Handling Depression Without Drugs
When a person has been abusing drugs for a period of time, there are certain factors that keep him (or her) locked in that addiction. If these factors are not addressed by the addiction treatment program he chooses, it is very possible that any resulting sobriety will be short-lived.
One of these factors is depression. This condition is a natural result of addiction for a number of reasons. One is that an addicted person’s body becomes depleted of the nutrients that are needed for good health. Those nutrients are also needed for mental balance. When drugs destroy the nutrients stored in a person’s body and when an unhealthy lifestyle fails to provide replacements, a low mood can result.
It’s not hard to remedy this situation with nutritional supplements, but many—if not most—drug rehab programs choose to prescribe mood elevating drugs. Wellbutrin, Celebrex, Paxil and Prozac are examples of antidepressants that may be unnecessarily prescribed at this time.
Losses Also Add Up to Depression.
When an addicted person has lost everything of value as a result of addiction, it is understandable that he (or she) would be depressed. When he has tried to get sober over and over again and has failed, it is a natural result to be depressed. An addicted person may feel that he is so trapped in addiction, he has nothing to live for. When a person begins to see that he can overcome addiction, that he can build a new sober life, this can also lift depression.
This is the usual outcome of a person completing the Narconon drug and alcohol recovery program. A person who once thought he could never control his cravings now sees his cravings fade away. Another person who violated his personal integrity and now feels degraded can learn how to make that feeling lift off his shoulders, leaving him optimistic about the future.
The life skills portion of the Narconon program enables each person in recovery to build a new life, step by step. Morals, integrity, problem-solving, communication, perceptions—each of these aspects of healthy living are addressed with a life skills course on each subject. The effect of learning the basics of living sober and then applying it to one’s life is very therapeutic. A person begins to realize that addiction is now in the past and they make their present and future.
Narconon Does Not Need to Give Drugs.
At Narconon Europe rehab center, the belief is that a person can recover sobriety without the use of drugs. That’s why no drugs are ever used as part of treatment. Only nutritional supplements, exercises, sauna, life skills training and practical application of what is learned.
It is possible to forge a new life to replace the old one that was destroyed by addiction.
Find out how Narconon can help you save the life of someone you care about.
Call Narconon Europe now.
