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Heroin Addiction
Creating a powerful addiction with heroin is relatively easy. The best indicator of an addiction iswhen a person has reached a point where there is compulsion to use drugs despite adverseconsequences.Heroin is particularly fast acting when snorted, injected or smoked. It quickly floods the user's brain with a euphoric feeling. This 'high' comes on fast and recedes very quickly as well. Theloss of the euphoric feeling is in such a sharp contrast that the addict seeks another high. Thisresults in heroin use multiple times per day.Therefore, a heroin addiction can develop rather quickly. Unfortunately, it isn't as easy to beat anaddiction. Many addicts attempt to stop on their own. Most of the time this is not effective, but itis still possible.Treatment will most likely be needed to beat a heroin habit. It is important to understand thattreatment under three months is not considered very effective. Sometimes, treatment lasts a year or more.Effective treatment involves many aspects of the addict's life. He can be helped through a varietyof services beyond basic treatment. Family counseling and the involvement of a family member during the addict's treatment can be very helpful.Often times an addict has a variety of health, social or mental disorders along with the addictionthat makes it difficult to treat. All of these issues need to be addressed to help grant the greatest possibility of treatment success.Chemically, methadone or similar medication can be used initially to stabilize the addict. But theneed for treatment probably will not end when medication is no longer needed. There are still avariety of factors to address. Using medications can help avoid the behavioral problems that non-medication using addicts may suffer without the presence of heroin.Users who attempt to use heroin while on methadone often find that the effects of heroin arelargely blocked by the medication. This is an added benefit to using medication in conjunctionwith treatment.Unfortunately, drug use leads to permanent changes in the brain. Social environment queues cantrigger the wish to use the drug again. Certain smells, seeing someone that the addict knewduring his addiction or a variety of other events or sensory stimuli can spark a desire to haveheroin again. Not surprisingly, many individuals may come to a drug treatment program via the criminal justice system. It is believed that the success rate for treating addicts caught by the system haveabout equal chances for success as those who come to treatment via other pathways.
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