Zen Explore Reasons Why People Become Addicted to Drugs

The multidisciplinary team at Zen say there are many reasons people get addicted to drugs, and gaining insight into what draws you towards your substance of choice is important to recovery. For instance, is it a means to cope with stress? Do drugs help numb you emotionally so you don’t have to feel emotional or physical pain?

They stress that it’s important that you peel back the layers of your behaviour to understand what is behind your drug habits. The diverse team of professionals at Zen are trained to help you explore the underlying issues, make sense of them and help you build new coping skills that don’t rely on substance use.

Learning about your addiction means gaining insight into which people, events, sensory experiences and habits trigger cravings for drugs. Most drug rehab facilities can help you explore those triggers so that you can make deliberate efforts to avoid or manage them when you transition back into your daily life.

A critical part of self-care for a person in recovery is setting and accomplishing goals. Most people, whether in recovery or not, do not know how to set goals that are likely to be achieved. They begin with sincere intentions that eventually get abandoned because they didn’t approach goal setting with the proper mindset. Rehab can help you set short and long term goals in the areas most important to a strong recovery. These areas include goals for your physical and emotional health, relationships, occupational and spiritual aspirations.

Rehab facilities help patients prepare to re-enter society. Drug and alcohol addiction often changes a person’s behaviour, which can affect all aspects of his or her life, including work and relationships. At Zen they specialise in recovery and making sure their patients do their best to regain their normal lives in a safe and healthy way, so for more information on drug and alcohol treatment, addiction treatment assessments and drug rehab Auckland please go to www.zendetox.co.nz .