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Substance Abuse
Substance abuse has a range of definitions related to disaproval over use or overuse of mood altering substances. These fall into four main categories: Substance abuse may lead to addiction or substance dependence. Medicaly, dependence requires the development of tolerance leading to withdrawal symptoms.Oxycontin Addiction:
Oxycontin is a prescription painkiller used for moderate to high
pain relief associated with injuries, bursitis, dislocations, fractures, neuralgia,
arthritis, lower back pain and pain associated with cancer. It contains oxycodone,
an opium derivative and is produced in a time released tablet. Oxycontin commonly
referred to as OC, OX, Oxy, Oxycotton and kicker, was introduced in 1996 and has
had a rapid escalation of abuse. The tablets can be chewed, crushed and snorted
like cocaine, crushed and dissolved in water and then injected like heroin. The
most serious side effect is respiratory depression, particularly dangerous for
the elderly. Oxycontin
addiction and demand has resulted in pharmacy robberies and forged
prescriptions. The estimated number of people aged 12 or older with an oxycontin
addiction has increased from 1.9 million in 2002, to 3.1 million in 2004.
The largest increase occurred among young adults aged 18 to 25.
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 Inner Dialogues of Addiction, Treatment and Recovery IV » June 11th 2007
In our last entry we looked at how our addictive inner dialogs with specific absent others become repetitive such that the dynamic of our inner conversations themselves keep us trapped in our addictions. Underlying this dynamic is a closed feedback loop. It is this closed loop that keeps the...
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Inner Dialogues of Addiction, Treatment and Recovery III » June 4th 2007
Recalling that addiction is clinically defined as repeating negative behaviors despite the consequences or the risks involved and recalling also our initial categorization of our inner listeners as Absent Others we now look at addictive dialogs from within this framework. Addictive...
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Inner Dialogs of Addiction, Rehabilitation and Recovery » May 25th 2007
According to the American Society of Addiction Medicine the clinical definition of addiction includes:
"a primary, chronic, neurobiologic disease, with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. It is characterized by...
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Relapse Danger Signs » May 22nd 2007
The term relapse means from the Latin relabi to slide back, from re- + labi to slide 1 : the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding2 : a recurrence of symptoms of a disease after a period of improvement
Like recovery relapse is a process that begins before actual...
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Readiness To Change Questionnaire-Alcoholism » May 21st 2007
From the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Readiness To Change Questionnaire
The following questionnaire is designed to identify how you personally feel about your drinking right now. Please think about your current situation and drinking habits, even if you have given up drinking...
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Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome » May 18th 2007
As we have seen so far addiction is a complex process that includes changes that occur in the neurochemistry of the person who is addicted. During early recovery the neurological and biological effects of addiction often manifest themselves as a complex of symptoms. These symptoms are...
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Stages of Change for Addiction, Treatment and Rehabilitation » May 17th 2007
Prochaska & DiClemente developed a stages of change model that identifies 5 progressive stages of change as they specifically apply to overcoming addictions.
Precontemplation - the stage where the individual is not contemplating changing any of their addictive behaviors. This stage is...
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