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Undersatnding addiction objectively

Disgraceful drug addiction

Disgraceful drug addiction

Disgraceful drug addiction is ruining our lives miserably

Disgraceful drug addiction: The root cause

We all concede that the disgraceful drug addiction impacts negatively on our health globally. The resources directed towards resolving this menace is weighing most economies down. Because of our consensus on this topic, I felt that it will be necessary to share with you some of the genesis of this problem. You will be amazed to know how close the source of the problem is to you. And that is why I want to persuade you to keep me company for a while as we explore this topic. As I had mentioned before, the root cause of drug taking and drug addiction is not distanced away but just a stone through away. If you are wondering about my choice of topic, I will explain. One fact about this topic is that there will be no addiction to any drug without taking or using the drug itself. Many people often argue that “I only took a little and that a little alcohol is good for your health.” Have you heard such statements? I hope we are together now, after all, a journey of 1000 miles begins with a single step says doctor Dalal Akoury MD, President, and founder of AWAREmed Health and wellness resource center.

Disgraceful drug addiction: Poor diet

Today drug use and abuse have become a major problem in our societies and drugs such as alcohol, nicotine, heroin, marijuana cocaine and other psychostimulants have various negative effects on human life. But most importantly, the prevention of drug addiction, better rehabilitation and the decrease in the use of drugs will not occur until we focus and concentrate more on the physical or biological side of the use and addiction to drugs and understand the relationship between diet, magnetism and drug use. Many times drug addicts use drugs because of poor nutrition and because of lack of vital energy or magnetism in their bodies. This also applies to those who are using drugs moderately for recreational purposes.

Disgraceful drug addiction: Why magnetic deficiency

The answer to this question will be found in Phyllis explanation of the two poles of magnetism, positive and negative. The human body and all animal bodies are positive in polarity while vegetation’s are negative. The human body will need magnetic balance for good health and to resist the craving for drugs which can only be attained through feeding on plant foods alone i.e., a purely vegetarian diet. While on the other hand electromagnetism is the key to human vitality or energy and many vitamins and minerals are also needed for efficient brain function. This, therefore, means that a diet rich in high animal products and low in vegetable grains, nuts, seeds, and fruits will have the effect of creating a magnetic-electrical and chemical deficiency.

That explains why drug taking and drug addiction will always remain the same and must be eliminated from our body systems. We appreciate that because of the addictiveness of drugs, many may not be willing or rather find it difficult to seek for treatment. Nonetheless, we want to encourage you to look at such difficulties as obstacles along the recovery process. Consulting with experts from AWAREmed health center will certainly give you the much-needed breakthrough and a lasting solution.

Disgraceful drug addiction: The root cause

 

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Addiction consequences

Drug business triggers crime

Drug business triggers crime

Drug business triggers crime in all directions and must be stopped

Drug business triggers crime: Relating crime and legalized drugs

Drug business triggers crime not just in your neighborhood but it cut across all nations in the global market. There are organized drug cartels in many countries that use the proceeds of these to fund criminal activity which means that there is an ongoing battle between them and the authorities. Because of this, the debate that is going on is whether to legalize the use of these drugs or not. Supporters of this school of thought say that it would reduce crime since addicts would not have to resort to criminal behavior to fund their habit. The costs of drugs could be controlled and set a rate which addicts could afford without having to steal in order to do so. Plus these drugs could be taxed and the revenue from these used to fund drug rehabilitation treatment.

There is also the possibility that doing this will lessen the attraction. Many of us enjoy something which is considered to be ‘forbidden fruit’ and part of that attraction is the knowledge that what we are doing has an element of risk. However, opponents of this claim that it would lead to many more addicts, which would place an extra burden on taxpayers, the authorities and the State as a whole. What do you do with people who are addicted to committing an offense? They may or may not be addicted to drugs but they still have an addiction, which in this case is committing a crime. There is no easy answer to this and a lot is still being done primarily to find a lasting solution to this problem. Nonetheless, the questions being raised are very fundamental and cannot just be ignored. And while that debate is still on, if you or any of your friends is struggling with any kind of addiction, this is a disease which needs to be addressed promptly. Professionally, doctor Dalal Akoury MD is a veteran addiction expert for more than two decades and has been helping many patients across the globe. You can schedule an appointment with her today to help you in addressing this great calamity in your life.

