Heroin Addiction
Heroin Addiction
When you confront a person about their heroin addiction, you will probably be given a big long speech about how the addict is not actually addicted, how he can quit using his drug of choice whenever he wants, how his heroin addiction is no big deal and, eventually, the speech will end up by saying “it’s not like I’m a heroin addict”.
Why Heroin Addiction vs other drugs?
Addicts use heroin because, as it takes effect, it causes the addict to feel a sense of intense euphoria. As the heroin takes hold, this euphoria scales down until the user feels deeply relaxed. After a while, the heroin user loses his ability to function mentally because the drug depresses his central nervous system. The effects of heroin include slower movements, impaired vision, slurred speech, small pupils, vomiting and even constipation. The “coming down” is the reason that people get so easily addicted to the drug. They will take a second dose of heroin to stop the “coming down effects” and the longer a person does this, the worse the effects of coming down become.
Heroin addiction- What does it look like?
A person who has a heroin addiction will have collapsed veins (due to the regular injections of the drug), heart and valve infections, liver disease, problems breathing, and can easily develop pneumonia and organ disease. When an addict tries to stop using heroin, he will experience bone pain, vomiting, constipation or diarrhea, insomnia, intense cravings for the drug and intense restlessness. Most withdrawal symptoms can start to take hold in as little as two days after the person finishes coming down from his last heroin injection and can last as long as a week.
Heroin addiction- Why is it so dangerous?
It is important to note that any type of drug addiction is dangerous and heroin addiction can be more harrowing than other types of addictions drug users develop. Because the drug affects a heroin addict’s ability to breathe and fight infection, the heroin addict has a harder time fighting off illnesses that would normally not be a big deal; the common cold can spell disaster for a heroin addict. If you are afraid that someone you know has a heroin addiction it is important to find a way to get the person to enter a drug treatment program.
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By will, June 2, 2009 @ 10:37 am
I have abused all types of drugs. Most drugs I was able to put down. Heroin is the one drug that brought me to my knees. I couldnt live without this drug. It controlled my every thought every movement. heroin addiction took me down roads i dont ever want to go down again. I had to go to a detox then a rehab that had treatment for heroin addiction.
By dennis, June 4, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
I can tell you all about heroin addiction. I have been abusing heroin half my life. Once you break the cycle and detox then go to a drug rehab you can be free from active addiction.
By Dana, June 4, 2009 @ 1:38 pm
I have a heroin addiction. I need to go to detox and then a drug and alcohol treatment center. It’s not fun withdrawing from heroin. And its definitely not fun. Im seeking help from a christian drug rehab center. Im hoping this will help with my addiction
By Stacy, June 4, 2009 @ 2:43 pm
I never thought that I would end up with a heroin addiction. But I guess it can happen to the best of us. All that matters is that I’m dealing with it now and I’m getting the help I need. I am currently at a christian drug treatment facility in Florida. I’m ready to start my new life. Things are looking bright.
By Lonnie, June 4, 2009 @ 4:05 pm
What should I do first if im looking to get help from heroin addiction. I really dont feel like going through withdrawls. Heroin controls you every move. I am physically addicted and I need to get help.
By Brian, June 5, 2009 @ 10:36 am
What can I say about heroin addiction. Quitting heroin was probably the hardest thing I have ever done.It is possible if you are willing. As addicts if we put our minds to anything we can accomplish it. we are bright people. drugs and alcohol dont have to be in control.
By Janet, June 6, 2009 @ 10:37 am
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on March 19, 2009
Whats the difference between a inpatient drug and alcohol program V.S an intensive outpatient drug and alcohol program? the most common type of Intensive out patient drug and alcohol rehab is where you live at home and for a couple hours a day you go to group therapy and individual one on one therapy sessions. they also have Residental intensive outpatient rehabs where you live at their residence but its a realistic home setting. inpatient drug and alcohol rehabillitation is living on the programs facility and its more of a clinical atmosphere. They both work weel with drug and alcohol addiction it just depens on the individual.
By melissa, June 8, 2009 @ 11:29 am
I thought I would be the last person to ever go to a christian drug and alcohol rehab l. Just the word “GOD” made me nervous. I was never really a religious person. I always said I was a christian. It wasn’t until I was on my face for the last time that a wonderful christian reached his hand out and wanted to help me. He happened to own a christian treatment center. Let’s just say I had no money. But he still helped me. He had seen what the drugs and alcohol had done to me. When I got to this christian drug and alcohol program I did’t realy no what to expect. But I was willing to get help anyway I could. This rehab still had all the normal stuff like therapy,counsciling, relapse prevention. But it had some spirituality behind it. I beleive I got more out of that anything. It brought me hope. I had faith that I could live happy. Guess what? Today I live happy and I’m closer to god than I have ever been. I wouldn’t change a thing today. LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!
By Rosealine, June 10, 2009 @ 12:16 pm
When you think of drug addiction, what kind of picture do you get in your mind? Do you see a person dressed in tattered clothes sitting in a rain soaked alley with needle in hand? Do you picture addiction in terms of a person begging on the street for money to buy just one more. Heroin addiction can affect anyone. You may not even know they have a drug problem. They can look like healthy normal people.
