| Many individuals in the Baltimore area are addicted | | | | changes in themselves. |
| to drugs and alcohol and need help for their | | | | The friends and families of the addicted person |
| addiction. Of the 41,000 persons arrested in a | | | | usually suffer more than the addict. They are the |
| year’s time approximately 19,000 were | | | | ones that sit up late a night worrying if the |
| dependent on some type of drug and in most | | | | person is alive or not, bail the person out when |
| cases more than one drug. Between 12,000 and | | | | they can’t pay their bills or when they have |
| 14,000 of those arrested were addicted to heroin. | | | | gotten into trouble with the law. They are also |
| Narconon Arrowhead’s inpatient program is | | | | the one’s that end up paying for the person |
| one of the most successful programs in the | | | | to go through treatment if the addict is ever |
| nation with over a 70% success rate of those | | | | lucky enough to make it long enough to get to |
| who graduate the program. Narconon is dedicated | | | | treatment. Being the friend or family member of |
| to helping addicted residents of Baltimore | | | | an addict is never a quiet day in the park and |
| overcome addiction so that they can move | | | | anyone who has ever dealt with an addict can |
| forward in life and be productive members of | | | | attest to that. |
| society. | | | | Finding effective treatment can be overwhelming |
| When an individual is addicted to drugs and alcohol | | | | but, living a lifetime of addiction is even worse; |
| it often leads them into a life of crime. A person | | | | not only for the addict but, for the friends and |
| who is addicted usually can not hold a job so they | | | | family. When looking into treatment you should |
| start stealing or selling drugs in order to feed their | | | | explore your options and make sure to find the |
| addiction. Since drugs and alcohol alter the mind, | | | | treatment type that best suites your needs. A |
| one’s perception of right and wrong begin to | | | | program that handles all the aspects of addiction, |
| become confused. The person will make | | | | getting the body and the mind clean and clear |
| justifications for their actions (my mom has a lot | | | | from all drug toxins is a wise choice. There are |
| of money, she won’t miss $20) and the cycle | | | | thousands of treatment types to choose from, |
| just keeps on until at last the person ends up in | | | | long term, short term, inpatient, outpatient, |
| jail or worse. This is just one scenario but, | | | | detoxification, several meetings and many more |
| that’s how it gets started. It usually starts | | | | but, choosing the one that matches you and your |
| out really simple and then escalates into bigger | | | | needs will be most beneficial. A good long term |
| situations. Once a person is addicted they are not | | | | inpatient program normally offers everything an |
| the same person they were before. Everything | | | | addict will need to recover fully from addiction. |
| about them is different and they cannot see the | | | | |