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Mackenzie Phillips- Drug Rehab Success at Narconon Drug Rehab
Mackenzie Phillips Confronts Issues Dealing With Drug Use
Mackenzie Phillips is no exception. Her new book, High on Arrival, deals with Ms. Phillips’ life and her struggle to deal with drug addiction and the consequences of it.
“Unfortunately, this is not an un-common scenario,” comments Mary Rieser, Executive Director for Narconon Drug Rehab Georgia. “Understanding how drug addiction works helps in treating the drug addict and help them lead a happy, drug-free, productive life.”
The common cycle of addiction follows this route:
A person starts taking drugs for a variety of reasons, either pressure from peers or family, boredom, or in many cases, to try to relieve some emotional or physical pain.
While the person at first may enjoy the drug, or finds the drugs offer temporary relief, continued use of the drug increases the person’s tolerance, thus forcing the person to take more and more of the drug to get the same feeling.
Drug use damages the organs and nerves of the body, and in many cases the person doesn’t eat well or get enough rest, causing the person to take continue taking drugs in order to feel ‘normal’
Cravings get severe if a person tries to stop using the drug.
The cravings drive a person to get more drugs to be able to function at all. Drug cravings become so severe that the addict will do almost anything (in many cases, abandoning all previous moral teachings) to get more of the drug. People who are addicted will find themselves doing things they would never have contemplated before.
The addict commits misdeeds against family, friends, and themselves to satisfy unrelenting cravings. These misdeeds include lying, stealing, cheating, anything to get the drugs to satisfy the drug cravings. Because of these misdeeds, the person is now entrapped in full blown drug addiction.
“Many people may find fault with Mackenzie Phillips for doing the things she did, and in effect, there is no excuse, addicted or not, for committing misdeeds,” comments Ms. Rieser. “However, we must not lose sight of the fact that every one of us has committed acts we can be ashamed of. In a drug addict, unfortunately, this shame and feeling of unworthiness only keep the drug addict from moving on, thus trapping them in the drug addiction cycle. Without taking responsibility for past misdeeds, there is no hope for a recovering addict. That is one of the things we teach at Narconon.
“As a Narconon Drug Rehab graduate, it is obvious that Ms. Phillips has confronted and dealt with her past issues and is now looking at a drug-free, happy life. We wish her the best.”
