It’s a Disease!
Everything you know about addiction treatment is wrong.
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Recent scientific research has discovered new avenues of treatment by showing conclusively that addiction is a chronic physical diesase that attacks the brain, damaging key parts of the limbic system and cerebral cortex.
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The limbic system is responsible for controlling various functions of the body, including many of our emotions and motivations, particularly those that are related to survival. The limbic system is also involved in feelings of pleasureand freedom from hunger or pain. The cerebral cortex, often called the gray matter, is involved in critical thinking and reasoning. As such, it’s the cerebral cortex that limits our primitive drives, making us “civilized” and adapted to social success.
When a craving to drink or use is greater than the thought or decision for self-control or abstinence, even when the person is aware of certain negative consequences, there is conflict. The brain wants to resolve the conflict, but prior substance abuse has been damaged its ability to do so and the brain’s survival center wins out.
Traditional treatment approaches address the “thinking brain,” but do little to influence the emotional limbic system. Until recently, there was no way to reach the limbic system where urges and cravings originate. This meant that although an addict might understand and embrace the logical argument that getting high is harmful, the emotionally driven urges made it impossible to “just say no.”
There is New Hope
Enterhealth’s treatment team is able to employ modern anti-addiction medications that “quiet” the brain and rebalance it biochemistry. These medicines remove both an addict’s primal cravings to use and the associated euphoric pleasure if they do.
Once the brain has been rebalanced and “quieted” an addict will find it much easier to learn, focus, and apply the cognitive and behavioral changes used in traditional therapies to get better and achieve longer-lasting sobriety. The Enterhealth recovery program gives individuals new tools for coping with the disease of addiction.
Understanding addiction is just as important for families as it is for individuals. Once families and friends learn to see addiction as a medical condition, rather than a moral failing, they too can begin the healing process. A comprehensive and innovative approach to addiction treatment allows Enterhealth professionals to set high standards for recovery success and customer satisfaction.
Enterhealth creates individualized alcohol addiction treatment and drug addiction rehabilitation plans because we know your unique situation calls for an effective one-of-a-kind solution.
Contact Enterhealth today at 800.388.4601 to schedule an admission or email us at info@enterhealth.com for more information.
