Addiction is a general term to describe the compulsion toward some
activity or substance.

Different professionals define it in different ways. Some say that it is a cycle of guilt, shame, and remorse. Others say that it is the physical dependency on some chemical or substance.

Chose the words that best suit you to describe it, the results are the same. Addiction is a destroyer of quality of life, a destroyer of relationships, and addiction can kill you.

The addiction cycle is a state of body and a state of mind. As such, it can control your physical, mental, and emotional state throughout both waking and sleeping time. It is a 24-hour a day, 7-day a week problem.

You can recognize the cycle of addiction simply enough because addiction is a disease. As a disease, addiction has a pathology—that is it consists of specific symptoms that lead to a known medical result. In practice, the intensity of the symptoms vary, as does the length of time in each phase of the cycle, but in the end the outcome for all addicts is the same—the destruction of one or more lives. 

Addiction begins with use of a chemical.  Usually it’s for recreational reduction of stress or depression.  In this “Honeymoon Phase" of the disease the effects of the addicting chemical can be very pleasant, even bordering on fantasy fulfillment. This is the magic hook of the addiction cycle that eventually leads to abuse.

Drug abuse is literally “chasing the high" of a powerful feeling your brain remembers. The more an addictive substance is used, the less your brain feels the effect and the shorter “the high".  Abuse is your brain’s desire to repeat the feeling of the first high it remembers.  Using the substance more often leads to chemical dependency.

Dependency is the psychological and often the physical; need to have the abused substance in the body. In dependency, the “hangover" and withdrawal symptoms predominate the non-abuse periods. Daily stress becomes overwhelming. Your addicted brain’s desire for “a high" dominates your thoughts.

The periods of pleasurable high grow ever shorter, shorter, as your feelings of guilt, shame, and remorse rise.  The disease worsens to the degree that “getting a buzz" seems like your only choice.That is a lie, but a convincing one.  Your addicted brain is way to foggy and focused only on the drive to use again.

Usually the next step is your brain suggests you use more of your chemical of choice to reach the feeling of that first “high" it remembers and craves.  It isn’t something you want to do.  You may even recognize the danger in doing it.  But again, you feel you have no choice. 

If you are a heroin addict, an alcoholic, or a prescription drug addict your next use may be your last. If your addiction is Marijuana or Tobacco, your next use may trigger the disease that is a slow and painful path toward death—COPD or cancer. Your cycle of addiction if uninterrupted will always end in the same tragic result

You don’t want to die, and others love you and don’t want to lose you.  You just want to feel better.

So why go there? The bottom line is you know what you’re doing is destructive to yourself and your loved ones, right?  That’s why ModeraXL offers Urgent Help for your problem.  Now is the perfect time to regain control of your addicted brain that has been controlling your life in a bad way. ModeraXL is a powerful ally to end your cycle of addiction.

If your addiction is to chemicals, such as drugs and alcohol, alcohol, you should consult your doctor.  Some chemical dependency interventions should only be done under close supervision by a medical professional.

The withdrawal symptoms of some substances, such as alcohol, can kill if attempted without a doctor’s help. There are other drugs that you can safely stop using now, like marijuana, tobacco, heroin, and cocaine. The withdrawal symptoms will be uncomfortable for a time, but removing the substance from your body is not life-threatening.

While you should always seek medical advice in beginning your recovery, in both of these types of intervention, you will find that ModeraXL is a powerful ally in reducing your withdrawal symptoms and your cravings.