Drug business triggers crime: Addiction and crime prevention measures

Crime is normally first propagated in the mind before its execution and so the wellness of the mind is a perfect remedy for everyone. And while we appreciate that drug addiction is well connected with the crime, the two can be separated and dealt with individually. It will be an uphill task for the authority to ensure that drug barons are arrested because many of them are always walking free while their little clients are the ones being arrested and when they are arrested, they have the resources to buy their way out into the street again. This element of corruption must stop for our society to be safe. Therefore, the option of treatment is the best and it will need experts for it to be helpful to the addicts. And like we had stated above, you can consider calling Dr. Dalal Akoury for the commencement of your recovery journey into perfect and productive life away from all substance of abuse now.

Drug business triggers crime: Relating crime and legalized drugs

 

 

 

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stem cell therapy

Drug addiction subject

Drug addiction subject

Drug addiction subject and the brains health must be addressed objectively

Drug addiction subject and the brain: What happens to the brain when one takes drugs?

The dangers of drug addiction subject are significantly based on the chemicals they have that tap into the brain’s communication system and disrupt the way nerve cells normally send, receive, and process information. And according to the experts from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of doctor Dalal Akoury MD, we have at least two ways that drugs cause this disruption it can either happen by:

  • Imitating the brain’s natural chemical messengers and
  • Over-stimulating the “reward circuit” of the brain

Drug addiction subject and the brain: Effects of substance on the brain

Some drugs (e.g., marijuana and heroin) have a similar structure to chemical messengers called neurotransmitters, which are naturally produced by the brain. This similarity allows the drugs to confuse the brain’s receptors and activate nerve cells to send abnormal messages.

Other drugs, such as cocaine or methamphetamine, can cause the nerve cells to release abnormally large amounts of natural neurotransmitters (mainly dopamine) or to prevent the normal recycling of these brain chemicals, which is needed to shut off the signaling between neurons. The result is a brain awash in dopamine, a neurotransmitter present in brain regions that control movement, emotion, motivation, and feelings of pleasure.

The overstimulation of this reward system, which normally responds to natural behaviors linked to survival (eating, spending time with loved ones, etc.), produces euphoric effects in response to psychoactive drugs. This reaction sets in motion a reinforcing pattern that “teaches” people to repeat the rewarding behavior of abusing drugs.

As a person continues to abuse drugs, the brain gets used to the irresistible surges in dopamine by producing less dopamine or by reducing the number of dopamine receptors in the reward circuit. The result is a lessening of dopamine’s impact on the reward circuit, which reduces the abuser’s ability to enjoy not only the drugs but also other events in life that previously brought pleasure. This decrease compels the addicted person to keep abusing drugs in an attempt to bring the dopamine function back to normal, but now larger amounts of the drug are required to achieve the same dopamine high an effect known as tolerance.

Long-term abuse causes changes in other brain chemical systems and circuits as well. Glutamate is a neurotransmitter that influences the reward circuit and the ability to learn. When the optimal concentration of glutamate is altered by drug abuse, the brain attempts to compensate, which can impair cognitive function. Brain imaging studies of drug-addicted individuals show changes in areas of the brain that are critical to judgment, decision making, learning and memory, and behavior control. Together, these changes can drive an abuser to seek out and take drugs compulsively despite adverse, even devastating consequences that are the nature of addiction. All these are not good for human health and that is why it is important that you seek expert’s opinion with the professionals from AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center today.

Drug addiction subject and the brain: What happens to the brain when one takes drugs?

 

 

 

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Addiction exclusivity effects to the brain

Addiction exclusivity effects

Addiction exclusivity effects to the brain must be eliminated professionally

Addiction exclusivity effects to the brain: Why do some people become addicted while others don’t?

Looking at the drug addiction exclusivity and how it affects people’s lives, we can authoritatively say that no single factor can predict whether a person will become addicted to drugs. Doctor Dalal Akoury and her team of experts at AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center agrees that the risks for addiction are influenced by a combination of factors which may include individual biology, social environment, and age or stage of development. The more risk factors an individual has, the greater the chance that taking drugs can lead to addiction. Like for example:

  • Biology – The genes that people are born with—in combination with environmental influences—account for about half of their addiction vulnerability. Additionally, gender, ethnicity, and the presence of other mental disorders may influence risk for drug abuse and addiction.
  • Environment – A person’s environment includes many different influences, from family and friends to socioeconomic status and quality of life in general. Factors such as peer pressure, physical and sexual abuse, stress, and quality of parenting can greatly influence the occurrence of drug abuse and the escalation to addiction in a person’s life.
  • Development – Genetic and environmental factors interact with critical developmental stages in a person’s life to affect addiction vulnerability. Although taking drugs at any age can lead to addiction, the earlier that drug use begins, the more likely it will progress to more serious abuse, which poses a special challenge to adolescents. Because areas in their brains that govern decision making, judgment, and self-control are still developing, adolescents may be especially prone to risk-taking behaviors, including trying drugs of abuse.

