Ithaca, NY Drug Intervention
Are you losing someone you love to drug addiction, substance abuse, chemical dependency or other destructive behavior? Ithaca, NY Interventions must be tailored to the individual and any possible co-occurring disorders. Get the answers you need. Learn how to successfully plan, stage and perform a drug addiction intervention.
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Drugs contain chemicals that tap into the brain’s communication system and disrupt the way nerve cells normally send, receive, and process information. There are at least two ways that drugs cause this disruption: (1) by imitating the brain’s natural chemical messengers and (2) by overstimulating the “reward circuit” of the brain.
Some drugs (e.g., marijuana and heroin) have a similar structure to chemical messengers called neurotransmitters, which are naturally produced by the brain. This similarity allows the drugs to “fool” the brain’s receptors and activate nerve cells to send abnormal messages.
Other drugs, such as cocaine or methamphetamine, can cause the nerve cells to release abnormally large amounts of natural neurotransmitters (mainly dopamine) or to prevent the normal recycling of these brain chemicals, which is needed to shut off the signaling between neurons. The result is a brain awash in dopamine, a neurotransmitter present in brain regions that control movement, emotion, motivation, and feelings of pleasure. The overstimulation of this reward system, which normally responds to natural behaviors linked to survival (eating, spending time with loved ones, etc.), produces euphoric effects in response to psychoactive drugs. This reaction sets in motion a reinforcing pattern that “teaches” people to repeat the rewarding behavior of abusing drugs.
As a person continues to abuse drugs, the brain adapts to the overwhelming surges in dopamine by producing less dopamine or by reducing the number of dopamine receptors in the reward circuit. The result is a lessening of dopamine’s impact on the reward circuit, which reduces the abuser’s ability to enjoy not only the drugs but also other events in life that previously brought pleasure. This decrease compels the addicted person to keep abusing drugs in an attempt to bring the dopamine function back to normal, but now larger amounts of the drug are required to achieve the same dopamine high—an effect known as tolerance.
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Long-term abuse causes changes in other brain chemical systems and circuits as well. Glutamate is a neurotransmitter that influences the reward circuit and the ability to learn. When the optimal concentration of glutamate is altered by drug abuse, the brain attempts to compensate, which can impair cognitive function. Brain imaging studies of drug-addicted individuals show changes in areas of the brain that are critical to judgment, decision making, learning and memory, and behavior control. Together, these changes can drive an abuser to seek out and take drugs compulsively despite adverse, even devastating consequences.
If you are unable to convince someone you care about to get help – or feel like you are losing them to a drug and/or alcohol addiction problem, Intervention Specialist Carmine Thompson and his Treatment Team can help.
There are effective ways to engage those who are suffering. Intervention Allies facilitates and coaches others on how to successfully plan, stage and perform alcohol, substance abuse, drug addiction, eating disorder and mental health disorder interventions.
Their evidence based intervention model includes developing strategies, solutions, treatment options, rehab suggestions, counseling and assistance through all phases of a person’s recovery.
Intervention Specialist Carmine Thompson has a 98% success rate. He is clearly one of the most skillful interventionists in this country. He and his treatment team have been helping families for over 20 years.
It is Carmine Thompson’s philosophy that when someone is suffering from alcoholism, drug addiction and/or a mental health disorder, wisdom compels us to take proactive measures to help them before something inevitably worse happens.
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Whether a person is transitioning to a lower level of care, currently needs stabilization, is facing challenges in their life or is struggling to gain a secure foothold in recovery, our sober companions, recovery coaches, intervention and case management services can immediately assist you.
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For someone currently living at home, in a dorm, sober living, attending an outpatient program, in school or working, a sober companion or recovery coach is an invaluable investment. Our highly skilled companions and coaches help shoulder a client’s recovery needs and achieve progress in all areas of their life. Having worked with people from various walks of life and conditions, we are just as comfortable assisting an executive who needs a sober companion, teen with behavioral problems, college student struggling, someone leaving a psychiatric hospital or anyone getting ready to discharge from an inpatient treatment program.
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For those discharging from psychiatric hospitals, treatment centers, detox facilities or currently residing in a sober living home, a recovery support system further meets the needs of those with addiction, depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, eating disorders and many other mental health and behavioral health concerns. Working alongside clinicians, health care professionals and other treatment team members, our dedicated companions and coaches are instrumental in getting clients to appointments, meetings, remain medication compliant, engage in healthy activities, organize their schedule, reduce risky behaviors, live a substance abuse free lifestyle, adhere to their recovery plan, objectives and goals.
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Despite the best of intentions many families or someone new to recovery may have, trying to manage the critical types of care and support measures required that produce successful results can be overwhelming to navigate. Those affected with substance use disorders, mental health and behavioral health conditions experience many challenges that can cause setbacks, relapse, despair and hopelessness. We understand the types of triggers and stressors a newly sober person or someone in early recovery may encounter. Experiencing recovery alone or without competent assistance can be daunting and potentially sets a person up for failure, frustration and isolation.
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