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Break
the Cycle of Addiction Proper and total detoxification is the only sure way to
break the cycle of addiction. Until you detox your system, drugs and
alcohol and other toxins control your nerve center of life; your
brain.
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The
most addictive drugs substitute for or trade places
with some of the chemicals in our brains. If a person
takes a drug often enough, the brain will make changes so that
it can handle all the extra chemicals that are being put into
it. In an attempt to adjust, the brain tells the
neurotransmitters to slow down the release of certain
chemicals in the pleasure circuit. As a result, normal levels
of chemicals are too low.
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person becomes depressed. The person will then take more of the drug
in order to feel better. The drug addict will temporarily feel
better. The extra chemicals from the drug again tell the brain to
stop producing its own chemicals, which further reduces normal
levels. When the drug wears off, the addict feels even worse than
before. This is called withdrawal. The person then craves more drugs
to help him feel better, and the cycle starts all over again.
The Human body
has a system of checks and balances that keep us from being
too happy, too sad, too stressed out-too anything. In a way,
it's as if we have an electrical circuit board in our brain
that determines how much of various neurotransmitters we need
in certain situations. When it gets the signal, the brain then
produces the correct amount. Drugs and alcohol act like a
power surge, overloading the brain with chemicals. Just as an
electrical power surge can blow up a computer or turn off all
the lights, drugs cause problems with the chemicals in our
brains. This causes addiction, in which the brain can, no
longer function without a drug. Most people who become
addicted to drugs follow a similar Pattern of
Addiction.
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