THE FACTS OF VALIUM ADDICTION

We, here at Passages Addiction Cure Center, have found that there are only four causes of all dependency. They are:

1. Chemical imbalance in the brain;
2. Unresolved events from the past;
3. Beliefs you hold that are inconsistent with what is true;
4. An inability to cope with current conditions.

Note that we do not claim genetics to be a cause of dependency, because genetics is not, contrary to popular thought, a causing factor. In fact, there are many millions of people in the United States who have parents and grandparents who have been or still are alcoholics or addicts, and they remain alcohol and drug free. These people might be able to use socially, but do not become dependent, or sometimes they do not use at all. Additionally, we never claim that addiction or alcoholism are diseases, because neither are. Dependency is merely a result of a person’s attempt to cope with problems in life, and once those underlying problems are discovered and healed, dependency is cured.

Valium (diazepam) is used to treat a wide range of conditions and has been one of the most widely prescribed medications for the past 40 years. Valium is often prescribed to treat anxiety, insomnia, seizures, alcohol withdrawal, and muscle spasms. Sometimes it becomes necessary to employ the knowledge and skill of rehabilitation professionals to assist in ceasing usage of the drug, as there are dangers associated with stopping Valium too quickly. The most common side effect to sudden stoppage is seizure. This can be avoided with a professionally supervised detox. Valium is very addictive, and has a very long half-life, so the detox must be handled with the utmost care.

Half-life refers to the length of time it takes for a drug to be reduced to 50 percent of its original concentration. For example, if a drug has a half-life of two days, this means that it takes two days for the drug to wear off to half of its original potency.

Valium has one of the longest half-lives of any drug on the market at about 6 days. In other words, it takes 6 whole days for the drug’s potency to decline by 50 percent. It usually takes 7 half-lives for a drug to leave our body completely. So if it takes 6 days for Valium to be reduced to 50 percent of its original potency, and 7 half-lives to rid it from our system completely, then Valium remains in our bodies for about 42 days from the time we first ingest it.

Those figures only apply to a single dose of Valium. But a doctor would certainly be prescribing more than a one-time dosage, often suggesting that you take about 10 milligrams of Valium twice a day. That means that on the second day of taking the drug, the first day’s dosage is still in your body and is still working at more than 90 percent of its original potency. So at the end of 42 days, after taking two doses of Valium every day, we have quite a lot of a very addictive drug within us.

Additionally, precautions must be taken when we stop taking a drug like Valium, which is a benzodiazepine that makes us sleepy and relaxed. All people experience severe withdrawal symptoms as a result of stopping Valium after prolonged use, and it can be very dangerous, even life-threatening, to stop Valium abruptly. Experienced medical care is advised for anyone stopping Valium.

STACKING DRUGS

Often, when Valium is taken regularly for long periods of time, you may begin to feel a little woozy and, as a result, you may decide it’s not quite the right drug. It’s not difficult to imagine why you might think that after reading the explanation of Valium’s long half-life. Side effects are common after prolonged use.

Unfortunately, when you go back to your doctor and tell him or her that you don’t think Valium is working well for you, the doctor will most likely not wait 42 days until the last Valium dosage you took is out of your system. Almost every time, the doctor will say, “Okay, try this,” and he’ll give you another drug to try. This is called stacking, and we’ve seen people come into Passages Addiction Cure Center who have been on as many as 18 different drugs.

In addition, treating our conditions with psychological drugs is usually ineffective because these addictive drugs don’t cure; they only modify our feelings. If you stop using the drug, the symptoms for which you originally began taking drugs like Valium will return with full force, proving that the drug has done nothing to actually heal the causes of your symptoms. The key is to not use medication to shut off your alarm system, which is exactly what your symptoms are, but to discover the underlying problems that have created your symptoms and heal those using holistic therapy.

Instead of stacking drugs to medicate your problems, here at Passages Addiction Cure Center, we employ holistic techniques, meaning we treat the whole person, body, mind and spirit, to discover the underlying psychological, physical, and spiritual problems that are causing him or her to use. Once the underlying problems have been discovered, we focus on healing them. We do with this with one-to-one therapy, which is the most effective way to treat someone with a dependency.

At Passages Addiction Cure Center, each client receives more than 60 sessions of private therapy a month. This is far more private one-to-one therapy than any other treatment facility provides. In fact, each client has their own 10-person team of therapists who works with them privately and individually. Passages pioneered the one-to-one approach.

The treatment paradigm of our country and indeed the rest of the world must change if dependency is to be overcome in our world today. However, achieving this goal is difficult when treatment programs are still treating alcoholism, addiction and addictive behavior as if they are the problems, when, in fact, they have nothing to do with the problems. Neither will group meetings work if they are the primary basis of a treatment program. They are not offering enough one-to-one counseling.

In almost every treatment center in the world, 96 to 97 percent of their program consists of group meetings with only one individual session a week. Here at Passages, we know that this method does not work because each client has a unique social and medical history, a specific set of problems, and a unique original cause of their dependency. Therefore, each client needs a unique treatment program, which will discover the root causes of the dependency and heal it. Makes sense, doesn’t it?

For an analogy of the group treatment approach, think of it this way: imagine that there are ten people in a doctor’s office, one with cancer, one with a broken arm, another with measles, and a fourth with flu, and so on, and they all receive the same treatment. Doesn’t seem logical, does it? The same common sense approach applies to drug and alcohol rehab treatment.

With more than 60 private one-to-one sessions a month, we offer an extensive amount of treatment for each of our clients, locating the root causes of their dependencies and unearthing the particular reasons why they have reached for drugs or alcohol to cope with the problems of their lives. One-to-one sessions are key because the individual issues at the core of dependency are just that—completely individual.

Once we help you to heal the underlying problems that led you to your Valium dependency, you will see your cravings start to rapidly diminish.

A holistic approach to total recovery from alcohol and drug dependancy.

We invite you to read our life-saving book, THE ALCOHOLISM AND ADDICTION CURE, which is showing people the world over how to completely and permanently put an end to dependency on drugs, alcohol and addictive behavior right there where they live.

If you or your loved one is in need of assistance, including drug detox, alcohol detox, drug rehab, and/or alcohol rehab, you can contact Passages Malibu at (888) 777-8525 to speak with a professional admissions coordinator

Our admissions coordinators are very caring and knowledgeable and would love to take your call and answer your questions. We know it can be tough to pick up the phone and ask for help, but this could be the most important call you ever make for yourself or your loved one!

1. A friendly, understanding voice on the other end of the phone.

2. A professional admission coordinator who has experience dealing with every type of addiction.

3. Free personal, private consultations and intake screening with our counselors.

4. Intervention services, which are available worldwide (please inform your intake counselor if you require these services).

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