By pedro, June 10, 2009 @ 12:43 pm
In-Patient can be either short-term or long-term, depending on the needs of the patient, and all too sadly, the patient’s ability to pay. People have a busy schedule of therapy sessions, which are not limited to drug addiction but can include job counseling, socialization skills, etc. The day is filled from early morning to bedtime
By raphael, June 10, 2009 @ 12:44 pm
Out-Patient heroin and cocaine can be very similar only sometimes people just come in for their therapy sessions, but are well enough to go home at the end of the day. These programs are well-designed for people with jobs, people who have family support and access to resources.
By ryan, June 11, 2009 @ 11:31 am
A drug addiction problem usually passes slowly through several phases. Just because someone you know has not lost everything he or she owns to drugs does not necessarily mean that he or she does not have a drug addiction problem.
By Grace, June 11, 2009 @ 11:54 am
Sometimes, the problem of drug addiction is closely related to the person’s genes and it can therefore even be inherited from other family members.
By Taylor, June 12, 2009 @ 1:21 pm
Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seedpod of the Asian poppy plant. Heroin usually appears as a white or brown powder. Street names for heroin include “smack,” “H,” “skag,” and “junk.” Other names may refer to types of heroin produced in a specific geographical area, such as “Mexican black tar.”
By Chris, June 12, 2009 @ 1:22 pm
Heroin is an illegal, highly addictive drug. It is both the most abused and the most rapidly acting of the opiates. Heroin is processed from morphine, a naturally occurring substance extracted from the seed pod of certain varieties of poppy plants. It is typically sold as a white or brownish powder or as the black sticky substance known on the streets as “black tar heroin.”
By jake, June 12, 2009 @ 1:24 pm
Heroin is usually injected, sniffed/snorted, or smoked. Typically, a heroin abuser may inject up to four times a day. Intravenous injection provides the greatest intensity and most rapid onset of euphoria (7 to 8 seconds), while intramuscular injection produces a relatively slow onset of euphoria (5 to 8 minutes). When heroin is sniffed or smoked, peak effects are usually felt within 10 to 15 minutes. Although smoking and sniffing heroin do not produce a “rush” as quickly or as intensely as intravenous injection, NIDA researchers have confirmed that all three forms of heroin administration are addictive.
By nino, June 12, 2009 @ 1:25 pm
Medical consequences of chronic heroin abuse include scarred and/or collapsed veins, bacterial infections of the blood vessels and heart valves, abscesses (boils) and other soft-tissue infections, and liver or kidney disease. Lung complications (including various types of pneumonia and tuberculosis) may result from the poor health condition of the abuser as well as from heroin’s depressing effects on respiration. Many of the additives in street heroin may include substances that do not readily dissolve and result in clogging the blood vessels that lead to the lungs, liver, kidneys, or brain. This can cause infection or even death of small patches of cells in vital organs. Immune reactions to these or other contaminants can cause arthritis or other rheumatologic problems
By Grace, June 12, 2009 @ 1:27 pm
Heroin abuse can cause serious complications during pregnancy, including miscarriage and premature delivery. Children born to addicted mothers are at greater risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), as well. Pregnant women should not be detoxified from opiates because of the increased risk of spontaneous abortion or premature delivery; rather, treatment with methadone is strongly advised. Although infants born to mothers taking prescribed methadone may show signs of physical dependence, they can be treated easily and safely in the nursery. Research has demonstrated also that the effects of in utero exposure to methadone are relatively benign
By Lisa, June 12, 2009 @ 1:28 pm
A variety of effective treatments are available for heroin addiction. Treatment tends to be more effective when heroin abuse is identified early. The treatments that follow vary depending on the individual, but methadone, a synthetic opiate that blocks the effects of heroin and eliminates withdrawal symptoms, has a proven record of success for people addicted to heroin. Other pharmaceutical approaches, like LAAM (levo-alpha-acetyl-methadol) and buprenorphine, and many behavioral therapies also are used for treating heroin addiction.
By vince, June 12, 2009 @ 1:47 pm
The primary objective of detoxification is to relieve withdrawal symptoms while patients adjust to a drug-free state. Not in itself a treatment for addiction, detoxification is a useful step only when it leads into long-term treatment that is either drug-free (residential or outpatient) or uses medications as part of the treatment. The best documented drug-free treatments are the therapeutic community residential programs lasting at least 3o – 9o days..
By Billy, June 18, 2009 @ 3:30 pm
Heroin is one of the most potent and addictive illegal drugs out . Whether shooting, snorting or smoking, you can become addicted to heroin from the first use. If you expect someone you love is doing heroin be sure to get help from a drug rehab facility immediately.
By Logan, June 18, 2009 @ 3:32 pm
heroin really does not care what race, creed, color, gender, sex, national origin or any other factor, it has been discovered that certain ethnic groups may tend to use different types of heroin. But in the end it damages lives of the addicts and family members and friends.
