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HOW TO OVERCOME THE BARRIERS TO RECOVERY:

Cravings, depression and guilt are the three parts of the harness that straps an addict into the downward spiral of drug addiction. In almost all cases, where there has been a long period of substance abuse, one finds the above three symptoms.

What is the best approach to tear down these barriers to successful recovery? Remember, persisting drug cravings are the first barrier to recovery. These are caused by drug or alcohol residues that store primarily in body fat in the form of metabolites. And as mentioned in an earlier article, metabolites are the byproduct of the body's natural processes as it tries to digest or breakdown drug toxins once they are in the system. The chemicals in these fat-stored metabolites seem to have a physical connection to memories the addict has of the experiences associated with using drug using. The metabolites can "re-activate" or come back into circulation in the body at certain later times when the former addict's body metabolism increases. Metabolism is basically the speed of a body's burning up energy. Increased metabolism is known to occur when a person is under stress, experiences strong emotion, during exercise, accompanying weight loss, etc.

Once the drug metabolite chemicals can again influence the body, whether this is perceived consciously or not, an uncontrollable urge to again use drugs can overcome the addict. The active-in-the-body metabolites trigger feelings, thoughts and attitudes about drug use in the addict, at both a physical and mental level. When a loved one or family member asks a relapsing addict, "Why did you do this again when you knew it was wrong?", and the addict answers, "You just don't understand. It was like a I had no choice! I can't explain it," the above described process of body-stored drugs re-entering circulation and triggering emotional and physical reactions might best describe what has happened.

Vitamins aid Recovery:

There are a number of methods that are being used today to address this time bomb of drugs storing in a drug user's fat tissue. One attempt is intravenous ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) treatment. Another is fasting. More and more, we are seeing emphasis shifting to "holistic" treatments as a significant component of substance abuse treatment planning.

An effective means of ridding the body of stored drug metabolites has proven to be a program of aerobic exercise combined with nutritional supplementation that utilizes Vitamin B3 (niacin) and extensive sweating in low-heat dry saunas. This detoxification method was researched and developed by L. Ron Hubbard® in 1978 and has helped improve the rate of recovery from addiction by eliminating the physical triggers that create drug cravings.

It is this process, called the New Life Detoxification Program®, that is utilized at Narconon drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers.

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