Heroin & Opioid Addiction Recovery
There is currently an opioid epidemic in the United States. Opioids are among the most common drugs that claim lives each year. These include prescription drugs, which can become addictive when taken inappropriately, and the street drug, heroin. Though these drugs are potent and potentially fatal, there is hope in sobriety. Recovery is entirely possible for those who are addicted.
Magnolia Recovery is a 12-Step Immersion home offering a safe, temptation free environment outside of Charleston, SC to work through the 12-steps. Contact us to learn more.
About Opiods
Common types of opioids include morphine, codeine, fentanyl, Vicodin, tramadol, Percocet, oxycodone, and heroin. Opioids are some of the deadliest drugs to abuse, with fatal consequences for overdosing. In addition to potentially deadly side effects like slowing your breathing and heart rate, opioids are highly addictive. It doesn’t take long to get hooked and increase risk of overdosing.
Symptoms of Addiction
Physical changes that occur when using this drug are often dramatic and hard to miss compared to other drugs. Symptoms of opioid addiction and abuse can include drowsiness, fatigue, slurred speech, and dramatic mental health changes—like becoming very uninterested in things one previously used to enjoy or showing great irritation.
Opioid Addiction: How It Works
Opioid use essentially produces a massive surplus of hormones in the pleasure center of the brain. Specifically, these drugs trigger the brain to release excess amounts of dopamine, which is found in the reward center of the brain. This process gives rise to a sense of need and urgency to experience the rush of dopamine over and over again, resulting ultimately in addiction.
Understanding Withdrawal
Addiction can turn into or include physical dependence. This means that the body becomes so accustomed to the drug that simply not using it can result in painful withdrawal symptoms. This can make breaking an addiction more difficult and even physically painful.
Withdrawal symptoms can include but aren’t limited to insomnia, nausea, muscle pain, anxiety, muscle tremors, and joint pain. When recovering, it’s important to remember that these symptoms are not permanent. Depending on your previous usage, withdrawal symptoms cans last from a few days to a week. If you experience more severe symptoms, you may need to work with a doctor to access medications that can ease your withdrawal.
Magnolia Recovery Can Help You
As with other addictions, the 12 Step program can help you work through the underlying issues in your life that cause you to abuse drugs. Magnolia Recovery provides a safe environment for recovering alcoholics and addicts to work through the recovery process. Here you’ll have a tranquil, rural environment in which to focus on your recovery with like-minded women in the beautiful South Carolina low country.
Whether you or a loved one are struggling with opioid addiction, know that there is hope in sobriety! Magnolia Recovery can support you in your journey to recovery.