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Contain addiction triggers and cravings

February 23, 2017
Contain addiction triggers

Contain addiction triggers and cravings will only be possible when you willingly give it up and let it go

Contain addiction triggers and cravings: Recovering with dignity

While getting sober from drugs is an important first step, it’s only the beginning of the recovery process. Once sober, the brain needs time to recover and rebuild connections that have changed while addicted. During this time, drug cravings can be intense. Doctor Dalal Akoury MD a veteran addiction expert and founder of AWAREmed health and wellness resource center advices that you can support your continued sobriety by making a conscious effort to avoid people, places, and situations that trigger the urge to use. This is only way among many you can use to contain addiction triggers and cravings. Besides, that, you can also opt for the following:

Make a break from old drug friends. Don’t make the mistake of hanging out with old friends who are still doing drugs. Surround yourself with people who support your sobriety, not those who tempt you to slip back into old, destructive habits.

Avoid bars and clubs, even if you don’t have a problem with alcohol. Drinking lowers inhibitions and impairs judgment, which can easily lead to relapse. Drugs are often readily available and the temptation to use can be overpowering. Also avoid any other environments and situations that you associate with drug use.

Be up front about your history of drug use when seeking medical treatment. If you need a medical or dental procedure done, be up front about your history and find a provider who will work with you in either prescribing alternatives or the absolute minimum medication necessary. You should never feel ashamed or humiliated about previous drug use or be denied medication for pain; if that happens, find another provider.

Use caution with prescription drugs. Stay away from prescription drugs with the potential for abuse or use only when necessary and with extreme caution. Drugs with a high abuse potential include painkillers, sleeping pills, and anti-anxiety medication.

Contain addiction triggers and cravings: Coping with drug cravings

Sometimes craving cannot be avoided, and it is necessary to find coping ways like:

Get involved in some distracting activity. Reading, a hobby, going to a movie, exercising (jogging, biking) are good examples of distracting activities. Once you get interested in something else, you’ll find the urges go away. Another effective response to a drug craving is eating (be careful of what you eat, as eating junk will only add stress and inches to your waistline).

Talk it through. Talk to friends or family members about craving when it occurs. Talking about cravings and urges can be very helpful in pinpointing the source of the craving. Also, talking about craving often helps to discharge and relieve the feeling and will help restore honesty in your relationship. Craving is nothing to feel bad about.

Urge surf. Many people try to cope with their urges by gritting their teeth and toughing it out. But some are just too strong to ignore. When this happens, it can be useful to stay with the urge until it passes. This technique is called urge surfing. Imagine yourself as a surfer who will ride the wave of your drug craving, staying on top of it until it crests, breaks, and turns into less powerful, foamy surf.

Challenge and change your thoughts. When experiencing a craving, many people have a tendency to remember only the positive effects of the drug and forget the negative consequences. You may find it helpful to remind yourself that you really won’t feel better if you use and that you stand to lose a lot. Sometimes it is helpful to have these benefits and consequences documented. This way you will be kept on the positive track of recovery and always remember to keep consulting with the experts at AWAREmed health center from time to time.

Contain addiction triggers and cravings: Recovering with dignity

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Removing relapse and addiction treatment burdens

February 9, 2017
Removing relapse

Removing relapse and addiction treatment burdens is essential in the sustainability of substance abuse

Removing relapse and addiction treatment burdens: Drug addiction

The use of drugs in our communities is cannot be overemphasized. We are all suffering from the burden of drug addiction in one way or another. Speaking to the experts at AWAREmed health and wellness resource center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury MD, it is evident that a lot of gains made in quitting an addiction is being undermined by consistent re-addiction problems. That is why we want to focus on removing relapse as one of the noticeable burdens in addiction treatment. For us to achieve our objective for eradicating the problem of addiction successfully then it is proper that we analyze this topic with a view of understanding its consequences and how to contain it. Let’s begin by defining relapse as falling back to something that you have made effort to disassociate with or from, that is to say falling or slinging back into a former or old state, practice, a vice, error, wrongdoing or just backsliding into illness after recovery. It is all about fall back on something.

Removing relapse and addiction treatment burdens: The significance of relapse

Relapse is a significant factor in the process of addiction recovery which many patients fall prey to. When it happen, it is important that patients should not this as an admission of failure or point of weak character. Emphasis should be made to the effect that discontinuing an addiction to drugs, alcohol, nicotine etc. is a tedious, difficult and take a long process which would ordinarily require soundness and a reasonable amount of courage and willpower to emerge the victor. The challenge of relapse is an uphill task not just to some, but all patients whether in the rehab or not. Many people who have succeeded will testify that they met several obstacles before their great success. It is important to be positive all through even if they relapse once, twice or even several times the focus and determination to triumphant should be loaded for the ultimate result of beating an addiction.

We acknowledge that the whole process can be very frustrating to the patients themselves and even to their friends and relatives when they make and put a lot of effort in an attempt of trying to knock out their addiction-related habits and then all over sudden they succumb to the cravings. For sure this will be demoralizing and the patient being human will be right to feel discouraged because all the hard work and time they have invested appears to have been for nothing. The feeling that they may not achieve their treatment objective may become weighty but in all this, we want to encourage you to remain focus to the bigger objective. Relapse is real and is just one of the obstacle to overcome, so keep the good work you are almost there don’t give up because that is not an option your great life is ahead of you and you are just about to repossesses it. The challenges will be there, but with the help of doctor Akoury and her team of experts, together, we’ll triumph.

