Drug Abuse
Addiction: Disenchantment Phase – Outpatient Program
Receiving additional education regarding the phases of drug abuse addiction and alcoholism from the series of Sessions you will have participated in during your Outpatient Treatment at The Right Step will include discussing the phase of addiction known as “The Disenchantment Phase.”
Alcohol cravings, drug cravings and triggers will have already become a part of your cognitive thought process and life experience at this point.
You will continue learning about the way that alcohol and drug abuse triggers the activation of the limbic system in your brain to create these drug and alcohol cravings.
Biology of Addiction: Losing Control
Learning more about the biology of addiction in your Outpatient Program, will include developing a better understanding of the brain functions in their relationship with drug and alcohol abuse. After experiencing drug and alcohol cravings, then answering those cravings via active substance abuse, a physiological state (arousal or quiescence in relation to the properties of the drug ingested) will usually occur.
Also covered in this session:
Addiction Triggers for Drugs and Alcohol - Triggers and Cravings – Part 1
Addiction Triggers for Drugs and Alcohol – Part 2
Biology of Addiction - Triggers and Cravings – Part 3
Biology of Addiction - The Power of Drugs on the Brain – Part 4
Biology of Addiction: Brain Neurotransmitters - Part 5
Treatment for Drug Abuse and Alcoholism-Introductory Phase of Addiction - Part 6
Alcohol Craving & Drug Cravings & Triggers - Part 7
Alcohol Craving and Drug Abuse Addiction: Disenchantment Phase – Part 9
Substance Abuse Addiction: Disaster Phase – Part 10
Relapse Addiction: Recovery from Addiction – Part 11
Biology of Addiction: Thought Stopping Addiction Treatment – Part 12
Treatment for Addiction-Thought Stopping Techniques – Part 13
During the Disenchantment Phase of the cognitive process of developing a substance abuse addiction, the scales tip from the positive to the negative. The consequences of substance abuse become severe and the user’s life begins to become unmanageable. At this point the cortical rational decision is to stop using, but the cortex in the brain is no longer in control.
Thinking, evaluating, and decision making appear to be happening, but behavior is contradictory. The user may sincerely resolve to quit using, but may find themselves out of control at the first thought of using drugs or alcohol, the first encounter with a fellow user, or at the availability of cash or other effective triggers.
Addiction Treatment Locations
Residents of local Texas and New Mexico cities including Terrell, El Paso, Fort Davis, Laredo, Midland Odessa, San Angelo and Albuquerque often receive treatment for their addiction to drugs or alcohol through the Outpatient Programs at one of 20 convenient Right Step locations.
Out patient Alcohol Treatment and Outpatient Drug Treatment programs are offered in Austin TX, Baytown TX, Beaumont TX, Conroe TX, Dallas TX, Euless TX, Plano TX, Houston TX, Clear Lake TX, Ft. Bend TX, Pasadena TX, The Woodlands TX, San Antonio TX, Wimberley TX, Albuquerque NM.
Residential Treatment centers in DFW, Houston and Austin are also provided for recovery from addiction disease, attracting individuals from Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arizona and other areas of the United States to participate in recovery programs at The Right Step.
Drug and Alcohol Treatment Resources:
Treatment for Drug Abuse and Alcoholism-Introductory Phase of Addiction
Alcohol Craving & Drug Cravings & Triggers
Treatment for Addiction-Thought Stopping Techniques
