I would like to welcome you to my website, www.substanceabusecounselor.net!

I am now one year clean from Oxycontin addiction!

Do you, or someone you know, have an Addiction and you want to end it?  I can help recommend a treatment center that will help you or your loved one end the Addiction for good. I had an Addiction for 16 years. I wanted to end my Addiction as I no longer liked it, but could not stop on my own. I tried many times to end my Addiction on my own, but the aches and pains (dope sick) from the Addiction did not allow me to end it.  I was Addicted to oxycontin. The Addiction started off innocently enough from the result of a car accident. I was prescribed Percocet for the pain. I was forewarned as well to be careful with the prescribed Pain Killer Percocet as it is highly Addictive.  Well, 16 years later, I was still a full blown Addict.  By the time I finished the first 30 Percocet , I was already an Addict in the making.  I finally got the help that I so desperately needed by an intervention that was done on me for my Addiction. I, of course, said YES to treatment. I was on my way to ending my Addiction.

If you or your loved one is addicted to Oxycontin, Morphine, Diludid or any prescription Drugs…

Crack, Cocaine (soft and hard), Heroin, Crystal meth, Ecstacy, Mushrooms or any street Drugs…

Alcohol (yes, I said alcohol as I know you have a loved one who is Addicted to alcohol, perhaps even you)…I can help you or your loved one break free from the Addiction. 

What??!!  You want to help your loved one but can’t get them to go?  You need an intervention specialist?  Hiring an interventionist will help you get your loved one the help they need.  Addiction is very hard for them to end on their own, as all addicts will tell you they can end the addiction on their own. I know this all too well. I said the same thing to myself every day for 16 years. If the Intervention was not done to me, I would still be saying and trying to convince myself.

“I don`t need  help for my Addiction, I can quit on my own”

How many times have you heard this or have been told this by the addict?  Here is another one addicts are famous for saying (I know, I always said it to myself or to friends that knew I had an Addiction Problem)…

“After this fix, I am gonna quit, I am done with it. I hate it, I can’t do it anymore ”

Guess what? They never quit!   Time to get an Intervention Specialist. I can help you with this as well by getting your Addicted loved one to a Treatment center.  With my 16 years of Addiction, and walking in the same footsteps as your  loved one, I can successfully do the intervention and personally escort the Addict to the Treatment center.

To date ,I have been 100% successful in doing interventions and am confident I can help your loved one end their Addiction.

When the Addiction treatment is completed, I will always be available for ongoing support with respect to the Addiction. You will have access to my telephone number which you can call at anytime.

Maybe you need help with understanding ADDICTION? I will help guide you in the right direction of understanding all aspects of Addiction.  This will help you better understand why your loved one became Addicted, as well as give you the tools you need to help support them once they have completed the Addiction program.

To date, I have been clean for 28 months! Life is great because I no longer have a Addiction Problem.  Do you or a loved one have an ADDICTION Problem? Do you want to end your Addiction, or theirs?

Please answer these three simple Questions:

1)    Deep inside your heart,  do you really want to end the ADDICTION once and for all????

2)   Do you really love living this lifestyle because of your ADDICTION ???

3)   Do you really want to end this ADDICTION, but you can’t as the ADDICTION has a  stranglehold on you?

If you answered Yes to  to question 1, answered No to question 2,  and answered Yes to question 3,

then you want to end the Addiction.   Contact me now by e-mail or telephone so I can help you End your Addiction

by providing Intervention Service, recommending a treatment center and rehab placement to help you become drug free. 

“Time to End Addiction for Good“

Hi folks,  my name is Cliff Van Rossum. I have been clean now, as I said earlier, for 28 months and life really is grand. I have turned my life around and am so happy with my second chance. I quit my full-time job to become an Interventionist. I want to help as many people as I can to free them from their Addiction.  I can personally tell you from Experience that all Addicts are tired of the lifestyle, they hate it and really deep inside their hearts they want to quit! They just can’t stand it anymore,  but are unable to end the Addiction on their own.  They are married to the drug, as was I. All that matters to them is the drug, this is how bad an Addiction is, everything else in their life is secondary. Until they get the help that is needed to end the Addiction, they will not change. I am 49 years old, I want to help as many people as I can.  Is your loved one in need of help? Are you in need of help? Then please fill out the form here or contact me at 604 916 7757 or  e-mail  teddi@live.ca.

Looking forward to hearing from you.   LET’S SAVE A LIFE.

Substance abuse is a type of behavior, and in places such as downtown Vancouver, in British Columbia – more people than the national average engage in substance abuse.

Mark Klieman has co-authored a book, published in mid 2011, that takes a refreshingly clear look at the issue of substance abuse, policy, and law enforcement – entitled Drugs and Drug Policy – What Everyone Needs to Know.

In a description of the book, by Oxford University Press – it is outlined that whereas there have always been norms and customs around the use of drugs – explicit public drug policies, in the form of regulations, taxes and prohibitions, are a relatively recent development.

As the book points out – one of the major side effects of the criminalisation of substance abuse is that it tends to drive the control of drugs into the hands of organised crime, the considerable profits of the drug trade being used to perpetuate drug abuse and for other anti-social purposes. It is said that under current drug policies – neither a drug free world, nor a world of free drugs seems to be on offer.

