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Education on Cocaine Abuse and Treatment

Keeping Hope

If its so deadly why is it used?

Always remember why you're choosing to get help. Whatever your reasons are for getting better hold it near a dear to your heart. If its family keep their picture near by, if its other reasons write them down in a list a carry it with you as motivation. By always keeping those reasons in mind a looking towards a clean and sober future you can kick this addiction and start a new healthy life. Only you have the power to change!

Its generally cheaper then its powder counterpart and the high is more intense. It is also generally seen as more addictive the powder cocaine

What is Cociane?

Choosing to get help

Treatment Options Available

How does it damage you ?

Crack Cocaine

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There are a variety of ways to treat addiction. The most effective way is through AODA Counseling. Groups like IOP have been shown to greatly help those addicted. Cocaine anonymous is also a viable option for addicts. Applying for AODA services such as Genesis in Wisconsin is also an excellent option. There are a variety of programs such a TEAM Challenge that are very intense but can really help you. (http://teenchallengeusa.com/)

As stated from the National Institie Of Drug Abuse Cocaine is a powerfully addictive stimulant drug made from the leaves of the coca plant native to South America. It produces short-term euphoria, energy, and talkativeness in addition to potentially dangerous physical effects like raising heart rate and blood pressure. It is one of the most commonaly abused drugs due to its cheapness and wide spread availbitly

Even one a time use of cocaine can cause death. One time use of cocaine can also cause damage to the CNS system, minor brain changes, cardiac trauama/damage, etc. Most of the time this acute damage is due to one of two things.

1) The person used a high amount of the drug and it caused a temporary psychosis or otherwise caused some sort of damage to the body/brain due to their sensitivity to the drug, or the excessive amount used in the short period of time.

2) The person had an underlying issue with their body/health that the cocaine caused to manifest. IE: A heart issue/cardiac issues in which the cocaine placed too much stress on this already weak area/underlying issue and thus damage was caused. This is often the reason for a sudden death with cocaine.

Crack cocaine is the freebase form of cocaine that can be smoked. It offers shot but intese highs compared to its powder counterparts. It is more dealy then its counter part. Even one single smoking session can stop the heart.

Once you chose to get helps you'll have a variety of ways to get treatment. Thankfully cocaine with drawl while uncomfortable is not deadly. In fact the only thing deadly about it is that it has been shown to increase depression and suicidal ideation. So when choosing to get treatment being in a place where you can be safe is high recommended.

Cocaine Anonymous

How does coaine affect you?

The cocaine high involves psychological changes -- changes to how the person thinks and feels emotionally -- and physical changes. Some of these changes are caused by the effects of cocaine on the brain and nervous system, and some are due to personal feelings that the cocaine user brings to the experience. This is why, although there are similarities among cocaine users' experiences of the cocaine high, the effect cocaine has on each person is different. Often there is feelings of euphoria, icrease in socialabity, or a sudden srugers of energy.

Following the same model as Alcohol Annon. Cocaine Anon uses the 12 step method to help its participants abstain from drug usage. There area variety of groups in Wisconsin you can attended you can find them by doing a simple online search

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