Removing relapse and addiction treatment burdens: Drug addiction

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Real action points with alcoholism and denial

December 26, 2016
Real action points

Real action points with alcoholism and denial starts when the consciousness of quitting is developed in the mind

Real action points with alcoholism and denial: Helping a loved one with alcoholism or alcohol abuse

What do you do if someone you love has a drinking problem? If this is so, it is possible that you may be struggling with a number of painful emotions, including shame, fear, anger, and self-blame. The problems may be so overwhelming that it seems easier to ignore it and pretend that nothing is wrong. But in the long run denying it will be more damaging to you, other family members, and the person with the drinking problem. We spoke to doctor Dalal Akoury MD, a veteran addiction expert and founder of AWAREmed Health Center and she is clarifying some of the real action points as follows:

  • Don’t attempt to punish, threaten, bribe, or preach.
  • Don’t try to be a martyr. Avoid emotional appeals that may only increase feelings of guilt and the compulsion to drink or use other drugs.
  • Don’t cover up or make excuses for the alcoholic or problem drinker or shield them from the realistic consequences of their behavior.
  • Don’t take over their responsibilities, leaving them with no sense of importance or dignity.
  • Don’t hide or dump bottles, throw out drugs, or shelter them from situations where alcohol is present.
  • Don’t argue with the person when they are impaired.
  • Don’t try to drink along with the problem drinker.
  • Above all, don’t feel guilty or responsible for another’s behavior.

Dealing with a loved one’s alcohol problem can be an emotional rollercoaster. It’s vital that you take care of yourself and get the support you need. It’s also important to have people you can talk honestly and openly with about what you’re going through. A good place to start is by joining a group such as Al-Anon, a free peer support group for families coping with alcoholism. Listening to others with the same challenges can be a tremendous source of comfort and support. You can also turn to trusted friends, a therapist, or people in your faith community. And always remember that:

  • You cannot force someone you love to stop abusing alcohol – As much as you may want to, and as hard as it is to watch, you cannot make someone stop drinking. The choice is up to them.
  • Don’t expect the person to stop drinking and stay sober without help – Your loved one will need treatment, support, and new coping skills to overcome a serious drinking problem.
  • Recovery is an ongoing process – Recovery is a bumpy road, requiring time and patience. An alcoholic will not magically become a different person once sober. And the problems that led to the alcohol abuse in the first place will have to be faced.

Finally, we appreciate that, admitting openly that you have a serious problem can be painful not just for you, but also to the whole family. However, doing so is the right thing to do and you shouldn’t be ashamed because you’re not alone. Alcoholism and alcohol abuse affect millions of families, from every social class, race, and culture. But there is help and support available for both you and your loved one today if only you can schedule an appointment with doctor Akoury now.

Real action points with alcoholism and denial: Helping a loved one with alcoholism or alcohol abuse

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Substance relapse and withdrawal complications

November 21, 2016
Substance relapse

Substance relapse and withdrawal complications can be prevented if the right things are done from the beginning

Substance relapse and withdrawal complications: Treatment approaches for drug addiction

When the first obstacle of denial is contain and both direct and indirect victims consent that there is a problem that needs fixing, you can always say that this marks the beginning of the recovery journey. It is much easier to enroll an individual who is ready to be helped and knows why he or she is going through the rehabilitation process that one who is still rooted in denial and non-acceptance of the real situation in his or her life. Nevertheless up on defeating the problem of denial, treatment can now begin however, much as we would wish that it be smooth all the way, this is not always the case says doctor Akoury. Along the way there will be other obstacles relating to the withdrawal symptoms and relapse which can occur at any time during and even several years after rehabilitation.

Substance relapse and withdrawal complications: The many dimensions of drug abuse and addiction

In the meantime, because drug abuse and addiction have so many dimensions that rearranges and disrupt so many aspects of an individual’s life, treatment is not often very simple. The point is that for an effective treatment program of this condition, it is necessary that the approach given be typical and accommodative thereby incorporating many treatment components with each component being directed to a particular aspect of the illness and its consequences. The objective of any addiction treatment must always be clear that it must help the individual stop using drugs, maintain a drug-free lifestyle, and achieve productive functioning in the family, at work and in the society. In spite of this says doctor Akoury that because addiction is typically a chronic disease, ordinarily people cannot simply stop using drugs for a few days and be cured? Therefore in many cases, ideally most patients will require long-term or repeated episodes of care to achieve the ultimate goal of sustained abstinence and recovery of their lives. That is why the problem of relapse and withdrawal symptoms are always a major threat to recovery process. That is not to scare you of anything but just to inform you that when such happens, it is not the end of the road for you. Relapse is normal and when it happens, the most important thing is how you quickly pick the pieces and bet back on ruck.

Finally just to instill the spirit of hope in you, whenever you fall to the temptation of cravings it is very important that you pick up and seek for help in the event that you are being overwhelmed. Remember that the doors of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury, are always open for you anytime any day. All you need to do is to make a phone call to doctor Dalal Akoury to schedule for an appointment and your concerns will be addressed professionally and timely.

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