Get Back to Normal, Beverly

Battling Your Addiction from Beverly

J Just over 39,000 people call Beverly, Massachusetts home. A typical New England city that has resort, residential and manufacturing communities, Beverly is a great place for families. A quiet, yet busy city that has places and people to please just about anyone. But like any other city, Beverly has citizens who suffer from substance abuse. Better known as drug addiction and alcoholism, substance abuse problems ruin lives on a daily basis.

If you are having a hard time kicking an addiction, then you are not alone. Millions of people in our country fall ill to addiction every year. Your drug dependence wants you to feel hopeless and helpless. That way you will continue to feed it. It might be hard for you to believe but there is a way to live without drugs. Deciding to enroll into a rehabilitation center may just save your life. There are only three ways to end an addiction: rehab, prison or death. There are no other options. Learning how to cope with a substance abuse problem is not easy, but it is possible.

If you are ready to take a step in the right direction, then call (866) 578-7471 . We can have someone walk you through how to get started on the road to recovery. We understand that you will have a ton of questions about how and why you should get sober, let us answer those for you.

Are Prescription Drugs Addictive?

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reports that the United States consumes 75 percent of the world’s prescription drugs, but we only make up 5 percent of the world’s population. 52 million people have used prescription drugs for non-medical reasons at some point in their lifetime. 6.1 million of those people did so in the last month. All of these stats provided by NIDA prove that prescription drug abuse is on the rise in this country.

Many people start abusing prescription drugs because they are easy to get and not illegal. But prescription drugs have just as much power to ruin lives as cocaine and heroin. In fact, many people turn to cocaine and heroin when they no longer have access to their prescribed substance. Painkillers, tranquilizers and stimulants are the three most abused prescription drug classes.

When using a prescription drug make sure you are doing so under proper medical attention. You do not want prescription drugs to be your gateway to using hardcore drugs which can kill you. Too much of anything is bad for you.

Attending AA and NA meetings are pivotal in the recovery process. It is when your rehab stint is complete that the actual battle against your addiction begins. Having the willpower to deny temptations to use drugs and alcohol is the most important key to avoiding relapsing.