Heroin Rehab Spain
Heroin dependence is a very real and concerning problem for many around the world. When individuals are in the throes of their addiction to heroin, trying to quit alone can seem almost impossible. At our drug and alcohol rehab in Spain, our addiction treatment programmes can all be used to support individuals with a range of addictions to legal or illicit drugs – including heroin.
It’s no secret that some treatment plans work better for some than others, which is why we only offer a bespoke treatment plan at InnerLife Recovery, ensuring every individual who comes for treatment for their addiction can receive a personalised recovery journey that’s genuinely designed for them, with their success in mind.
If you or someone close to you is struggling with heroin use and addiction, then consider how our rehabilitation treatment centre in Spain might be able to help today. Talk with a member of our team and learn more about our packages.
What Is Heroin Addiction?
Heroin is an opiate drug, which means that it targets nerve cells in the brain known as opioid receptors. By activating these cells, pain can’t be felt and pleasurable feelings are often felt alongside the drug use, too. This numbing of pain mixed with feelings of relaxation can often be a powerful concoction that keeps people coming back for more.
Addiction is defined as not having control over taking a substance despite negative consequences in your life. The hold heroin can have on a person can be such that they can’t stop themselves from taking it, despite knowing that their life would be much improved without it.
At InnerLife Recovery, we understand. The route out of addiction is never straightforward but it’s more than possible. With the right support at our treatment centre, you can battle your addiction with a personalised treatment plan designed to ensure your success.
Psychological vs Physical Dependency
Psychological dependency often occurs when the reason for taking the drug in the first place relates to mental health conditions. Substance abuse can be a vice for those with poor mental health, as it can recreate positive feelings and make the individual feel relaxed and at peace.
The problem here, of course, is that those positive feelings aren’t real, and in order to recreate them, more of the drug is required more frequently. This can then begin a vicious cycle of abuse which leads to heroin users constantly chasing positive feelings from heroin to mask their mental health problems and low moods.
Physical Dependency
The more of a substance you take, the larger effect it has on your body. The human body is an incredible machine that’s incredibly adaptable considering the tests we put it through. And it’s no different with drug use.
As you take more of a drug more frequently, your body has to learn to adapt to this new substance that’s become a regular part of the system. It adapts to accommodate it, meaning the pleasurable feelings you experience at first might lessen. Slowly your body becomes used to the drug to try and protect itself, but this leaves you between a rock and a hard place because when you try to quit the drug, you experience severe withdrawal symptoms, and only taking more heroin seems to stop those symptoms as your body cries out for the drug it has become used to.
The only way to effectively avoid withdrawal symptoms is a medical detox in a safe and comfortable environment designed to reduce opiate dependence by beating your physical need for the drug. That’s exactly what we offer at our Spain drug rehabilitation facility. Once the drug is out of your system, you can begin unpicking the emotions behind your heroin taking behaviour.
Signs Of Heroin Addiction
Heroin addiction might go under the radar initially, but as use increases the signs of heroin use usually becomes more obvious.
Short Term Effects
- Feelings of euphoria
- Flushed skin
- Nausea and vomiting
- No interest in food
- No interest in sex
- Lack of pain
- Feeling heavy in the body
- Dry mouth
- Feeling itchy
- Small pupils
Long Term Effects
- Intense sadness
- Inability to sleep
- Frequent infections
- HIV infection
- Hepatitis B & C
- Mental disorders
- Reproductive issues pre pregnancy that can lead to later issues for pregnant women
- Constipation
- Increased risk of kidney and liver disease
- Risk of pneumonia or tuberculosis
If you’ve been taking drugs for extended periods of time, you might notice some of these more severe side effects. It’s important that you seek help to protect your health in the future and beat addiction once and for all.
The InnerLife Recovery Approach
Our rehabilitation centre in Spain could be the answer to your heroin addiction treatment, but first you’ll need to learn more and decide if we’re the right fit for you. We approach every addiction with flexibility in mind. That means we can respond accordingly to the parts of our recovery programme that are working for you, and those that aren’t, to tailor a treatment plan that is designed to work for you.
Here’s our typical approach to heroin addiction treatment:
Medical Detox
The first step is a medically controlled detox that removes the harmful substance of heroin from your body. This gives you a clean slate from which to get started on tackling the causes of your addiction, and it gives you a strong platform from which you can learn new coping techniques to help deal with the emotions that drive your drug use.
Harm reduction is our goal here. We try to make the detox stage as comfortable as possible for you, controlling the withdrawal symptoms you experience to make them manageable so you don’t feel the desire to return to heroin as strongly.
Individualised Treatment Plan
Once the detox has started we can discuss your treatment options with you. We offer a range of therapy and treatment options to support you with your recovery. Whilst all the activities and therapies we offer are offered to everybody who stays with us at our secluded villa in southern Spain, we tailor your specific treatment plan to you.
And don’t worry, you’re not locked in when you start your bespoke plan. If you decide an activity isn’t helping you, then we can change it to one you think might. Long term recovery is our ultimate aim for you, so we are always happy to review progress and edit your plan accordingly to put together a plan that really works.
We’re different to the outpatient treatment options you might receive via the NHS, so we can better personalise your treatment plans to you.
Why Choose Us?
Contact InnerLife Recovery Today
Contact our team today and learn how we can support you through your heroin addiction and out the other side towards an improved inner life.