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But, that simply is not the case. Whether one is a doctor, stay-at-home mom, lawyer, teacher, preacher, mill worker, teenager or even a child, drug and alcohol addictions respect no one.

Addiction is a physiological dependence on something, meaning it is both physical and psychological in nature. Therefore, when one is addicted one literally needs whatever it is that feeds that addiction. Education remains a key factor in fighting drug and alcohol dependencies.  When Hawaii Island Recovery helps people understand drug and alcohol abuse prevention becomes visible and effective.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) notes, a tremendous opportunity exists to effectively change the ways in which the public understands drug abuse and addiction because of the wealth of scientific data NIDA has amassed. NIDA further states that overcoming misconceptions and replacing ideology with scientific knowledge is the best hope for bridging the “great disconnect”

The gap between the public perception of drug abuse and addiction and the scientific facts. In the mean time, it is necessary to facilitate assistance for the current drug and alcohol abusers. There are diverse options in treatment and rehabilitation programs.

Those options include:

• 12-Step programs
• 12-Step alternatives
• Programs
• Wilderness camps and schools for troubled teens with addictions
• Inpatient residential
• Day treatment
• Outpatient treatment
• Faith-based facilities
• Holistic treatment

The 12-step program, one of the most popular rehabilitation programs, originated for Alcoholics Anonymous, but later versions were adapted for other addictions.

3 The synopsis of the 12-step programs consists of:

1. Admit that we are powerless over drugs or alcohol and that our lives have become unmanageable.
2. Come to believe that a Power greater than ourselves can restore us to sanity.
3. Turn our will and our lives over to the care of a Higher Power.
4. Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admit to a Higher Power, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Be entirely ready to have a Higher Power remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly ask a Higher Power to remove our shortcomings.
8. Make a list of all persons we have harmed, and be willing to make amends to them all.
9. Make direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continue to take personal inventory and when we are wrong promptly admit it.
11. Seek through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with a Higher Power, praying only for knowledge of the Higher Power’s will for us, and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, try to carry this message to other drug addicts or alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all of our affairs.

The Comeback Treatment Center of California states several facts regarding drug and alcohol rehabilitation: drug addiction and alcoholism is a highly treatable disease (continued suffering is optional); no drug addict really likes the way he or she has to use drugs and alcohol; drug addiction can be outgrown in an honest, responsible, character-building environment; personal growth feels better and lasts longer than any drug; the hardest part about drug rehab recovery is getting started, the rest is reward, once earned, sobriety becomes a precious gift of spirit and mind that overcomes negative emotions and mental blocks that could keep one from continuing in a responsible direction towards self-fulfillment.  In conclusion, drug and alcohol abuse will be around as long as there are people, drugs and alcohol.

One must make a proactive choice to educate and understand these addictions so that early intervention can be made as soon as abusers are identified. Ideally, education and training would decline the statistics on addictive behavior, but personal pleasure and the masking of personal problems through addiction remain prevalent today.  Call Hawaii Island Recovery at 866-906-6911 today and get you or your loved ones the help they need to live a productive and fun-filled life.

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They mistakenly view Drug Abuse and addiction as strictly a social problem and may characterize those who take drugs as morally weak.   One very common belief is that drug abusers should be able to just stop taking drugs if they are only willing to change their behavior.   What people often underestimate is the complexity of drug addiction that it is a disease that impacts the brain and because of that, stopping drug abuse  is not simply a matter of willpower.

Through scientific advances we now know much more about how exactly drugs work in the brain, and we also know that drug addiction can be successfully treated to help people stop abusing drugs and resume their productive lives. That is what we do here at Hawaii Island Recovery.  Helping people resume productive lives is our hope and desire. Call Hawaii Island Recovery’s office at 866-906-6911 now and start your journey to health and happiness.

Diagnoses of substance-induced mental disorders will typically be provisional and will require reevaluation sometimes repeatedly. Many apparent acute mental disorders may really be substance-induced disorders, such as in those clients who use substances and who are acutely suicidal.
Some people who have what appear to be substance-induced disorders may turn out to have both a substance-induced disorder and an independent mental disorder. For most people who are addicted to substances, drugs eventually become more important than jobs, friends, family, and even children. These changes in priorities often look, sound, and feel like a personality disorder, but diagnostic clarity regarding personality disorders in general is difficult, and in clients with substance-related disorders the true diagnostic picture might not emerge or reveal itself for weeks or months. Moreover, it is not unusual for the symptoms of a personality disorder to clear with abstinence sometimes even fairly early in recovery. Preexisting mood state, personal expectations, drug dosage, and environmental surroundings all warrant consideration in developing an understanding of how a particular client might experience a substance-induced disorder. Treatment of the substance use disorder and an abstinent period of weeks or months may be required for a definitive diagnosis of an independent, co-occurring mental disorder. Our substance abuse treatment program and clinical staff can concentrate on screening for mental disorders and determining the severity and acuity of symptoms, along with an understanding of the client’s support network and overall life situation.

The HAWAII ISLAND RECOVERY Drug Rehab program is an individualized and personalized treatment experience. Each client’s addiction treatment plan is formulated by all of our clinical staff, including our medical doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and addiction treatment professionals. We know that generalized programming is not always beneficial to clients and that the individual needs of client may vary. We focus on both addiction treatment and alcohol treatment, or one or the other if needed.

We believe that one-on-one treatment produces the best results. It is the rapport that develops between the client and the clinician that produces the most favorable results. Often clients have experienced trauma in their lives and this may be one of the many factors contributing to their drug and alcohol abuse. We provide a private, exclusive and comfortable environment in paradise (Hawaii) to begin healing from these issues. For more information call Michael Larroque at Hawaii Island Recovery at 866-906-6911.

One of the most important parts of drug and alcohol treatment is structure. Once upon a time people used to be able to simply go to AA meetings or NA meetings, get a sponsor, and get sober from drugs and alcohol. In the beginning, treatment was seen as not entirely necessary by people in Alcoholics Anonymous. The primary question people in AA asked was, “Why pay for treatment when AA is free?” As time went by the answer to this question became obvious to most people in AA. Treatment provides structure for the alcoholic and addict. This is especially important for young people suffering from drug and alcohol addiction. When I say “young” people, I mean people from the ages of 17 to 29 years old. In the past, when AA was developed, there was not as much of a sociological problem with the young adults of America as there is today. Today the TWIXTERS are entering the work force later, graduating from college later, and getting married later. Simply put, the adults of the 30′s, 40′s, 50′s, and even 60′s were not experiencing the dilemma that many young adults are experiencing in this day and age. Young adults are lost today. They are frightened of the future. They don’t know what they want to be or who they want to be so they live the lives of people they see on TV. When young adults begin to drift off into the abyss of adulthood between the ages of 18 and 29 years old, they are drawn to drugs and alcohol to cope with the feelings they are having. The Structure offered in drug and alcohol treatment allows these TWIXTERS to get a foothold in life and helps bring them back down to earth. The daily routing of drug and alcohol treatment provides TWIXTERS with something to do, because most of them are do not have careers and most have not completed their college educations. This is different than it was in the past. People went to college, got careers, got married, had kids, all by the time they were 24 years old. Now that age has increased and there is a large gap between 18 and 29 years old where young adults feel lost and without purpose. So one of the main objectives in drug and alcohol treatment is not only to help a young adult get sober, but to help them develop a life worth living and more importantly, worth getting sober for.

If you are suffering from addiction please call Hawaii Island Recovery at 866-906-6911.