Virtually every marijuana addiction treatment involves counseling, behavioral therapies, and a support system. Marijuana itself is emotionally and mentally addictive. When a person is addicted they often identify themselves as users, but not abusers. These users will seldom have friends who don't smoke. This person's conversation will tend to center around marijuana. Friends and family realize that this person won't do anything without smoking first. Drug addiction, in general, is complex but treatable. Nearly 25 million people addicted to illegal drugs need programs for recovery. However, many people, who are addicted, admit or recognize that marijuana is also a drug. Even so, more than 150,000 people annually admit they are plagued by this condition. As with all addiction, this addiction is characterized by compulsive behavior, craving, seeking, and using. It's usually pretty simple to tell if someone has a real addiction. When this individual makes the proclamation that they could quit anytime, yet relapse due to an overwhelming compulsion to use marijuana; despite making own firm decision to give up the drug, addiction exists. Although this is a chronic, recurring issue for many, marijuana addiction treatment has a great rate of success when all the basic elements for effective programs are in place. "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before , as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God." (Galatians 5)
In the 1970's, the scientific community took a long hard look at addiction as a social ill. Research found that people were constantly behaving in ways that were self-destructive and destructive to the relationships with family and friends. Researchers also found that relapse after a personal commitment to give up the detrimental cycle was frequent and unrelenting. Various experimental treatments led to a comprehensive list of marijuana addiction treatment principles that have since been used with great success. The primary activities in any rehabilitation or recovery plan include: 1) detoxification, 2) treatment and, 3) relapse prevention. Detoxification may involve coping with severe withdrawal symptoms. In any case, the plan must recognize and resolve this aspect of the overall program. Furthermore, the prevention of relapse is critical for maintaining program effectiveness. The first lesson learned about program structuring was that the cookie cutter approach to treatment would doom the marijuana addiction treatment to failure. Each and every individual, though similar in many ways, will respond to treatment differently. Additionally, easy access to resources was, and remains, a critical component to people who want to reach out for help. When obtaining treatment is perceived as too cumbersome, lots of addicts will continue on with their behavior for weeks or months before getting up the courage or fortitude to proceed.
People's minds, and psychosocial needs are so different from each other that a marijuana addiction treatment option that works for a whole class of addicts may not be the right choice for an individual. When a person is an addict, there is a history or a reason why they chose that path. In most cases, it was not a conscientious choice to run to marijuana just for the enjoyment of it all; but quite the opposite. The person was attempting to escape from something or someone. As a child, it may make complete sense to escape an abusive parent or a neglectful situation. However, once a person reaches the age of legal adulthood, these same constraints are no longer an actual threat, but a perceived one. Therefore, when a teen begins to use drugs and then continues on through adulthood, the cognitive and behavioral development is often stunted. The impact on the person is that he or she has an inability to move forward in life without dealing with the past demons. This component of marijuana addiction treatment cannot be brushed over or ignored. Assessment of the individual, including their particular circumstances, and then developing an adequate service plan to meet a person's needs is the beginning of effective treatment.
Any plan of action should be carefully set up with both long and short term objectives. As each objective is met, identification of new, deeper, better objectives will take recovery into overdrive. It is important to recognize that one of the underlying causes of any type of addiction, may be a mental disorder. When there are co-existing mental conditions, each disorder must be treated separately, yet integrated in approach. There may be a need for medical, as well as, counseling and other treatment modalities that work in concert with one another for the person's benefit. Addiction recovery is often rife with relapses. Measuring the successful of the behavior modification will include scheduled and intermittent drug screenings. It would be counterproductive to go along as if a person could never relapse. A good marijuana addiction treatment program will need a way to measure the effectiveness of the program. Not "using" is a great score card.
