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Teenagers abusing drugs is often the beginning of a dangerous road. Kids with conflicts often become teenagers with drug problems, consequently becoming adults with serious addictions. Many of the conflicts that plague young people and lead to substance abuse are hard to handle at home. According to Mathew Kyle, home may not be enough to avert bigger problems in a teens immediate future if not dealt with in a timely manner. Mathew works with the Family Compass, a website committed to early conflicts in teen life. Mathew touches on this topic in the article below:
When Home Is Not Enough; Boarding School Help For Teenage Substance Abusers. Many of us have the idea that all you have to do is just quit drugs and/or alcohol. Adults find it very difficult. How much more difficult is it for a teenager? To coin a phrase from Nike, “just do it,” is much easier said than done. In order for most teens to quit, they need help. Most parents want to do the best thing possible for their children. Some parents believe a teenager can get all the support they need at home to kick those ugly and destructive habits. These habits sometimes combine both drugs and alcohol. There are options when home is not enough. When home is not enough to help your teenager, look into the boarding school choices that will help see your family through this time of crisis. In addition, crisis is exactly the term needed to describe this downward spiral to self-destruction. Boarding school fills the following needs…Read the rest of Mathew’s article by clicking here
For an opiate addict, getting off heroin is probably one of the most difficult things anyone can do, but most people chastise addicts for not quitting. It’s easier said than done and the infamous “cold turkey” seldom works for most addicts. Replacement drug therapy had been a choice for many opiate addicts seeking to normalize their lives and get away from of the torment of addiction. With respect to reducing damage to not only society, but the life of the addict themselves, quite a few options have emerged in recent years. Methadone, a long acting opiate drug itself, has been around the longest. As pharmaceutical development progressed, Suboxone, Probuphine, and Vivitrol have followed. Vivitrol, actually not an opiate or a partial opiate like buprenorphine, the proprietary name for Suboxone. It is developed from naltrexone, originally used to treat alcoholism. Recovery Helpdesk is an excellent website, committed to explain in more detail the mechanics of making the right choices for addicts.
Amy Fry writes from the UK. She summarizes recent evolutions in heroin addiction and studies depicting a trend in heroin use shifting from younger addicts to older longer term addicts often dealing with post acute withdrawal syndrome (PAWS). Veteran heroin addicts have a very tough time walking away. She talks about acting sensation, Russell Brand, a former UK addict who keeps his own ongoing vigilance amidst thoughts of past use. He has a wealth of personal experience to share with the world on his opiate addiction. Much of Amy’s statistical data comes from the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA). Read more of Amy’s piece in Changes in Heroin Use & Treatment for Addiction. Contribution by Amy
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