Addiction vs. Relapse

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Photo illustration: Opioid epidemic and drug abuse.


Since the early 2000s more than 800,000 Americans have died from overdosing on drugs. The big question is what causes the addiction to these drugs? People do not know the answer to that question. Is it because it helps with pain or it just makes people feel good? Studies show that even doing it one time can get someone addicted to drugs. After a period of taking the substance for a long time and multiple times a day you can experience euphoria. You also can experience withdrawal if you stop or not take enough of the drug. 

By Alyssa Valentin  Posted April 28, 2017  In Articles, Clearbrook Treatment Centers Pennsylvania

Having an opioid addiction is a disorder and you can get treatment for it. These types of treatment don’t work for everyone but they can definitely help. One way of treatment is getting put on medications that are FDA- approved like buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone. Another way is getting psychological treatment that can train them for proper use for overdose and pain management. While going through treatment you can experience many different symptoms like anxiety, chills, sweating, vomiting and more. Even when all the drugs are out of your system you still should proceed with your treatment.  


Does the treatment work? Yes it can but it depends on many different things like the patient and how bad the disorder is. It also can depend on family support and the environment they are living in. So overall you can recover from addiction if you put your mind to it. 


People also don’t realize how easy it is to relapse. Sometimes it can be the simplest things like certain people or places. These things can bring back flashbacks that cause people to want to relapse. Sometimes it seems like people can never get away from drugs, it is like they are hiding in their shadows waiting for the perfect moment to get them to relapse. 


Although drugs are bad, some people believe that they have a good effect on them. People like to think that doing drugs makes them cool, they do it because they are grieving, and that it is helping them with stress. In reality it possibly can be helping that person in a good way but it also can be harming them at the same time. Prescription drugs can also be useful in many ways since they are made to help people. But some people like to abuse their prescription drug and that can cause the doctor to not prescribe it anymore or even put them in a different type of treatment.


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