving only lasts for a few minutes and then passes. If you can adopt a mindset in which you will not give in to the urge then this will get easier as time passes.

Once you know what to expect then you can prepare yourself for when a craving arises and deal with this. This can mean occupying yourself so that it takes your mind off it, telling yourself that it will pass and repeating this or using relaxation exercises.

Whatever strategy you use, you will find that your cravings reduce over time and will become less important in your life. If you do give in then don’t beat yourself up over this. Recognize that it has happened, make a note of how and why and carry on with your treatment plan. Proceeding may be an uphill task on your own and so you need help to move, you can and will always get this with Dr. Dalal Akoury the founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center. Together with her team of experts you will get treatment tailored just for you, and the focus will be exclusively Neuroendocrine Restoration (NER) to reinstate normality through realization of the oneness of Spirit, Mind, and Body, Unifying the threesome into ONE

Detoxification for Addiction treatment-Drug Addiction

Low Dose Chemo and Cancer Treatment

June 28, 2014

Low dose chemo is an effective alternative cancer treatment approach

Insulin potentiation therapy (IPT) is the utilization of low doses of chemotherapy and insulin in treatment of cancer. The insulin potentiation therapy may also be used in treatment of other chronic diseases. The use of low dose chemotherapy is safer as compared to conventional chemotherapy that leave patients with many life threatening side effects. The conventional chemotherapy does not only kill the cancerous cells but also kill the healthy cells in the patient’s body leading to a period of intense pain, loss of appetite, loss of hair, weakness, fatigue and even weight loss. The ability of coping with the side effects of conventional chemotherapy varies from patient to patient but generally the experience is not for those faint at heart. These inconveniences have led the patients to look for other safer alternatives in cancer treatment and doctors as well as other medical researchers have been looking for alternatives that can help the cancer patients to be treated more effectively with less severe side effects.

The history of Insulin potentiation therapy (IPT) can be traced back to the early 1920s when insulin was first used in the attempt to treat patients with schizophrenia. Dr. Donato Perez Garcia, Sr. developed IPT and used it to put cancer patients to coma in an attempt to treat them of cancer. His sons took the practice a head and today very many doctors now recommend the use of IPT in treatment of cancer, Needless to mention several publications have been made to avail information in support of this approach to cancer treatment.

Insulin and Cancer

Insulin is the hormone charged with the responsibility of transporting glucose through the bloodstream to the cells to provide energy. This glucose is needed by both healthy cells and the cancerous cells to survive.

One of the notable difference between cancer cells and healthy cells is that cancer cells depend entirely on sugar and glutamine which is a form of amino acids found in highly concentrated animal proteins. The cancer cells will therefore use all the sugar (glucose) that is found in the bloodstream leaving the healthy cells with inadequate sources of energy to survive on. The healthy cells having no glucose left to utilize become starved and this explains why most cancer patients are always weak and rapidly lose weight.

The amount of insulin used to transport the glucose into the cancer cells is much higher as compared to the amount of insulin hormone used to transport glucose into the healthy cells. Averagely the cancer cells need 16 times more insulin hormones to feed its cells with the glucose.

The cancer cells are very fast in grabbing the glucose available in the blood and that is the basis through which PET scan works. During PET scan a radioactive agent is introduced into the bloodstream within a glucose molecule and since the cancerous cells are the first to race for sugar, they become visible through the scan.

IPT works in the same way as the PET scan, the low doses of chemotherapy drugs are administered in the bloodstream within the glucose molecules and so the cancer cells come scrambling as they are faster in response to glucose than the healthy cells. They utilize the ‘poisoned’ glucose and get killed sparing the healthy cells. In IPT healthy cells are not killed as it happens in the conventional chemotherapy where both the cancerous and the healthy cells are killed. This explains why patients on low dose chemotherapy do not suffer severe side effects as common with patients undergoing conventional chemotherapy.

Potentiation in the IPT is an English word derived from a verb ‘potentiate’ which means to give more power or other to make more potent. In this therapy insulin is used to make conventional chemotherapy more powerful and effective in killing the cancerous cells.

A study that was done at the George Washington University in 1981 revealed that when insulin is mixed with a chemotherapy drug, methotrexate, its strength in killing the cancerous cells improved greatly. With that high potency, patients no longer needed to be given so many drugs to kill the cancerous cells. This combination not only made cancer treatment more effective but also gave convenience to patients as they did not have to use too many drugs to keep healthy.

In numerous ways insulin can help in treatment of cancer patients. Being a hormone that encourages growth, it will trigger cell multiplication by dividing. This allows healthy cells to be more while it puts the cancer cells in a more vulnerable state to be killed by the poisoned glucose molecule in that as the cell divides, it becomes more exposed to the chemotherapy drug in the glucose molecules speeding their death frequency.

IPT is surely a clever way to kill the cancer cells. You see, Insulin is also known to promote detoxification process as it makes the cells more permeable. This makes it easy for the toxins to be removed from the cells. Detoxification is a crucial procedure in cancer treatment and can be highly achieved through IPT as opposed to the conventional chemotherapy.

The use of low dose chemotherapy has gained popularity over a time and doctors have endorsed this alternative cancer treatment. Going by the simple physiology discussed herein you can see how effective the IPT approach to cancer treatment is. Other advantages that the patient enjoys are that the whole procedure does not leave the patients with life threatening side effects as common in conventional chemotherapy. The drugs given to patients are also manageable as they are more potent. Healthy cells are safe and the patients do not become bald.

Cancer treatment is subject to new inventions and that gives you a reason to find a reliable source of information that will update on the latest medical inventions geared towards making cancer treatment more effective. Contact Dr. Dalal Akoury (MD) who is more experienced in cancer treatment so that you can learn more on cancer treatment and management.

Low dose chemo is an effective alternative cancer treatment approach

Category Archives: Women Health