5 reasons to seek help for addictions

We review several of the benefits that addicted people experience when rehabilitating.

A person with an addiction problemIn the early stages of addiction, they may not see it for what it is. Therefore, he/she does not realize the need to ask for guidance, support and help. He/she may feel frustration, helplessness, confusion, despair, but still there is no request for help or intention to change because there is no awareness of the problem or perception of the risks it may entail.

Once the addicted person manages to make visible and recognize the existence of a problem, and accepts that he/she needs help, it is very important to start and follow a complex path of recovery in order to stop this harmful behavior, among other things...

Next we will see what consumption logic is behind addictions, why it is good to seek help to get out of them as soon as possible...and where to start.

Reasons to seek addiction help.

Below you can see why a proper withdrawal from substance use is necessary to get out of the serious problem of addiction.

1. Quitting is the beginning

When you stop using, you begin to go through the different situations of everyday life in a new way, with the reactivation of your own resources and without the need for substance use. It is essential to to get really involved in a specialized treatmentIt is essential to be truly involved in a specialized treatment, which starts with the cessation of consumption (detoxification and detoxification stage) and continues with the construction of healthy life habits, development of personal growth projects, improvement in the ways of relating with others, new ways of resolving intra and interpersonal conflicts.

Protective factors are identified

In a specialized addiction treatment, work is done on the strengthening of potentialities and capacities.. For example, it will be important to observe and enhance whether the person has the capacity to make decisions, control emotions and impulses, self-observation, (to know oneself better and better). In addition, self-esteem is improved, and the presence of support networks that accompany this person and the motivation to study and/or work also constitute other valuable protective factors.

In this way, the person tries to build up through therapy a knowledge of his/her discomfort, in order to limit compulsive behaviors.The person tries to build up a knowledge of his or her discomfort through therapy in order to limit compulsive and repetitive behaviors and to understand the possible meanings and functions of his or her addiction.

In general terms, the main protective factor is within the person and lies in the awareness of his or her problem and consequent predisposition to generate changes and improve his or her quality of life.

3. Risk factors are made visible

It is important to identify unique risk factors and vulnerabilities. Personal and social aspects are investigated, placing drug use within the individual and family history.

Thus, as opposed to protective factors, the lack of support and containment from family, friends and institutionsand institutions, lack of motivation, anhedonia and abulia, and especially, lack of awareness of the health problem constitute strong risk factors.

4. Changes occur

Changes are experienced changes in doing, thinking and feeling, Therefore, certain crises may be experienced insofar as these changes produce contradictions or a feeling of strangeness when implementing new resources that are very different from those implemented in times of consumption. Therefore, these critical moments can be considered as inherent to this stage and even expected and necessary.

Probably before treatment it was common to evade or calm anguish, anger, sadness, loneliness, fears, shame, impotence, (among other feelings, emotions and problems of daily life) with substance use, interpreting it as a way out, refuge or support to evade or forget an unbearable situation. evade or forget an unbearable situation..

5. New resources are built

During treatment, in the face of painful feelings or conflicts, new resources are built and implemented, new resources are built and implementedThese are expected to continue to develop and strengthen after treatment.

One example is the resolution of conflicts through words, perhaps something unthinkable in a situation of consumption, where the act (usually violent, towards third parties and/or oneself) replaced the word.

Other examples are: incorporating health and body care habits, such as healthy eating and physical activity, promoting spaces for listening and family dialogue, putting into words what was previously silenced and made people sick, entrepreneurship, training and personal growth through self-care practices.