Dangers Of Relapse
The Dangers of Withdrawal and Relapse
It might seem counterintuitive, but the weeks and months immediately after you leave a detox and rehabilitation facility or inpatient treatment program can be the most dangerous time during the recovery process. During this time period, you are at a higher risk of relapsing.
After leaving a rehab program, you may still crave the drugs or alcohol that were once such an importance part of your life. In fact, it can take up to a year for your brain to regain normal function in the areas of impulse control and emotion regulation. For many people in this stage, it can be difficult to go home to their daily lives and reenter an environment that reminds them of their previous alcohol or drug use.
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It is a disease. Like other diseases, addiction has many features and relapse is one of them. While there is no need to be ashamed if you experience a drug or alcohol relapse, you should be aware of the health dangers of relapse.
The biggest danger of relapse is the risk of an accidental overdose. This risk increases sharply in the weeks and months after leaving a drug or alcohol treatment facility. It might seem strange, but the reason for this increase is simple. It boils down to something called tolerance.
• When you use drugs regularly or your use alcohol excessively, your body builds up what is known as a tolerance. This means that, over time, you require more of that substance to get the same high or same effect.
• When you detox from drugs or alcohol as part of a recovery program, your tolerance for that substance is lower than when you used the substance on a regular basis.
• If you use drugs or alcohol after you leave a detox and rehabilitation program, you will be more affected by a smaller amount of the substance than you were in the …show more content…
• Nausea and vomiting.
• Pale or bluish skin.
• Low body temperature.
• Loss of consciousness.
If you experience the above symptoms and you do not receive immediate medical attention, more serious and life-threatening symptoms can develop.
• Slow or non-existent breathing, heart rate, and gag reflex, which is caused by alcohol’s depressant effect on the nervous system.
• Cardiac arrest, which is caused by the decrease in body temperature.
• Seizures, which are caused by low blood sugar levels.
As for the symptoms of a drug overdose, they vary depending on the type and amount of drug taken. Most drug overdoses occur when an individual uses multiple substances at the same time. Some of the most commonly mixed substances include alcohol, Valium, Xanax, cocaine, and heroin. Illicit drugs are also responsible for many drug overdoses, because they have an unpredictable potency and often go to the brain very quickly.
Although the symptoms can vary, there are many drug overdose symptoms that are universal. In fact, some of them overlap with the symptoms of an alcohol
It might seem counterintuitive, but the weeks and months immediately after you leave a detox and rehabilitation facility or inpatient treatment program can be the most dangerous time during the recovery process. During this time period, you are at a higher risk of relapsing.
After leaving a rehab program, you may still crave the drugs or alcohol that were once such an importance part of your life. In fact, it can take up to a year for your brain to regain normal function in the areas of impulse control and emotion regulation. For many people in this stage, it can be difficult to go home to their daily lives and reenter an environment that reminds them of their previous alcohol or drug use.
Individuals …show more content…
It is a disease. Like other diseases, addiction has many features and relapse is one of them. While there is no need to be ashamed if you experience a drug or alcohol relapse, you should be aware of the health dangers of relapse.
The biggest danger of relapse is the risk of an accidental overdose. This risk increases sharply in the weeks and months after leaving a drug or alcohol treatment facility. It might seem strange, but the reason for this increase is simple. It boils down to something called tolerance.
• When you use drugs regularly or your use alcohol excessively, your body builds up what is known as a tolerance. This means that, over time, you require more of that substance to get the same high or same effect.
• When you detox from drugs or alcohol as part of a recovery program, your tolerance for that substance is lower than when you used the substance on a regular basis.
• If you use drugs or alcohol after you leave a detox and rehabilitation program, you will be more affected by a smaller amount of the substance than you were in the …show more content…
• Nausea and vomiting.
• Pale or bluish skin.
• Low body temperature.
• Loss of consciousness.
If you experience the above symptoms and you do not receive immediate medical attention, more serious and life-threatening symptoms can develop.
• Slow or non-existent breathing, heart rate, and gag reflex, which is caused by alcohol’s depressant effect on the nervous system.
• Cardiac arrest, which is caused by the decrease in body temperature.
• Seizures, which are caused by low blood sugar levels.
As for the symptoms of a drug overdose, they vary depending on the type and amount of drug taken. Most drug overdoses occur when an individual uses multiple substances at the same time. Some of the most commonly mixed substances include alcohol, Valium, Xanax, cocaine, and heroin. Illicit drugs are also responsible for many drug overdoses, because they have an unpredictable potency and often go to the brain very quickly.
Although the symptoms can vary, there are many drug overdose symptoms that are universal. In fact, some of them overlap with the symptoms of an alcohol