Alcoholism Drug Treatment

Alcoholism Drug Treatment

Alcoholism drug treatment is just like this.

Alcoholism drug treatment is an important part of the sweeping change that happens when one wishes to be rid of alcoholism or drug addiction.

To be able to move into an inpatient program, or be involved in an intensive outpatient treatment, the separation from the old playmates and playpens can give new habits and thinking patterns an opportunity to grow.

Now we have a clearer understanding of how the brain responds to treatment, and we know that we can encourage the brain to increase its neurogenesis and neuroplasticity as important aspects to the recovery process.

Neurogenesis is the birth of new brain cells, and the brain will do that for you every day in the absence of poisons like ethyl alcohol, or the presence of too great amounts of adrenaline or cortisol, and in the presence of B-vitamins, antioxidants, and omega three fish oil.

In the early days of alcoholism drug treatment, if the finances and legal issues are worrisome, it will be very important to teach relaxation skills, so physiology can be changed to support recovery, sometimes heart beat by heartbeat.

And now we have available research about the "brain in the heart" and heart rate variability biofeedback, an easily learnable skill, which can be linked to Step 11 of the 12 Step approaches.

So we teach our client that a significant part of recovery will be regulating stress chemistry in the body by regulating breathing and attention, and the brain will grow new brain cells for use in already existing circuits.

I would call that recovery.

And then we can teach about how the brain uses its neuroplastic capacity to rewire and reconnect depending on what we are paying attention to.

Sharon Begley has written convincingly of that process in her writing about the research of Richard Davidson, Ph.D. of the University of Wisconsin and the Dalai Lama and Buddhist monks who have permanently changed their brains and their capacity to feel compassion by practicing meditation.

Wonder if that is what the Dr. Bob and Bill Wilson had in mind when they made the 11th Step (daily prayer and meditation) part of AA?

Neuroplasticity and neurogenesis and relaxation using heart rate variability biofeedback can be learned and enhanced as an important aspect of alcoholism drug treatment, so the client can focus on early successes in treatment rather than the wreckage that usually accompanies someone to treatment.

Yes, and they can be learned fast, with results which the client can see if using feedback from computerized brain fitness programs or the HeartMath emWave tool.

One of the most interesting brain fitness tools is the Mind Sparke Brain Fitness Pro, which the research says increases IQ, and the research also says that there is no upper limit to the increases possible if you continue to practice.

You can see your improvement when using the tool, and a client can feel comfortable knowing that the very foundation of recovery, their brain is healing and learning new attention and focusing skills that will generalize to all aspects of their recovery.

The Mind Sparke tool is one of my personal favorites for keeping my formerly drug addled and now 61 year old brain functioning effectively in the business and parenting realms.

Another brain fitness program with huge benefits for the geriatric population is the Posit Science Brain Fitness Program, evaluated in the IMPACT research of over 500 subjects, published in April of 2009.

Most of the folks in that research were over 65, and the results for neuroplasticity and neurogenesis were amazing.

But any alcoholism drug program could incorporate this tool for their clients, who will know that they are healing based on their experience of their progress on the program, and their feelings about their progress.

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Have a question and want to talk with a therapist? Call 815-316-2621 for Julie Logan, LCSW, RN. 7121 Windsor Lake Parkway, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 jlogan7264@myway.com