Addiction exclusivity effects to the brain: Prevention is the key

Drug addiction is a preventable disease. Research findings indicate that prevention programs involving social networks like families, schools, communities, and the media are effective in reducing drug abuse. Although many events and cultural factors affect drug abuse trends, when youths perceive drug abuse as harmful, they reduce their drug taking. Therefore it is important to bring in experts like Dr. Dalal Akoury who is also the founder of AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center where she is offering her exclusive NER Recovery Treatment to everyone including other physicians and health care professionals through training, clinical apprenticeships, webinars, and seminars. Finally, besides what we get from doctor Akoury the general public needs also to be educated and in this area a collective effort from Teachers, parents, medical and public health professionals will be essential in creating awareness that drug addiction can be prevented if one never abuses drugs.

Addiction exclusivity effects to the brain: Why do some people become addicted while others don’t?

 

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Fighting opioid addiction

Neurochemical reward elevation

Neurochemical reward elevation

Neurochemical reward elevation is triggered by substance abuse which has consequences in the brain functions

Neurochemical reward elevation: Addiction and the brain

With the neurochemical reward elevation, the user’s brain begins to associate the drug with an outsize neurochemical reward. Over time, this raises the amount of dopamine the brains think is normal. Like for instance, when a drug produce increases in dopamine in these limbic areas of the brain, then your brain is going to understand that signal as something that is very reinforcing, and will learn it very fast so that the next time you get exposed to that stimuli, your brain already has learned that reinforcing instantly. Over time, the consistently high levels of dopamine create plastic changes to the brain, desensitizing neurons so that they are less affected by it, and decreasing the number of receptors. That leads to the process of addiction, wherein a person loses control and is left with an intense drive to compulsively take the drug.

According to experts the reason why dopamine-producing drugs are so addictive is that they have the ability to constantly fill a need for more dopamine. So a person may take a hit of cocaine, snort it, it increases dopamine, takes a second, it increases dopamine, third, fourth, fifth, sixth. So there’s never that decrease that ultimately leads to the satiety. Addiction has to do with the brain’s expectations. An emerging idea is that drugs basically hijack the brain’s normal computational enjoyment and reward mechanisms.

For example, let’s say you’re happy about a great chocolate ice cream and over time you learn to expect that the chocolate ice cream is really great and you have no more dopamine released in expectation of that when you receive it. Nevertheless, if you take an addictive drug you can never learn to expect it because the drug itself will release an extra kick of dopamine. And when that happens, the value of that drug keeps increasing because now you’re learning that wow my expectations were violated, therefore this must be much more valuable than what I thought before. So what ends up happening is that dopamine system gets hijacked by these drugs.

It must be noted that there are other components to addiction like genetics and age of exposure which is why not everyone who takes drugs becomes an addict. Approximately 50% of the vulnerability of a person to become addicted is genetically determined, and research indicates that if a person is exposed to drugs in early adolescence they are much more likely to become addicted than if they were exposed to the same drugs as an adult.

Neurochemical reward elevation: Neurotransmitter dopamine

Doctor Dalal Akoury acknowledges that one of the key functions of the neurotransmitter dopamine is to create feelings of pleasure so that our brains associate with necessary physiological actions like eating and procreating. We are driven to perform these vital functions because our brains are conditioned to expect the dopamine rush. Addictive drugs flood the brain with dopamine and condition us to expect artificially high levels of the neurotransmitter. Over time, the user’s brain requires more dopamine than it can naturally produce, and it becomes dependent on the drug, which never actually satisfies the need it, has created.

Finally, AWAREmed Health and Wellness Resource Center under the able leadership of Doctor Akoury is a facility run by experts headed by doctor Akoury, for proper care and healing of whatever kind of addiction and whatever the level of addiction you need caring experts who will focus on Neuroendocrine Restoration (NER) to reinstate normality through realization of the oneness of Spirit, Mind, and Body, Unifying the threesome. This kind of treatment can only be found at AWAREmed. Reach out for help and get your life back with real professionals.

Neurochemical reward elevation: Addiction and the brain

 

 

 

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