Rise in number of alcohol and drug addicts over 50

As the number of substance-abuse related treatment admissions for individuals over fifty increases throughout the nation, experts have begun to express their concern over the growing numbers of baby boomers succumbing to alcohol and other substances in order to carryout everyday tasks.

In 2008, one out of every eight individual seeking help for substance abuse was an older adult; implying that their share of treatment admissions had doubled over a sixteen year period while the number of admissions for other age groups had decreased.

Experts studying substance abuse amongst baby boomers believe that this group of individuals seeking help for their addiction has historically high rates of substance abuse that has often been acquired in up to three or four prior decades.

And while the number of treatment-seeking individuals seems to increase in almost every age group, it is unfortunate that only few treatment facilities designated to take in older adults, leaving them forlorn in their lingering battle against substance abuse.

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Addiction Treatment in New Mexico

As our attitude towards drug and alcohol addiction changed, we as a society became more understanding of the plight of drug addicts and their daily struggle to stay sober and recover.

This changing attitude brought up many different ways of addiction recovery including drug oriented approach such as Suboxone (Semisynthetic Opioid) and Methadone (synthetic opioid developed in Germany in 1937) and non-drug oriented approach like holistic addiction treatment and recovery programs.

At Cove Center for Recovery, in realizing the many different methods and programs of addiction treatment, and the many different ways that addicted individuals respond to treatment, we apply a combination of therapies, which varies, depending on each client’s recovering needs.

Our inpatient drug rehab programs deal with addiction, recovery and codependency with the tools of psychotherapy and spirituality. We educate, treat and train men and women inflicted with drug addiction or alcohol addiction, to change their lifestyle in order to first and foremost, break the chain of addiction and just as importantly as treating addiction to reduce the chance of relapse.

The causes of drug addiction or alcohol addiction are different in men and women. Women, for the most part, respond more favorably to treatment of their drug addiction or alcohol abuse when the emotional aspect of their life and lifestyle is factored in their addiction therapy.

Cove Center for Recovery provides gender oriented therapy that addresses special needs of women and men in their journey to drug and alcohol addiction recovery. In reality, when incorporating the underlying causes or issues that contributed to one’s alcohol or drug addiction, the chances of relapse for that person is reduced as well.

Call Cove Center for Recovery and talk to one of our certified drug rehab therapists to find out about more about our addiction treatment programs and how we incorporate various proven therapies like the 12 step, cognitive therapy and holistic drug treatment therapy to achieve results.

Addiction Treatment for adults and young adults: 1-888-387-6237
http://www.covecenterforrecovery.com

 Addiction Treatment for Teens: 1-888-757-6237
 http://www.inspirationsyouth.com
 http://www.inspirationsteenrehab.com

How Do Drugs Work in the Brain?

Drugs tap into the brain's communication system and disrupt the way nerve cells normally send, receive, and process information.

Drugs work in the brain by:
Imitating natural neurotransmitters (chemical messengers in the brain). Because of the similarity in chemical structure between drugs and neurotransmitters naturally produced by the brain, some drugs, such as marijuana and heroin, are able to "fool" the brain's receptors and activate nerve cells to send abnormal messages via the network.

Overstimulating the reward system by flooding the circuit with dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter present in regions of the brain that regulate movement, emotion, motivation, and feelings of pleasure. And nearly all drugs of abuse, directly or indirectly, activate this system. Some drugs, particularly stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine, cause nerve cells to release abnormally large amounts of natural neurotransmitters or prevent their normal recycling, which is needed to shut off the signal between neurons.

If you or someone you know is struggling with drug abuse or addiction and is in need of help, Cove Center for Recovery - Addiction Treatment Center offers a flexible and affordable addiction treatment program. Our aim is to treat the whole person, and not just an isolated symptom. During the treatment process we will work with the client to identify the factors that may have contributed to you drug abuse – home, work, relationships and medical history. We also believe that families have a vital role to play in the recovery process, and each addiction treatment program has a place for family participation, to educate them in the treatment process and to equip them for their role as supporters.