With the high incidence of relapse for people who have been clean only a short period, follow-up even after the formal program has been completed is a very important aspect of a well-rounded, well-executed, and effective marijuana addiction treatment program. Post treatment encompasses a variety of programs with different goals as outlined: 1) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy seeks to deal with recognition, avoidance, and the ability to cope with situations, 2) Multidimensional Family Therapy addresses the influences to actual drug use, 3) Motivational Interviewing is actual one-on-one inspiration for those who are ready and willing to change their behaviors, and 4) Contingency Management encourages abstinence from drugs through positive reinforcement. Most program providers have a minimum length of time that a person should remain in the program, no matter what kind of progress they are making. Recovery from surgery takes time. Recovery from the break-up of a relationship takes time. It only makes sense that recovery from a life of self-abuse takes time as well.
In the 1970's, the scientific community took a long hard look at addiction as a social ill. Research found that people were constantly behaving in ways that were self-destructive and destructive to the relationships with family and friends. Researchers also found that relapse after a personal commitment to give up the detrimental cycle was frequent and unrelenting. Various experimental treatments led to a comprehensive list of marijuana addiction treatment principles that have since been used with great success. The primary activities in any rehabilitation or recovery plan include: 1) detoxification, 2) treatment and, 3) relapse prevention. Detoxification may involve coping with severe withdrawal symptoms. In any case, the plan must recognize and resolve this aspect of the overall program. Furthermore, the prevention of relapse is critical for maintaining program effectiveness. The first lesson learned about program structuring was that the cookie cutter approach to treatment would doom the marijuana addiction treatment to failure. Each and every individual, though similar in many ways, will respond to treatment differently. Additionally, easy access to resources was, and remains, a critical component to people who want to reach out for help. When obtaining treatment is perceived as too cumbersome, lots of addicts will continue on with their behavior for weeks or months before getting up the courage or fortitude to proceed.
People's minds, and psychosocial needs are so different from each other that a marijuana addiction treatment option that works for a whole class of addicts may not be the right choice for an individual. When a person is an addict, there is a history or a reason why they chose that path. In most cases, it was not a conscientious choice to run to marijuana just for the enjoyment of it all; but quite the opposite. The person was attempting to escape from something or someone. As a child, it may make complete sense to escape an abusive parent or a neglectful situation. However, once a person reaches the age of legal adulthood, these same constraints are no longer an actual threat, but a perceived one. Therefore, when a teen begins to use drugs and then continues on through adulthood, the cognitive and behavioral development is often stunted. The impact on the person is that he or she has an inability to move forward in life without dealing with the past demons. This component of marijuana addiction treatment cannot be brushed over or ignored. Assessment of the individual, including their particular circumstances, and then developing an adequate service plan to meet a person's needs is the beginning of effective treatment.
Any plan of action should be carefully set up with both long and short term objectives. As each objective is met, identification of new, deeper, better objectives will take recovery into overdrive. It is important to recognize that one of the underlying causes of any type of addiction, may be a mental disorder. When there are co-existing mental conditions, each disorder must be treated separately, yet integrated in approach. There may be a need for medical, as well as, counseling and other treatment modalities that work in concert with one another for the person's benefit. Addiction recovery is often rife with relapses. Measuring the successful of the behavior modification will include scheduled and intermittent drug screenings. It would be counterproductive to go along as if a person could never relapse. A good marijuana addiction treatment program will need a way to measure the effectiveness of the program. Not "using" is a great score card.
With the high incidence of relapse for people who have been clean only a short period, follow-up even after the formal program has been completed is a very important aspect of a well-rounded, well-executed, and effective marijuana addiction treatment program. Post treatment encompasses a variety of programs with different goals as outlined: 1) Cognitive Behavioral Therapy seeks to deal with recognition, avoidance, and the ability to cope with situations, 2) Multidimensional Family Therapy addresses the influences to actual drug use, 3) Motivational Interviewing is actual one-on-one inspiration for those who are ready and willing to change their behaviors, and 4) Contingency Management encourages abstinence from drugs through positive reinforcement. Most program providers have a minimum length of time that a person should remain in the program, no matter what kind of progress they are making. Recovery from surgery takes time. Recovery from the break-up of a relationship takes time. It only makes sense that recovery from a life of self-abuse takes time as well.
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