Stress Sensitivity in Addiction Recovery

As you continue to learn about the many symptoms associated with PAW, or post-acute withdrawal, during your outpatient addiction treatment at The Right Step, you will also continue to learn more about the particularly difficult symptom to deal with called stress sensitivity.

Experienced addiction recovery professionals at The Right Step will guide you through the process of taking in this information where you will learn that when people experience the PAW symptom of stress sensitivity, it can also affect their experience in terms of the other post-acute withdrawal symptoms they go through.

This can complicate things further because all of the other symptoms of post-acute withdrawal become worse during times of high stress. There is a direct relationship between elevated stress and the severity of PAW. Each intensifies the other.

Substance Abuse Addiction Treatment

In this substance abuse addiction treatment session, you will discover that the intensity of PAW creates stress, and stress aggravates PAW and makes it more severe. At times of low stress, the symptoms get better and may even go away. When you are well rested and relaxed, eating properly and getting along well with people, you will probably appear to be fine.

Your thoughts will be clear, your emotions appropriate and your memory okay. At times of high stress however, your brain may suddenly shut down. You may begin experiencing thinking problems, inappropriate emotions and memory problems.

If your thoughts become confused and chaotic or you are unable to concentrate, if you have trouble remembering or solving problems, you may feel you are going crazy. You are not. These symptoms are a normal part of your recovery and are reversible with abstinence and a recovery program such as the addiction treatment you will receive from the experienced professionals at The Right Step.

It is important that you realize both what you are going through and that there is hope of it getting better because if you do not understand this, you may develop shame and guilt, which leads to diminished self-esteem and isolation which creates stress and increased PAW.

It is a painful cycle that is unnecessary if you understand what is happening. As your body and your mind begin to heal and as you learn ways to reduce the risk of post-acute withdrawal symptoms, productive and meaningful living is possible in spite of the very real possibility of recurring symptoms.

Addiction Treatment Locations

Residents of local Texas and New Mexico cities including Richmond-Rosenberg TX, South Padre TX, Spring TX, Tomball TX, Texas City TX and Victoria TX often receive treatment for their addiction to drugs or alcohol through the Intensive Outpatient Programs at one of 20 convenient Right Step locations.

Outpatient Alcohol Treatment and Outpatient Drug Treatment programs are offered in Austin TX, Baytown TX, Beaumont TX, Conroe TX, Dallas TX, Euless TX, The Woodlands TX, San Antonio TX, Plano TX, Houston TX, Clear Lake TX, Ft. Bend TX, Pasadena TX, Wimberley TX, Albuquerque NM.

Rehabilitation for alcoholism and drug addiction at Residential Treatment centers in DFW, Houston and Austin are also provided for recovery from an addiction disease, attracting people from Oklahoma, Louisiana, Arkansas, Arizona and other areas of the United States to participate in recovery programs at The Right Step.