Addiction Is a Medical Condition

No one ever set a goal to be addicted to drugs or alcohol. Likewise no one decides to continue being addicted. Addiction means real suffering for addicted persons and anyone who loves them. So why do people return to drinking or drug use in the face of such misery? They do so because addiction is a brain disease that affects every aspect of a person's life.

Why is it so hard to stop drinking or using drugs? It isn't. The hard part is staying stopped. Some people were born with a predisposition to addiction and once drinking and using drugs started, what followed was a process that permanently altered brain functioning. For these people the effects of addiction extend beyond the times they are actually using. They experience cravings and just don't feel "normal" when they are abstinent. That is why so many people stop drinking or drugging only to "pick up" after days, weeks or months of struggling.

The good news is that there are medications that can help. No one ever suggested that diabetics get "well" with willpower. How about those with high blood pressure? In these cases, the medical conditions are best treated with a combination of medication and behavioral counseling and lifestyle changes. Addiction should be treated in the same way.

Treatment for addiction is greatly assisted by the use of medications that reduce or eliminate craving, restore normal brain functions, and put an end to the cycle of addiction.

Addiction Recovery Systems offers a full range of treatment programs for those addicted to alcohol or other drugs. We also provide or prescribe cutting edge medications intended to assist patients in regaining control of their lives and ending the cycle of uncontrolled use, guilt, broken promises and return to drinking and drug use.

Recovery is something YOU or someone you love CAN do.

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