How Passages Addiction Treatment Centers Prevents Relapse Here are a few aspects of successful private inpatient drug rehab centers that can heal the physical component and emotional or psychological root cause of your drug addiction. Programs that integrate these techniques into their private inpatient drug rehab programs will be best poisedContinue Reading
Also known as “uppers,” stimulants refer to drugs that increase alertness and energy, such as cocaine, amphetamines, and their derivatives. Stimulants work in the body by acting upon the brain’s chemicals—known as “neurotransmitters”—such as norepinephrine and dopamine. These naturally-occurring brain chemicals are associated with the body’s “fight or flight” crisisContinue Reading
If you’ve never attended a private inpatient drug rehab program before, you may worry about what the experience will be like. Due to inaccurate media portrayals, urban legends, and incorrect assumptions, some of your views on the inpatient drug rehab experience may be based more in myth than fact. SevenContinue Reading
Whenever our minds are forced to encounter knowledge that seems threatening, denial kicks in as a defense mechanism. In the context of drug addiction, the body has become chemically dependent on drug use, causing acknowledgement of a drug addiction—and its resolution—to feel like an untenable threat. As a result, denialContinue Reading
Drug addiction happens for complex reasons—some of them physical, while others are psychological, emotional and highly personal. Because of the intricate nature of drug addiction itself, breaking physical dependency to drugs can be best handled at a private inpatient drug rehab center, due to the varied and deep work thatContinue Reading
What Are Psychedelic Mushrooms? Psychedelic mushrooms are varieties of mushrooms that contain hallucinogenic compounds psilocybin and psilocin. Psychedelic mushrooms can either be cultivated or gathered in the wild. When consumed through a process known as “shrooming,” these fungi produce a vivid, psychedelic trip with effects similar to those of LSD—butContinue Reading
Are Psychedelic Mushrooms Physically Addictive? Although psychedelic mushrooms have not been found to be physically addictive, users can become psychologically dependent on psychedelic mushrooms. The mind-altering experiences that psychedelic mushrooms create can create a psychological escape from depression, boredom, stressors or emotional problems. Whether used to escape reality or augmentContinue Reading
What Does a Psychedelic Mushrooms High Feel Like? A psychedelic mushroom high is a hallucination-fraught, highly emotional experience that distorts perception and reality. Psychedelic mushrooms’ effects tend to last four to six hours and are collectively referred to as a “mushroom trip” or “shrooming.” Depending on the variety of psychedelicContinue Reading
What Does a Nicotine Buzz Feel Like? The nicotine high can sometimes be imperceptible, as it eliminates withdrawal symptoms and fills nicotine users with a sense of calm. Some users experience a “nicotine buzz,” most common in first-time nicotine users or after a period of abstinence. The main nicotine highContinue Reading
Is Nicotine Physically Addictive? Nicotine is a powerful drug resulting in physical addiction on par with that of cocaine. As with any chemical dependency, there can be both physical and psychological addictions that develop, serving to promote addiction. What Causes Nicotine Addiction? The most common forms of nicotine addiction areContinue Reading
Is Nicotine Physically Addictive? Nicotine is a powerful drug resulting in physical addiction on par with that of cocaine. As with any chemical dependency, there can be both physical and psychological addictions that develop, serving to promote addiction. What Causes Nicotine Addiction? The most common forms of nicotine addiction areContinue Reading
What Does an LSD High Feel Like? LSD creates an intense high, resulting in a multi-sensory hallucinatory experience lasting from eight to twelve hours. As the LSD takes effect, about 20 minutes to two hours after ingesting the drug, users experience euphoric feelings and the beginnings of bodily sensations andContinue Reading
What Is LSD? LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) is a semi-synthetic hallucinogen with psychedelic properties, originally derived from the ergot fungus in 1938. Commonly known as “acid,” LSD causes users to experience altered perceptions, sensory distortions, and other hallucinations. Gaining notoriety during the 1960s drug pandemic, LSD is considered non-toxic andContinue Reading
Is LSD Physically Addictive? LSD is not physically addictive—as such, LSD usage does not result in withdrawal symptoms. With repeated use it is possible for you to develop a psychological dependence to the habitual effects of LSD. What Causes LSD Addiction? With repeated uses, it is possible to develop aContinue Reading
What Does a Ketamine High Feel Like? At lower doses, ketamine acts a weak stimulant. When dosage increases, ketamine hits users as an intense psychedelic. As a dissociative drug, ketamine causes users to feel painlessness by impeding messages between the brain and body. Perception becomes distorted, and users often experienceContinue Reading
In medicine, Ketamine is an anesthetic used to sedate patients for short operations. On the street, Ketamine—also known as “Special K” or just “K”—is a dissociative drug that produces effects ranging from an amphetamine-like sensation at low doses to a comatose trance with hallucinations setting in at higher doses. WhileContinue Reading
Is Ketamine Physically Addictive? Ketamine does not meet the criteria for physically addictive drugs. In fact, Ketamine’s widespread use in medicine as a mild anesthetic is due in large part to its nonaddictive properties. However, when used recreationally, ketamine users have the potential of developing a psychological addiction to itsContinue Reading
What Does a Heroin High Feel Like? Known as “slamming,” intravenous heroin injection results in these feelings with a delay of only 10 seconds or less from the time of injection to the rush’s onset. If heroin is injected into a muscle instead of a vein, these effects can takeContinue Reading
By Jennifer McDougall Heroin is a morphine version of morphine and highly addictive. Like other opiates, heroin blocks the brain’s ability to sense pain, therefore it gives a person a relaxing sensation that is so extreme the use of this drug often times leads to death. Many times, those abusingContinue Reading
Is Heroin Physically Addictive? Heroin is one of the most physically addictive drugs in existence. In fact, many people become hooked on heroin after only a single use. Almost a quarter of all heroin users are physically dependent on the drug, and it is considered much more addictive than otherContinue Reading