| One of the most insidious forms of addiction, | | | | time, or even throughout their lifetimes. |
| heroin addiction is also one of the most difficult to | | | | Some experimental medications have been |
| treat. Striking millions of people all over the world, | | | | researched that can help fight heroin addiction, |
| opiates have the ability to take a firm hold over | | | | with different success rates. These medications |
| someone's life, making it difficult to maintain any | | | | may mimic the effects of heroin within the body, |
| sort of normal lifestyle once addiction sets in. This | | | | allowing for a gentler comedown, or they could |
| can lead to ruining relationships, and the loss of | | | | change the physiology so that the body doesn't |
| jobs, families, and homes. Heroin comes first | | | | crave heroin anymore. This is a field that is still |
| before all other aspects of a person's life in these | | | | under a great deal of research, as if there was |
| cases, which is why it can be such a deadly | | | | some magic drug that stopped the addiction, it |
| disease. There are a number of treatment options | | | | would be handed out to all addicts. Thus far, this |
| available on the market today, with varying levels | | | | is not the case, and the search for a cure |
| of success. | | | | continues. |
| Many people fighting heroin addiction will opt to | | | | A final method for battling heroin addiction is |
| attend a physical rehab facility with other addicts, | | | | hypnotherapy, which has been shown to be quite |
| in order to go through the rather nasty | | | | effective. Because addiction is both physical and |
| withdrawal symptoms under the supervision of | | | | mental, addressing the part of the brain that |
| medical professionals, and then seek counselling | | | | controls this process of cravings through the |
| and support with their peers. This method can be | | | | power of unconscious suggestion can mean that a |
| effective, but more often than not the addiction | | | | person is capable of saying no to heroin after |
| is stronger than the support group, and once a | | | | their session. This has worked for a great many |
| person is out of rehab they will simply end up | | | | people, because it attacks the problem from a |
| right back in after finding more heroin on the | | | | completely different side. The brain is a |
| street as soon as they get out. This is a vicious | | | | mysterious organ but one that we are learning |
| cycle that some may go through for years at a | | | | more and more about every day. |