Drug Rehab Helps Thousands Suffering from Opiate Addiction

Mountainsides drug and alcohol rehabilitation program is individualized to best suit the residents needs upon arrival at the treatment center. Opiate withdrawal symptoms can occur as soon as 6 hours after the last use if the person has been using regularly. Although there isn’t much of a physical risk associated with opiate withdrawal, it can be very unpleasant. Mountainside has been helping people stay clean after they have been properly detoxified medically for over a decade. Once they are medically sound and free of all substances they are truly free to tackle their addiction on all fronts and begin their new life.

The class of drugs known as opioids includes most narcotic pain relievers (Vicoden, Oxycontin and Percocet) as well as other illicit drugs such as heroin. When properly used the legal form of the drugs can be a very effective pain reliever, however when misused can be very quick to lead someone to addiction. There are many people that have to take these medications after a serious injury or surgery and do so without incident. However there are those who can become addicted, even if their only intention was to relieve their pain. The problem begins for several in this situation when it comes time to stop taking their medication and begin feeling withdrawal symptoms. In some cases those symptoms can drive people to seek the drugs through unconventional methods.

The increasing severity of this addiction can be seen all over the news. This past year or two has been riddled with celebrity deaths related to prescription drug abuse. The only good that could come out of this is that the public become more aware of the pitfalls of drug addiction weather there is a prescription or not.

One of the more serious aspects of opoid addiction is that it can in some cases lead to drugs like heroin. Heroin is in the same class as the prescription pain relievers, however it is much cheaper initially. The difference is with heroin that you get from the streets, is one never knows what they are getting.

Mountainside Drug Rehab Center’s focus and commitment over the years has been to the quality of it’s drug rehabilitation and alcoholism treatment program. Mountainside's unique drug rehab program includes Individual and Group Counseling; Therapeutic Challenge; Addressing Nicotine Addiction; 12-Step Education and Meetings; Spiritual Enhancement including Guided Meditation, Yoga, Hypnosis, a Native American Stone Peoples Lodge; Family Counseling; Work Therapy; Adventure-Based Counseling; Writing, Art and Music Workshops.

Working with their counselors, residents are able to take advantage of a long list of treatment initiatives designed to appeal to individual tastes and preferences. One of the tenets of its individualized drug addiction rehab program is to get people fully engaged in their recoveries.

If you or someone you know is suffering from drug addiction or alcohol addiction please call to get help now. Mountainside Treatment Center can be reached 24 hours a day at: 1-800-762-5433 or visit us on the web at: http://www.mountainside.com