Residential Treatment and Detox

You can’t kick your alcoholism if you don’t go through detox.
Detox helps you to kick the physical need for alcohol. It takes the dependence on this toxin and makes it weaker than it would be if you kept drinking and tried to kick your addiction. We cannot overcome something that we keep doing, and this is where detox comes into play for your alcoholism.
Going through Alcohol detoxification can be tough, that is why it is so important to consider attending a facility to help you get through the process safely.

There are a possibility of experiencing some unpleasant symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea that can go with detox, you might not know about the risk to your internal organs or possibility of seizures.

The alcohol detoxification process can last quite a while. In fact, you might be surprised to find that it can last as long as seven to ten days. That is a long time to be sick, and it can leave you feeling weak, tired and worn out. For this reason, it’s important to make sure to do as much as possible to stay hydrated and connected with how you’re feeling. Not every day will be as bad as the third or fourth, but every day will require you to pay attention to how you are feeling so you can keep yourself safe.

Also, keep in mind that the alcohol detoxification process can have serious negative effects, so even if you have a friend or family member helping you through the tough times, make sure that you know when to call for immediate medical attention. While you are at it, consider doing detox at a facility that will be able to make things go easier and keep you safer than if you were to go through it alone.

Depression in addicted men is quite common. Men tend to be vulnerable to a substance-induced depression (even though men are trying to hide it). Men are also likely to have had pre-existing depression before their substance use started. If men with both conditions do not resolve their depression, there is a higher risk for relapse in early sobriety. It is likely in that case that men will use substances to self-medicate the depressive symptoms.

Co-existing depression and addiction is a two-way street. That is, depression threatens sobriety and continuing to use substances is likely to cause depression. The two conditions support and reinforce each other, each making the symptoms of the other worse. Addiction recovery is more than abstinence, and active depression, however, one is apt to lack the energy and motivation to make necessary changes in early sobriety. It requires that one acquires healthier coping strategies and routines in daily life, and all of those residents will be learning and practicing during program at AFZ.

Some Men prone to depression. Some experts consider anger attacks a unique presentation of anger with depression since anger is frequently a significant element in depression.

Men are apt to have hidden worry and rumination, or repetitive and negative thinking, in their depressive symptoms, and this may be a result of creating problems in socialization as well.

Researchers have documented that many men do not feel as free to express negative thoughts and emotions as many women do. However, the symptoms and dynamics of depression for everyone are universal.

Exposure to traumatic experiences, especially those occurring in childhood, has been linked to substance use disorders (SUDs), including abuse and dependence. SUDs are also highly comorbid with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other mood-related psychopathology. Most studies examining the relationship between PTSD and SUDs have examined veteran populations or patients in substance treatment programs. The present study further examines this relationship between childhood trauma, substance use, and PTSD in a sample of urban primary care patients. A child or teen is still forming their beliefs, self-image, coping strategies, personality, viewpoints, and behavioral patterns. Sexual or any other abuse victimization becomes entwined in growth and development creating self-defeating and self-sabotaging patterns and dynamics that often lead to depression and substance use problems.

There were 587 participants included in this study, all recruited from medical clinic waiting rooms at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, GA. Data were collected through both screening interviews as well as follow-up interviews. Results: In this highly traumatized population, high rates of lifetime dependence on various substances were found (39% alcohol, 34.1% cocaine, 6.2% heroin/opiates, and 44.8% marijuana). The level of substance use, particularly cocaine, strongly correlated with levels of childhood physical, sexual, and emotional abuse as well as current PTSD symptoms. In particular, there was a significant additive effect of number of types of childhood trauma experienced with history of cocaine dependence in predicting current PTSD symptoms, and this effect was independent of exposure to adult trauma. Conclusions: These data show strong links between childhood traumatization and SUDs, and their joint associations with PTSD outcome. They suggest that enhanced awareness of PTSD and substance abuse comorbidity in high-risk, impoverished populations is critical to understanding the mechanisms of substance addiction as well as in improving prevention and treatment.

Articles from Depression and Anxiety are provided here courtesy of  Wiley-Blackwell, John Wiley & Sons.

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