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The process of De-addiction and Homeopathic Support

In today’s age of stress, a fast lifestyle, blatant media consumption and instant gratification, picking up habits like alcoholism and smoking is very easy. However, the addictive nature of these substances is strong, and it is fairly common to become dependent. Most of us know someone who cannot function without liquor or without lighting up a cigarette, and may even be one ourselves. However, in recent years comprehensive research about the effects of substance abuse has come to light, and it has become common knowledge that alcohol and smoking addiction have dire consequences. People are becoming increasingly aware of the health risks of substance abuse. Gradually, the social and mental implications are also becoming evident. This has been instrumental in encouraging people with addiction to take the first step to sobriety. While giving up an addiction requires comprehensive counseling, support and intervention techniques from professionals as well as from peers and family, medicinal aspect is equally important. Homeopathy can help make this stage easier to overcome.

The first step is obviously the acceptance that a problem exists. It is very difficult to help someone unwilling to help themselves. Consciously changing one’s environment, recognizing and avoiding trigger factors, rewarding good behavior, substituting the addictive substance with something harmless, and relying on a network of supportive people are all steps encouraged by professional counselors. Of course, not all people find the process easy to undergo, and frustration may be rampant initially. Patience is required not merely by the person going through his difficult task but also by friends and family. Encouragement and motivation have a major role to play.

The path to drug de-addiction is hardly smooth. It does not comprise of merely giving up one day and being over it for lifetime. It may be so for some individuals, but generally a complex process of ups and downs with good and bad days is common. It frequently happens that a person may relapse into the old habits after prolonged abstinence. Alcohol de-addiction is a difficult process that goes two step forwards and one step backwards. Similarly, for cigarette de-addiction, falling back into the same patterns is common and happens frequently. A variety of trigger factors may be responsible for the relapse. Also, the longer a person has been taking the substance, more difficult is the road to recovery.

To support the process of alcohol de-addiction medicine is certainly required. This is because withdrawal from alcohol comes with its own set of symptoms. Anxiety and nervousness are common. Fatigue, irritability, shakiness and trembling are all frequently encountered. Insomnia is common which means the person has difficulty falling asleep. Nausea and sweating may also occur. Delirium tremens is an extreme condition that occurs after alcohol withdrawal in severe addicts. It occurs around two to three days after withdrawal. Vivid hallucinations and delusions occur with instability of the mind. High blood pressure, fever, sweating, confused mental state and a quickened heart rate are all symptoms seen in this condition. Therefore, it is evident that medicine for de-addiction from alcohol is necessary to ease the process.

In the same way, tobacco de-addiction medicines are also essential. Withdrawing from smoking after a prolonged indulgence has its own problems. Some of these symptoms are the same as that of alcohol withdrawal. An intense craving for nicotine develops in the person with throbbing headache, tingling in hands and feet, sweating, nausea, cramps in the abdomen, constipation, and many more disturbances. For a person suffering from these symptoms smoking de-addiction medicines are required to carry the body through this intense withdrawal state. An easy de-addiction process makes quitting easier.

For the process of de-addiction medicine in homeopathy is highly effective. Not only does homeopathic medicine counters the intense craving that develops after cutting down, it also helps tackle the distressing symptoms of withdrawal. Thus, the process is made gentler and easier. Schwabe India manufactures Quercus robur in 1x potency that has proven itself to be a highly useful medicine for easing the quitting process. It diminishes the craving for alcohol. Nervousness, insomnia, trembling, nausea etc. associated with alcohol cut-off are prevented by this medicine. It raises the vitality and helps a person overcome the state of malaise and distress. It is prescribed time and again by homeopathic physicians for this very same condition. Two tablets twice or thrice a day are generally sufficient. The dosage may be tapered down as symptoms improve. Adverse reactions of the medicine and any contra-indications are not known.