By Darnell, June 18, 2009 @ 3:34 pm
Drug and alcohol rehabs for marijuana. Drug treatment centers for cocaine. Drug rehabs facilities for alcohol. Drug rehabs for all types od drug addictions. Get help if you want to live a drug free life.
By Pandora, June 18, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
Heroin can be in liquid or powder form. Usually it comes in a in powder form. And, usually has a white color or brown color, which makes it easier to break down or mix with all sorts of different things like powdered sugar, flour, cornstarch, or strychnine. It is dangerous drug and can be deadly if abused.
By Levi, June 18, 2009 @ 3:38 pm
Heroin, a addictive hardcore drug, comes from morphine, which is processed from the seedpods of the poppy plant.
Usually found in powder form, heroin can be white or brown. It can be cut or mixed. If the other ingredient is another form of a different drug, that can be deadly
By Finch, June 18, 2009 @ 3:40 pm
The drug Heroin comes from morphine. Morphine comes from the seedpods of poppy plants. It occurs in these pods. Some heroin is produced in other parts of the world. it is a very dangerous and addictive drug. It can lead to death by overdose.
By Wally, June 18, 2009 @ 3:47 pm
Heroin can be used in several different ways. It can be snorted, shot, or smoked. Heroin is dangerous because once it is in your brain it is rapidly metabolized. Heroin does not only become mentally addictive it becomes physically addictive. Addicts cant function like normal without the drug on their system.
By bob, June 18, 2009 @ 3:50 pm
Heroin can be found in many forms. Pure Heroin is pure white in color and has a sour taste, but heroin can be found in colors that vary from white to dark brown. If you know someone addicted to this lethal drug try and seek help from a drug addiction treatment center.
By Pedro, June 18, 2009 @ 4:10 pm
Heroin is the derivative of morphine. It is synthesized from morphine When this systemization occurs, the drug is complete, and it is what is most commonly known as street Heroin. Finding help from a drug treatment center can help with your addiction to the drug.
By calvin, June 18, 2009 @ 11:29 pm
Im a recovering heroin addict. i have been clean for almost 6 months. I have had some ups and downs sice I have gotten clean and sober. But I know if i trust in god and do the right thing things will work out the way they are supposed to.
By eric, June 18, 2009 @ 11:33 pm
if you have a heroin addiction like i did here is the best way to get clean and sober. First I went to a drug detox. then I went into a christian drug and alcohol rehab. from there i went to a sober living community and halfway house. And continued to to go to 12 step meetings.
By wilson, June 18, 2009 @ 11:45 pm
Any addict can over come heroin addiction. As long as you are willing to put the drugs down. Seek detox and drug treatment. And find a support network and go to 12 step drug and alcohol meetings.
By Willie, June 19, 2009 @ 11:09 am
Its almost impossible to stop a heroin addiction with out going to a detox center. I have tried to quit heroin and opiates on my own and it never worked. I had success when I went to detox. From there I went to a drug treatment program. Today I am free from drugs and alcohol.
By Clyde, June 19, 2009 @ 11:24 am
heroin addiction is not a pretty sight. The whole lifestyle and addiction can be heart breaking. Ypu will become a complete slave to the drug. There is no other addiction quite like it. It destoys and kills. Heroin is not a drug to be played with. Drug treatment can help with a heroin addiction.
By johnny, June 19, 2009 @ 2:35 pm
My heroin addiction has ruined my life. I cant explain what this drug has done to me. It has left me empty and hollow. I love myself to much to keep doing this to myself. I want help with my addiction. Please show me how to live without drugs and alcohol.
By Milton, June 22, 2009 @ 11:16 am
Heroin addiction is running my life. I am physically addicted and need heroin to function at a normal phase. I tried to quit this addictive drug but i cant seem to stop. I need a detox and drug treatment.
By leroy, June 22, 2009 @ 12:15 pm
heroin addiction can be beat. With the proper drug treatment center and the proper drug therapy heroin can be put down. just become willing and put your trust in god.
By Mike, June 22, 2009 @ 2:12 pm
I am very ashamed of my heroin addiction. But I ty to put the misery of drugs and alcohol in the past. I look forward today. I never look behind any more. I have an addiction and i have to deal with it. I cant change the past. I can only learn from it.
By Kyle, June 25, 2009 @ 2:57 pm
heroin addiction is a killer. heroin is a drug that should not be used. Many overdoses are from the use of heroin. This drug is used a couple different ways. it can be sot snorted and smoked.
By Randy, June 29, 2009 @ 12:14 pm
My heroin addiction is running my life. I cant even get out of bed without my heroin. If i go a day with out it I will get dope sick. I need to go to a drug detox and a drug and alcohol rehab center.
By Paul, July 9, 2009 @ 1:15 pm
Heroin addiction is like no other. It is a physical and mental addiction. Florida drug treatment centers are helping addicts with their heroin addiction.
By alex, July 17, 2009 @ 12:36 pm
Heroin addiction is a physical and mental addiction. Getting off of a heroin addiction is not easy. Going to detox is the first step. then an drug treatment center. then continuing a 12 step recovery program.