Reach out to us. Recovery from addiction is just a click or a phone call away. If the information you are looking for is not found here and you need immediate attention you may contact us:

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Addiction Treatment for Teens: 1-888-757-6237 http://www.inspirationsyouth.com/
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Rhode Island has the highest rate of illicit drug use according to national survey conducted in 2006 and 2007

In a survey conducted in 2006-2007, the state of Rhode Island showed the highest rate of illicit drug use among people of 12 and older. Rhode Island is also among six states that saw significant increases in illicit drug use since the previous survey, in 2005 to 2006 among those ages 12 to 25. That’s according to a new state-by-state analysis of substance abuse and mental illness patterns released by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, or SAMHSA per the survey conducted in 2006 and 2007. The data, drawn from face-to-face interviews with 135,672 people from around the country, found wide variations among the states. For example, while 12.5 percent of Rhode Islanders reported illicit drug use, the rate was only 5.2 percent among Iowans. Respondents were asked whether they had used illegal drugs within the previous month, including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants and certain prescription medications if taken for nonmedical reasons.

According to Craig Stenning, director of the Rhode Island Department of Mental Health, Retardation and Hospitals, which oversees substance-abuse treatment, Rhode Island was also ranked number one for illicit drug use in the previous survey, conducted in 2005 and 2006. Stenning, who founded and directed a drug-treatment agency before he entered state government believes that Rhode Island located between Boston and New York, the easy availability of drugs and the urban environment are the contributing source to drug abuse. He believes that part of the problem is easy access and shorter distance to travel to acquire drugs in Rhode Island, as opposed to having to travel for 20 to 30 miles in mid west, the reason for higher incidents of drug use in Rhode Island. He makes the point to say that drug treatment is available to those who need and make the effort to get it, but denial and stigma are the big obstacles to addiction treatment. Thanks to a federal grant the state’s substance-abuse treatment centers have weathered the budget crisis, and last year some 14,000 people obtained drug-abuse treatment in state-licensed centers, he said.

When it comes to alcohol use, Rhode Island had the highest rate of people 12 or older who said to have had an alcoholic beverage within the past month (63.1 percent, compared with 51 percent for the nation and 56 percent for the Northeast).

Rhode Island had the highest rate of drinking alcohol among people aged 12 to 17 who said had a drink within the previous month ( 21.6 percent, compared with 16.2 percent for the nation and 18.2 percent for the Northeast).

Another dark statistics on alcohol addiction was that Rhode Island ranked sixth (slightly slightly higher rate than the nation) for binge drinking –– having five or more drinks on one occasion in the previous 30 days.
Rhode Island displayed high incidents of major depression as well per the survey that asked if they had an episode of major depression within the previous month ( ranking 20th with 7.9 percent).
If you or someone you know is struggling with drug abuse or addiction and is in need of help, Cove Center for Recovery - Addiction Treatment Center offers a flexible and affordable addiction treatment program. Our aim is to treat the whole person, and not just an isolated symptom. During the treatment process we will work with the client to identify the factors that may have contributed to you drug abuse – home, work, relationships and medical history. We also believe that families have a vital role to play in the recovery process, and each addiction treatment program has a place for family participation, to educate them in the treatment process and to equip them for their role as supporters.

Reach out to us. Recovery from addiction is just a click or a phone call away. If the information you are looking for is not found here and you need immediate attention you may contact us:

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Addiction Can Affect Anyone: Celebrity Status

Battling an addiction whether addicted to alcohol, drugs, and or both, is not an easy process. Many people struggle with substance abuse problems and even after receiving a form of help, they relapse. Addiction is a serious problem and with the right treatment, a person can be cured. Most people who suffer from an addiction, never thought that they would become addicted to a substance, however that is a large misconception within our society. Addiction and substance abuse can happen to anyone. Addiction does not discriminate against class, social status, economic status, or race; addiction can affect everyone.

In fact even celebrities such as pro-athletes, Lindsay Lohan, Anna Nicole Smith, and other famous people fall victim of addiction.  Former NFL player, Thomas Henderson, admits to the hardship of overcoming his alcohol and drug addiction. He had treatment and still twenty-seven years later, has support groups that he attends. He looks at the situation as managing his propensity to abuse substances. This super bowl winner explains that even though drug abusers believe that the people around them do not know about their substance abuse problem, they do notice and become aware. Henderson encourages those who struggle with substance abuse problems to seek the proper treatment in order to regain control of their situation and lives, before it is too late. Drug abuse and addiction, not only affects the user, but also all the people around the user.   

