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Do recovering heroin addicts or excessive alcohol abusers think like children during rehab?8 comments to Do recovering heroin addicts or excessive alcohol abusers think like children during rehab?You must be logged in to post a comment. |
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They might want some jellow
It doesnt mean they think like a kid…there just trying to get back in the right frame of mind…rehab isnt about learnign your abc’s its about learning what you’re doing and why its wrong…learning to walk away and learning what is happening to you.
Due to not having their ‘fix’ they become irritable and irrational, their brain chemistry begins to change because of the lack of their drug intake and it will alter their decision making.
For heroin to burn out of the system, it usually takes 4-5 days, but they’ll be really long days. The first day is normal, the second-third day will be nothing but vomiting, cramps, extreme withdrawl pains, the fourth day the symptoms begin to abate, and usually by the fifth day the person is fully detoxed, (depending upon the length of addiction, and occasionally some more intensive medical monitoring will be required for CIWAS management)
Alcohol will be different, depending again upon the length of addiction, the longer the person has been drinking the longer the detox process will be. Usually about 3-4 days until blood pressure returns to normal, and about 24-36 hours after that for behavior to return to ‘normal.’
However addiction will never totally go away, people will always have an urge to do Heroin or Alcohol and being able to recognize and manage those urges are more important than actually detoxing from them.
Hope this will help, I’ve worked at a psychiatric hospital for going on 9 years now and I’ve seen some pretty nasty detoxes. (several times for the same person quite frequently)
no the opposite, like a senile elderly person
kids thinking reflects being looked after; a cold turkey sufferer’s reflects never being looked after
I’m confused where you have got this impression of drug/alcohol rehab and the people that have addiction problems. Some of us are highly intelligent but most of us have some emotional instability that results in excessive use of substances to alleviate the stresses and strains of life that seem unbearable at times.
Yes, some rehab facilities will treat you a bit like a child but for the first few days you are very ill and when you reach a state of sobriety you have to face what a mess you have made of your life , which can be quite a shock, and you need to try and readdress how you are going to cope with life without the buffer you are used to. It can be quite an ordeal at first and it is hard to see the long-term because many people are very depressed at first but it is perfectly possible to lead a drug and drink free life and become a fully functional individual if you accept the fact that you continue to be a addict and cannot return to misuse if you want to get ahead in life!
I have known addicts that are Doctors, Lawyers, Priest, etc and I know that htese people would be horrified at being treated like a child, or being perceived as incapable of anything but simple thoughts!
I hope this helps you understand a little more!
I’ve just posted my answer to your earlier question, no problem, but for those who might not have seen it here it is:
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With regards to my own rehab it lasted three months, I felt much better after going for two weeks without alcohol and eating three square meals a day.
It’s much harder to gauge my mental age at that time, but I would say after a month it was back to normal, certainly the longer I’ve remained teetotal the better I’ve felt.
My colleagues who were heroin addicts in with me at the same time have more or less said the same.
I gave you the AA site in my previous answer, if you haven’t got NA’s site here it is, I also go to NA meetings to keep in touch with the good friends I made in rehab. AA, NA, CA and other similar groups all use the 12 step recovery program of recovery those who stick to it rarely fail.
No, why would you even think that?
They can do math right away and think straight too. Maybe not loaded on the drugs during the detox, but after that they are normal!!
I have to say I’m a bit insulted by you.
Since your question deals with addiction, you should check out this site, it has lots of helpful info that might help with your question:
This site has a lot of great resources for people dealing with addiction or recovery, and those who know people who are dealing with it. It is worth a look in my opinion.