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International Overdose Awareness Day is a global event held every year on August 31st. It’s a day in which individuals are encouraged to reflect on tragic overdoses and come together to raise awareness of the issue. Every year, at least 3,000 individuals die from opiate overdoses in the United States alone. Furthermore, drug overdoses have been shown to be the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 15 and 64 years old in America.

This year, August 31st will mark a much-needed day dedicated to ending this epidemic by focusing on mourning those who have lost their lives through overdose but also by making significant changes for individual rehabilitation and prevention. It is critical that we take action now before it is too late. Addiction can toll mental and physical and surpass its scale, take a action at Aloha Detox, before its too late.

The National Safety Council reports that many drug overdose victims are more than just one-time users. According to the CDC, three out of four heroin users started out with prescription painkillers first and nearly 80 percent of American opioid deaths involve a prescription opioid. More than 100 people die from an opiate overdose every day in the United States. Let’s make International Overdose Awareness Day a time to call for immediate change, and let’s comfort those who have lost someone they loved from this preventable tragedy.

Precaution or Prevention Plan for Drug And Alcohol Addiction

There are several ways that addiction can be caused. Some of these ways include:

1. (Prevention): By not giving in to peer pressure. This means do not participate in drugs or alcohol even if it is pleasurable and others are doing it. There may be things that you want to do but don’t do them because of peer pressure. If you continue on doing things that you don’t want to do, then it will become a habit and will develop into an addiction.

2. (Dissociation): This is when someone stays away from using drugs or alcohol as a way to relive stress or anxiety. When you stay away from using, it becomes very difficult for you to give up your addiction. This can cause people to develop an addiction and then progress it into the chronic stage. You’re problem is that your brain makes you want the drug or alcohol even in the absence of these feelings.

3. (Stimulation): This is when someone goes to the drug or alcohol to feel “happy” or “high” during a down period in their life. They may be depressed, lonely or feel fearful about the future. These feelings are often mixed with drug and alcohol use to create a feeling of euphoria or elation. People who have this type of addiction do not regard their addiction as bad; they definitely consider it a good thing.

How we can help?

We’ve seen the ravages of the opioid epidemic on individuals, families, and communities firsthand, and we know the pain of addiction inside and out. To counter their devastating effects, we have assembled a range of proven clinical programs and support services to do our best to combat the crisis. We offer:

A medically monitored detoxification treatment that will ease the physical and psychological symptoms of withdrawal and get you through it as safely and comfortably as possible.
Bedside treatment that will provide you with effective therapeutic techniques while you recover and rebuild for life.

Outpatient treatment, both in-person and virtual, so you can continue your recovery through weekly individual, group and family therapy throughout your life.

Addiction treatment (MAT) medications to help reduce your cravings and prevent relapse while you look after your long-term recovery.

In this joint effort, we can stand together against the epidemic and strive for a life free of the burden of addiction.

Call us now – 888-892-5642 or more information enquire us at info@alohadetox.com