Drug Addiction & Mental Health Treatment That’s Humane and Effective
If you’ve ever known someone suffering from drug addiction, then you are most likely already aware that with their addiction, the one you love is probably also suffering from a clinically diagnosable mental or emotional health problem. After all, depression may lead to drug use which leads to depression, and the cycle continues.
The problem with most residential drug rehab programs is that these programs offer little information on the treatments for those suffering from both types of issues. You typically get one or the other. That’s not the case at La Paloma Treatment Center, a Tennessee Drug Rehab facility that’s specifically designed for those people suffering from both addiction, and a mental or emotional problem.
If you or you’re loved one needs more than just a general drug detox, then you need to call La Paloma. Aside from being a general alcohol rehab and drug addiction treatment resort, La Paloma is a humane treatment center. A place where the staff and doctors view every resident as a person who needs their help, not as someone that’s committed a crime.
Plus, La Paloma is more like home, with a basketball court, gym, excellent food, and opportunities to enjoy daily recreation. With La Paloma on your side, you or your loved one won’t have to feel like you’re all alone to deal with the problem by yourself. Take it from someone who knows the pain. Get the right help from the right people: La Paloma.
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Great post! It is true that addicts are addicts on the surface. There are many more problems underneath. Usually, they are addicts because of other problems in their lifes that force then to look for any escape possible. Sports and exercise are the best natural mood enhancers. People who like to induce pain on themselves will love to push their body as hard as they can. These endorphins create a positive mindset which is crucial for recovering addicts.
November 27th, 2009 | #
What I am wondering is, before we became “enlightened” in the late 20th century, many people who were depressives were given opium based drugs and led perfectly happy wholesome lives thereafter. Competent psychiatrists tell us that many of the new drugs are ineffective for the treatment of several well known disorders, and they then recommend drugs like Vicodin for long term use.
My question is why we as a society make the automatic assumption that opium based drugs are ALWAYS bad, when in fact that is not the case.
As Americans, we really have bought off on the government’s war on the wrong drugs.
The reason I know that we do not have to automatically label a person in a negative way if their bodies are treated long term with opium based drugs is that my Mom, who was a wreck before she began taking Vicodin was simply a normal Mom afterward. Her body was “used” to the drug, yes. Perhaps even dependent on the drug. But, to use the word “addicted” attaches an emotional bias to the whole discussion.
If we could simply get a little “unenlightened” and understand that MAO inhibitors and other depression fighting drugs don’t work in almost 20% of the cases where opium based drugs do, I think we would come a long way in our understanding of the proper use of opium based remedies.
Instead, we as a society watch our young and old alike walk around drunk with our approval under law.
But, that’s a whole other discussion.
We just have come so far in the wrong direction regarding the use of opium based products that we are nearly hopeless.
Speak with someone about using whiskey and wrecking a car and, well, just another party guy.
Speak of someone who uses a pipe and doesn’t WANT to drive, and we have an addict.
My Mom taught me a great lesson, and we need to, as a society, cease sacrificing our youth and our depressives to the alcohol God, and use in the cases where it is appropriate, a much less harmful drug than alcohol.
Addition is not always a great way to characterize the use of ANY drug.
Beth
December 20th, 2009 | #
To webmaster: Could you change the word “addition” to the word “addiction” in the last sentence. Thanks, Beth
December 20th, 2009 | #
It is really true that Rehabilitation is the only key in destroying drug addiction but for me it depends on the person who’s using addicting drugs.
May 11th, 2011 | #