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Alaska Cocaine Addiction Help

The most important thing to do at this point if help is needed, is to get educated. Not all rehabilitation centers are created equally. Different methods, different philosophies, different locations all can make for a successful recovery or not.
It's important to know that drug abuse is a symptom of an underlying problem. Treating the symptoms only would be a disservice to the addict. Relapse could be just a stressful situation away.

One thing is for certain, for a drug addict, the dwindling spiral will continue on its downward path unless action is taken. NOW is the time to do something before the addicted person winds up in jail or dead of an overdose or accident. Unfortunately past failed attempts to overcome addiction only further depress the individual so it comes as no surprise that fear and hesitation.

In the state of Alaska there is an increased need for effective drug and alcohol rehab and addiction treatment centers as drug and alcohol use continues to escalate. Drug use erodes the quality of life not only for the user, but for their families and communities. Marriages and families are torn apart by mistrust, betrayal, fear and anger. Careers are ruined; companies lose millions of dollars in lost production time; cities and suburbs become degraded by the increased crime and violence that goes with drug trafficking and drug addiction.

From city to suburb to rural life, drug and alcohol use and abuse continues to undermine the quality of life for Alaska citizens. To do nothing for the addict, should not be an option. Something can be done; help is available.

The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reports that due to its non-contiguous location with the rest of the United States and shared border with Canada, Alaska is both a transshipment state as well as a consumer state for controlled substances. Cocaine continues to be imported into Alaska and is available throughout the state. Though methamphetamine lab seizures are down, methamphetamine imported into Alaska continues to be available. Drug trafficking organizations in Alaska also engage in money laundering by using a variety of methods to legitimize and reposition illicit proceeds.

Various organizations are involved in trafficking cocaine in Alaska. Crack cocaine also continues to be a threat in Alaska, with many organizations dealing in both cocaine and crack. These organizations obtain cocaine from the lower 48 states. Due to Alaska’s remote location, these organizations are able to resell cocaine in Alaska at grossly inflated rates.*

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The Damage to Society

The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA*) at Columbia University shows in a recent report that state governments spend, on average, over 15 percent of their entire budgets on substance abuse and addiction and its consequences. Unfortunately, for every dollar states spend on this problem, 94 cents goes to handle the consequences in public programs such as health care, criminal justice, education, child welfare and mental health -- and only about 2 pennies go to prevention, treatment and research programs to reduce this burden. This upside-down public policy wastes billions in taxpayer dollars at a time when resources are scarce. The state of Alaska is no exception.

Choosing a Drug Rehab and Addiction Treatment Program

Just in the state of Alaska, there are many different types of drug rehab and treatment facilities. Of course the common goal of all addiction treatment programs is to help end addiction for the individual. In Alaska and across the United States, a variety of techniques and methods are being used. Some of the well known treatment methods in Alaska include the twelve-step method, relapse prevention, one-on-one counseling, drug rehabilitation, behavioral modification, cognitive therapy, support groups, sober living, therapeutic communities, AA , NA, inpatient, and outpatient drug rehab programs. With so many types of treatment centers available in Alaska, making a decision can be difficult. Unfortunately, many uninformed addicts can go from rehab to rehab looking for the one that is right for them.

It becomes self evident that an effective drug treatment program is the most prudent way to deal with criminal addicts in order to stop the continuing cycle of drug abuse, damage to society and a battered tax dollar criminal-justice system.

Should a chronic drug abuser attend a treatment program close to home?

Drug and alcohol addiction typically involves habitual routines in the environmental scope of the individual, i.e. the locations of their drug or alcohol use, the people they associated with in the activities of drug or alcohol use, etc. Drug or alcohol addiction is not just drug and alcohol use, it revolves around people and things in their immediate environment which help to trigger the addictive behavior. The abusers location and routines of drug and alcohol use further trigger drug and alcohol use. It is the constant and seemingly unstoppable drug or alcohol use and the hopelessness of day to day existence which perpetuates the problem and inhibits the native desire to stop ruining their life through the use of drugs and alcohol.

The above factor should not be over looked when considering a treatment center location. The first two weeks of treatment are always the most difficult. There many factors at work to make this so. In addition to what has been covered above, a more basic factor is this; people are creatures of habit. Even overwhelmingly positive and beneficial changes in life, such as the birth of a child or a new job does not guarantee the individual will have no thoughts of missing past negative activities such as, drug or alcohol use, drug or drinking acquaintances and other associated activities. Factually this is the normal reactive auto response of most human beings - to do what they are familiar with - good or bad. It is not really that they yearn for these things, it is just all that they have known for some time. If the abuser is close to home when overwhelming feelings manifest themselves, there is a good chance he or she will leave and get back to what they know, drug addiction, as it is not very far away.  Due to these factors, attending a drug rehab close to home is seldom the correct treatment option for chronic drug or alcohol abusers. It is extremely therapeutic to be distanced from their former association with drug dealers, bars, the cabinet where the alcohol was kept, the cigar box where the cocaine was stored, etc. All these triggers make the task of sobriety seem insurmountable to the chronic drug or alcohol abuser as these triggers continuously stimulate a reminder of their past addictive behaviors.

For individuals with a severe drug or alcohol addiction problem, choosing  a long-term inpatient drug rehab treatment program is another key to a successful outcome.

By providing a new, safe trigger free environment, distanced from past negative associations and surroundings for an extended period of time, the chance for success increases dramatically.

Our cocaine addiction rehab treatment program provides people with positive circumstances to increase their chances for a successful recovery. The vast majority of students entering our program, around (80%), are from out of state or from other countries.

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