If you or someone you know is struggling with prescription drug abuse or addiction and is in need of help, Cove Center for Recovery - Addiction Treatment Center offers a flexible and affordable addiction treatment program. Our aim is to treat the whole person, and not just an isolated symptom. During the treatment process we will work with the client to identify the factors that may have contributed to you drug abuse – home, work, relationships and medical history. We also believe that families have a vital role to play in the recovery process, and each addiction treatment program has a place for family participation, to educate them in the treatment process and to equip them for their role as supporters.

Reach out to us. Recovery from addiction is just a click or a phone call away. If the information you are looking for is not found here and you need immediate attention you may contact us:

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Breakthroughs offer hope to millions of people struggling with the disease of drug and alcohol addictions

NEW ORLEANS –  There could be good news on the horizon in  US, as far as drug use is concerned. Louisiana, specially after hurricane Katrina, as well as other cities in US have seen their share of rise in drug use. Now there is hope that new drugs are coming to the market which can prevent and treat addiction. The way these drugs interact with alcohol and drug addiction is that they prevent a drug user from getting any pleasure from using the drugs.


Knowing that the only reason that an alcohol or drug abuser gets involved with drugs is the pleasure he or she receives from those drugs, this could be the breakthrough that can turn the tide in the battle against drug addiction.
The significance of this victory on drug addiction is put in perspective when you realize that the root causes of many crimes from petty theft to gang murders are drug related. One can only imagine the ripple effect of making drug use unappealing to millions of drug addicts, when the real effect of it will be felt by every single one of us.

As important as the consequential effect of reducing drug use is for the society as a whole, the immediate effect of it will be  seen and felt in the lives of many individuals struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. Once and for all, the drug and alcohol abusers locked in the vicious circle of addiction, sober life, relapse and back to addiction can get their lives back.
 
Hope can be offered to drug and alcohol addicts, and families can be put back together again.
Dr. Nora Volkow, the director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, recently at a conference in New Orleans confirmed that there are vaccines in the works against the powerful addictions of nicotine and cocaine.

These vaccines keep the drugs from getting to the brain thus avoiding the drug user the pleasure offered by those drugs to the users. The good news that she delivered was that the nicotine vaccine is going through the final stage of testing in the next year.  She added that doctors are hard at work developing medications to help those addicted to cocaine and marijuana as well.

According to Dr. Volkow, another breakthrough discovery is the understanding that 50 to 70 percent of one’s vulnerability to become addicted to drugs is determined by the genes one inherits.  This explains why some of us need to self mediate to deal with the daily stresses of life and others can deal with stress without any need for drugs.

Without any doubt, these breakthroughs offer hope to addicts and non-addicts who are affected by the disease of addiction and alcoholism. However, we should be equally aware of the fact that we are not going to solve the drug addiction problem any time soon.  The best we can expect is to reduce the number of addiction cases and prevent new cases of drug addiction by any means possible, including education and medication.

If you or someone you know is struggling with drug abuse or addiction and is in need of help, Cove Center for Recovery - Addiction Treatment Center offers a flexible and affordable addiction treatment program. Our aim is to treat the whole person, and not just an isolated symptom. During the addiction treatment process we will work with the client to identify the factors that may have contributed to you drug abuse – home, work, relationships and medical history. We also believe that families have a vital role to play in the recovery process, and each addiction treatment program has a place for family participation, to educate them in the treatment process and to equip them for their role as supporters.

Recovery from addiction is just a click or a phone call away. If the information information you are looking for is not found here you may contact us:

Addiction Treatment for adults and young adults: 1-888-387-6237
http://www.covecenterforrecovery.com/
Addiction Treatment for Teens: 1-888-757-6237
http://www.inspirationsyouth.com/
http://www.inspirationsteenrehab.com/

Predicting Factors of Addiction

Drugs were originally made to benefit the public by improving human health; introducing the notion of modern medicine. However, there is a side effect of having this new form of modernism that was not foreseen: abuse of prescription drugs. When these prescription medicines are used improperly they cause problems for the drug user and society.

So what causes someone to become addicted?

