Addiction and addiction recovery has many definitions. The most important and and most consistent findings is that drug addiction is a Medical Disease. Suboxone and new medications are now available to treat this medical disease in Southwest Florida,  Naples, Bonita Springs and Fort Myers. Thus addiction requires medical treatment. This medical disease is what keeps you in addiction. However, what gets you into addiction is separate beast that, if your fortunate to recognize it, the medical disease of addiction will not ensue. .

Dual Diagnosis is extremely common in drug addiction. Many chronic drug abusers--the individuals we commonly regard as addicts--often simultaneously suffer from a serious mental disorder. In 2002 an estimated 4.0 million adults met the criteria for both serious mental illness and substance dependence or abuse in the past year.Drug treatment and medical professionals call this condition a co-occurring disorder or a dual diagnosis. Chronic drug abuse may occur in conjunction with any mental illness identified in the American Psychiatric Association (DSM-IV). Some common serious mental disorders associated with chronic drug abuse include schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, manic depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, panic disorder, and antisocial personality disorder. Some of these disorders carry with them an increased risk of drug abuse (see text box below).

The following table based on a National Institute of Mental Health study, lists seven major psychiatric disorders and shows how much each one increases an individual's risk for substance abuse.

Psychiatric Disorder	Increased Risk For Substance Abuse
Antisocial personality disorder	15.5%
Manic episode	14.5
Schizophrenia	10.1
Panic disorder	4.3
Major depressive episode	4.1
Obsessive-compulsive disorder	3.4
Phobias	2.4

Thus, someone suffering from schizophrenia is at a 10.1 percent higher-than-average risk of being an alcoholic or drug abuser. Someone who is having an episode of major depression is at a 4.1 percent higher-than-average risk of being an alcohol or drug abuser.and so on. ADHD or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are at greater risk for earlier onset of  substance abuse, and even a family history of ADHD is a risk factor for developing substance abuse.

The appearance of new medications have allowed outpatient drug rehab in naples  to be possible. These new treatment of addiction recovery in most cases can be done as an outpatient without hospitalization. Drug rehab has new and exciting  treatments that include VIVITROL, Campral, Suboxone and  PROMETA Treatment Program. Prometa treatment is the only one treatment available that has immediate impact in reducing craving from methamphetamine, cocaine and alcohol addiction as well as improving cognitive functions (ability to reason and gain new information). Suboxone has now shown great results in the alleviation of the most common addiction in this country, " pain killers", also known as narcotics. Drug rehab includes incorporation of these treatments.

Collier County Drug addiction is escalating among the youth. Let me show you some frightening statistics

I believe what gets you into addiction is an intertwine of genetic predisposition activated by social circumstance, challenging your psychological make up and testing your spiritual resolve. When the combination of all these factors are aligned in sinister fashion then the human mind gravitates more to pleasure than pain. Mind altering chemicals become a temptation and escape from reality that will lead to self destruction. The use of these chemical, cocaine, methamphetamine etc, cause physical and metabolic changes in your brain that can be seen by new technologies such as Positive Emission Tomography. These changes in the brain is what makes addiction difficult to overcome without medical intervention and drug rehab.

Rightfully a good question and yet when this question is asked most patients have lost almost everything before they changing their minds to seek help. Allow me to show you some numbers. Alcohol and stimulant dependence take a heavy toll on your life. Some possible financial consequences are: