After Kevin stood up and said something right to me, everyone basically forgot their problems and tried to help me with mine. After that meeting all the members that were in my group gave me their numbers and a huge hug, told me if I never need anything that I could contact them for ANYTHING! I started to go to AA almost every week but sooner or later I started to noticed that my itch for heroin started to fade a little by little. Once you make it to 3 months you be a brown coin, then 6 months you get a bronze, 9 months you get a sliver and finally once you get to a year without relapse you get a golden coin. I made it to a brown coin then had my first relapse, I had 5 relapses before I finally got a bronze coin but once I got a bronze coin,
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Many use the substance to escape their troubles. These feelings are felt as the heroin inside their bodies turns into morphine, which is responsible for the feeling of relaxation, and decreased sensation of pain.” (Truth) Heroin is highly addictive and because of that the effects of it on the body are fast acting. The most common effects of this drug are: weight loss, Abscesses (painful sores that form at the surface of the skin), Cellulite (caused by continues piercing of the skin), Scabs on the skin (users typically pick at their skin cause it to bleed and scab up), Dark spots (regular users will develop dark spots on face and body), and Tooth decay (if heroin is smoked users will have rapid tooth decay). Heroin binds to and activates specific receptors in the brain called mu-opioid receptors (MORs). Our bodies contain naturally occurring chemicals called neurotransmitters that bind to these receptors throughout the brain and body to regulate pain, hormone release, and feelings of well-being. “When MORs are activated in the reward center of the brain, they stimulate the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine, causing a sensation of pleasure. The consequences of activating opioid receptors with externally administered opioids such as heroin (versus naturally occurring chemicals within our bodies) depend on a variety of factors: how much is used, where in …show more content…
The self-diagnosable symptoms are anxiety: fatigue, sweating, vomiting, depression, seizures and hallucinations. However, people may almost experience: pain areas in muscles, whole body hunger, Gastrointestinal (gagging, nausea, flatulence, or stomach cramps), Behavioral (agitation, crying, excitability, irritably, or self-harm), Psychological (delirium, depression, hallucination, paranoia, or severe anxiety), Sleep (insomnia, nightmares, sleepiness, or sleep difficulty), Cognitive (disorientation, mental confusion, racing thoughts, or slowness in activity), Mood (boredom, feeling detached from self, loss of interest or pleasure in activities, or nervousness), Nasal (congestion or runny nose), Eyes (dilated pupil or watery eyes). Treatments and procedures for these symptoms consist of supportive care as well as medications to address symptoms and prevent complications. Medical procedure consist of drug detoxification, which is medical management of the serious withdrawal symptoms that occur when a person addicted to drugs stops using them. Also this often requires prescriptions medication assistants. Some of the medication that will be needed is sedatives, smoking cessation aid, and narcotic. The therapy will be counseling with psychology, a counseling psychology is a psychology that treats personal problems related to school, work,
Many use the substance to escape their troubles. These feelings are felt as the heroin inside their bodies turns into morphine, which is responsible for the feeling of relaxation, and decreased sensation of pain.” (Truth) Heroin is highly addictive and because of that the effects of it on the body are fast acting. The most common effects of this drug are: weight loss, Abscesses (painful sores that form at the surface of the skin), Cellulite (caused by continues piercing of the skin), Scabs on the skin (users typically pick at their skin cause it to bleed and scab up), Dark spots (regular users will develop dark spots on face and body), and Tooth decay (if heroin is smoked users will have rapid tooth decay). Heroin binds to and activates specific receptors in the brain called mu-opioid receptors (MORs). Our bodies contain naturally occurring chemicals called neurotransmitters that bind to these receptors throughout the brain and body to regulate pain, hormone release, and feelings of well-being. “When MORs are activated in the reward center of the brain, they stimulate the release of the neurotransmitter dopamine, causing a sensation of pleasure. The consequences of activating opioid receptors with externally administered opioids such as heroin (versus naturally occurring chemicals within our bodies) depend on a variety of factors: how much is used, where in …show more content…
The self-diagnosable symptoms are anxiety: fatigue, sweating, vomiting, depression, seizures and hallucinations. However, people may almost experience: pain areas in muscles, whole body hunger, Gastrointestinal (gagging, nausea, flatulence, or stomach cramps), Behavioral (agitation, crying, excitability, irritably, or self-harm), Psychological (delirium, depression, hallucination, paranoia, or severe anxiety), Sleep (insomnia, nightmares, sleepiness, or sleep difficulty), Cognitive (disorientation, mental confusion, racing thoughts, or slowness in activity), Mood (boredom, feeling detached from self, loss of interest or pleasure in activities, or nervousness), Nasal (congestion or runny nose), Eyes (dilated pupil or watery eyes). Treatments and procedures for these symptoms consist of supportive care as well as medications to address symptoms and prevent complications. Medical procedure consist of drug detoxification, which is medical management of the serious withdrawal symptoms that occur when a person addicted to drugs stops using them. Also this often requires prescriptions medication assistants. Some of the medication that will be needed is sedatives, smoking cessation aid, and narcotic. The therapy will be counseling with psychology, a counseling psychology is a psychology that treats personal problems related to school, work,