The answer is complex just like the causes that contribute to drug addiction. Some causes are still unknown and unclear. Some factors of drug addiction are known, such as your environment, heredity, and biochemical reactions inside your brain. Repeated drug use, usually for drugs that are easy to get a hold of like prescription drugs, causes the user to become dependent, addicted. Tolerance to these drugs plays a large role and constitutes physical dependency. To feel the same effect of the drug, the drug user has to take larger amounts each time. When an addiction cannot be controlled and the drug abuser cannot get a hold of the drug, they will experience what is known as withdrawal symptoms. When there is no physical dependency, there can a psychological dependency on the drugs, especially with drugs such as marijuana. The drug user will develop an emotional compulsive need to get a hold of the drug. Addiction is usually defined by a combination of compulsion to use the drugs and being preoccupied to get the substances.

All of this talk of physical and psychological dependency leads to try to uncover the truth of the rumor of an addictive personality. The truth is that drug addiction can be genetically inherited. The theory is that a person most likely inherited several factors that increase their risk for drug addiction to occur. Psychological and environmental aspects also play a part in the addiction. Some of these factors that can cause someone to use drugs are stress, anxiety, family disorders, lack of self-esteem, peer and social pressures, and bad living conditions.
 
 If you have come across our article, is because you or someone you love is in need of help for drug addiction. Cove Center for Recovery is an Addiction Treatment Facility offering a premier drug addiction treatment program featuring both residential addiction treatment and non residential addiction treatment. Our aim is to treat the whole person, and not just an isolated symptom. During the addiction treatment process we will work with the client to identify the factors that may have contributed to their addiction– home, work, relationships and medical history. We also believe that families have a vital role to play in the recovery process, and each program has a place for family participation, to educate them in the addiction treatment process and to equip them for their role as supporters.

Reach out to us. Recovery from addiction is just a click or a phone call away. If the information you are looking for is not found here and you need immediate attention you may contact us:

Addiction Treatment for adults and young adults: 1-888-387-6237 http://www.covecenterforrecovery.com

Addiction Treatment for Teens: 1-888-757-6237
http://www.inspirationsyouth.com

Drug Rehab Facilities are Getting Creative, Aggressive and Effective in Treating Individuals with Drug and Alcohol Addiction

It has been many years that drug addiction or alcohol addiction has been correctly labeled as a disease.
As our attitude towards drug and alcohol addiction changed, we as a society became more understanding of the plight of drug addicts and their daily struggle for their addiction recovery.

This changing attitude brought up many different ways of addiction recovery including drug oriented approach such as Suboxone (Semisynthetic Opioid) and Methadone (synthetic opioid developed in Germany in 1937) and non-drug oriented approach like holistic drug addiction recovery or holistic alcohol addiction recovery.

At Cove Center for Recovery, in realizing the many different methods and programs of addiction treatment, and the many different ways that addicted individuals respond to treatment, we apply a combination of therapies.

Our inpatient drug rehab programs deal with addiction, recovery and codependency with the tools of therapy and spirituality. We educate, treat and train men and women inflicted with drug addiction or alcohol addiction, to change their lifestyle in order to first and foremost, break the chain of addiction and just as importantly as treating addiction to reduce the chance of relapse.

The causes of drug addiction or alcohol addiction are different in men and women. Women, for the most part, respond more favorably to treatment of their drug addiction or alcohol abuse when the emotional aspect of their life and lifestyle is factored in their addiction therapy.

Cove Center for Recovery provides gender oriented therapy that addresses special needs of women and men in their journey to drug and alcohol addiction recovery. In reality, when incorporating the underlying causes or issues that contributed to one’s alcohol or drug addiction, the chances of relapse for that person is reduced as well.

Call Cove Center for Recovery and talk to one of our certified drug rehab therapists to find out about our alcohol rehabilitation program, drug rehabilitation program and how they incorporate various proven therapies like the 12 step, cognitive therapy and holistic drug treatment therapy to achieve results.

For more information on our Addiction Treatment for adults and young adults call us at 1-888-387-6237
Visit website at: http://www.covecenterforrecovery.com/


For information on Addiction Treatment for teens, contact 1-888-757-6237
Visit our website at: http://www.inspirationsyouth.com/