Opium Addiction

Opium addiction has a long history. It was a problem in the 1850’s when morphine was developed as a non-addictive substitute. Morphine was soon a bigger addiction problem than opium. The morphine problem was ‘solved’ with another opium derivative – Heroin, which proved to be even more addictive than either morphine or opium. In the middle and latter parts of the 20th century along come methadone as the cure for heroin. You guessed it, methadone is stronger, more addictive, and more life threatening than any of the opium derivatives that came before it. Ask any methadone addict, or addiction professional dealing with methadone addiction and withdrawal. By the 1990’s the mortality rate from opium derivatives was estimated to be 20 times greater than the general population.

Narconon Arrowhead strongly suggests inpatient alcohol treatment. Alcoholics need a safe secure environment away from distractions. This allows them to comfortably confront issues of cravings, guilt and depression. A full and thorough handling of these three factors is vital to ensuring a future life free of the ravages of alcoholism. These three points left unhandled and unresolved are the major factors in reversion and relapses.Inpatient alcohol treatment at Narconon Arrowhead gives the individual the skills and abilities needed to face, resolve, and find relief for these factors. An alcoholic does not need to face a lifetime of constant worry and concern, Alcoholism can be beaten and the individual can create a flourishing and prospering life for themselves and their loved ones.

Effective drug or alcohol rehab starts with really understanding exactly what rehabilitation is. Rehabilitate in its broad sense means to restore to a previous condition. Any rehab to be effective needs to address the three factors which lead up to and cause addiction to continue. These are mental and physical cravings, quilt, and depression. Drug and alcohol abuse stems from mental or physical pain an individual does not wish to confront or deal with. The drugs or alcohol only appear to alleviate these conditions and after a time contribute to them as well as creating new sources in and endless cycle and trap known as addiction. Confronting and effectively handling the conditions brought about by cravings, quilt, and depression allows the addicted individual to truly ‘rehab’ him or herself and so be restored to a previous condition or at least as close as possible. Narconon Arrowhead is much more than a detox center where the individual simply quits using for a period. Narconon Arrowhead drug rehab methodologies fully handle the above factors allowing one to truly rehabilitate a previous condition and so remove the need for further drug or alcohol use as a false solution to living the life they want.

The Narconon program, unlike more traditional alcohol addiction treatments, deals with both the physical and mental problems brought about by drug and alcohol abuse. Our goal is to assist the addict, both mentally and physically, to become a whole and sane person capable of dealing with life's many and varied challenges without resorting to drugs or alcohol. The end result is a success rate that shows 70% of our graduates are still drug and alcohol free two years of completing the program. None of these solutions involves the use of any additional drugs or alcohol.

At Narconon Arrowhead alcoholism treatment takes a multi-faceted approach. First there is the necessity to cease current use of alcohol. This can sometimes require medical supervision do to the sometimes life-threatening effect of ceasing use. Then it is necessary to get all of the alcohol toxins out of the body as fully as possible. These lodge in the fat tissues in the body and can create cravings days, months, or even years after last use. The Narconon New Life Detoxification Program achieves this. By far the biggest barriers to continued sobriety are the unhandled cravings, guilt, and depression created by the alcoholic lifestyle and troubles created for self, family, loved ones, and careers. Narconon Arrowhead uses a full array of life skills training to confront and put these three vital factors to rest.