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Mark Klieman himself, a drug expert of some repute, has made it clear in past editorial that a “war on drugs” policy tends to polarize attitudes about substance abuse so that a neutral position is hard to find. People tend to take a black and white approach to the issue of what to do about drugs – views tending to polarized as between the disease model of drug abuse and addiction, in which drug users need help and support, and the view that drug users deliberately engage in drug using behavior – and need to be punished, and stopped.

Klieman says that some people who promote the “disease” theory of substance abuse and addiction ignore the fact that drug abuse is a disorder of the will. In his view : disease and bad habits are completely consistent descriptions of the same behavior.

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When people have a “disease” they lack effective control over their own behavior due to having the disease. It is not the case that substance abusers have no control whatesoever about making it their “choice” to keep on substance abusing. However, this is not to say that the choice to keep on using drugs is freely made. Issues about substance abuse will continue to rage until there can be an official view taken that drug abuse is a willed choice – by a person acting under duress – in response to stress and adverse influences in their life.

The problem with taking this viewpoint is that it means drug use and its associated problems cannot be confined to issues about “what to do with the drug user” – is he to be punished or supported. If we take the viewpoint that drug use is a choice that we might make in response to certain pressures – clearly the way to deal with substance abuse is to look at ways of relieving the stress and pressures that substance abusers see themselves as being under.

Drug users invariably say that given the choice and ability, they would get out of the whole drug environment. For people born into areas such as downtown Vancouver, BC, life style options and the “chances” of avoiding the lure of drug use are considerably less, than in more affluent areas, where other options are generally more accessible.

When people have limited personal skills, and limited social  options, they might choose to deal in drugs for profit, or to get relief from the emotional pain of living in a “poor” environment.

The challenge of dealing effectively with drug use is that very often it is the status quo, in family relationships, and in society that is presenting the problem. Drug abuse by parents in the home, living in a geographical location where there is widescale unemployment, both act so as to make a person feel relatively disempowered, compared with others in the world, and drugs are seen as providing a means of empowerment.

As it is unlikely that those responsible for unfairness in life situations will make changes, ultimately it is the responsibiliy of the person with drugs in their life, to do domething about their situation.

The existence of safe drug using facilities, such as Insite, Vancouver are seen by some as doing too much to enable drug users, others see it as not doing enough to really enable drug users to get themselves out of the cycle of addiction.

In Vancouver, British Columbia, drug users who want to get free of drug influence can use traditional programs that generally have a very low success rate, or they can use a comprehensive drug addiction recovery model, based on personal and social empowerment.

Treating the whole person for their drug use, and helping them to get release from conditions that are blocking them from making better life style choices, is not easy but it is the only way that people can get genuine freedom from drug influence in their life.

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When people in Vancouver BC make the decision to become drug free – they will be best supported in their endeavors by using a Narconon program - that is designed to achieve complete substance abuse recovery, and the improvement of social skills.

In Vancouver, British Columbia,  there is widespread use of medical marijuana, with Vancouver often being called “Vansterdam” in recognition of its general tolerance of prolific, and often public, recreational pot smoking.

There is an intensely pro-active movement throughout the world that is wholly directed towards the eventual legalization of marijuana, so that people can freely both grow it and smoke it without criminal sanction. Others direct their thrust towards promoting marijuana as a prescription drug.

The issues involved in recreational marijuana use are quite separate and distinct from the issues involved in using marijuana for medical purposes.

Many articles have been written on the subject of the recreational use of marijuana. Most researched articles come out strongly against the smoking of marijuana for recreational purposes. The arguments against the recreational use of marijuana are fairly clear, and based on the same general principles that argue against using any psychoactive, toxic substance, to gain a pleasure sensation, at cost of your general health, with the additional risks that are unique to any particular recreational drug.

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When the pro recreational marijuana arguments are looked at more closely – most boil down to the basic premise – that as marijuana has many well known and researched medicinal properties – what is the harm in smoking it?

Smoking pot carries similar risks to any other substance abuse. If marijuana has medicinal benefits – then it must be used medicinally, and not for “recreational” purposes.

Some people are licensed to grow limited marijuana for the purpose of their own medication. The intention in Canada has always been that people access their medical marijuana through authorized government channels.

People allowed to grow one or two plants for their own therapeutic use seem to have generated, in some miraculous way, a major illicit medical marijuana industry, geared to supplying people with copious amounts of “medical marijuana” through marijuana shops and compassion clubs, of which there are several flourishing in Vancouver, and throughout North America. Some of these outlets are well known and have been established for years, known about but generally ignored by the authorities.

Medical scientists have produced several varieties of synthetic medical marijuana, such as Marinol, and Sativex.

Other drugs act so as to promote or inhibit endocannabinoid function. It is problematic about the use of these drugs given the present state of medical knowledge about the natural defense mechanisms of the body.

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Science first discovered cannabinoid “receptors” in the body, and wondered what they were for.

They discovered that the cannabinoids in pot, latched onto these receptors in the body, and that it made people feel “good” – about aches and pains, improved appetite and many other things.

There are probably hundreds of benefits to the body that are mediated by the cannabinoid receptors in the body – provided that they are triggered by the endogenous cannabinoids that are to be found in the body.

Scientists testing and prodding the receptors with extracts of pot one day discovered that the body makes its own endocannabinoid chemicals, that fit precisely and as needed, into the cannabinoid receptors.

Many years ago, doctors started using extracts of opium to deal with pain. We are now suffering a backlash of chronic illness and addiction actually caused by opioid drugs – due to us edging out the natural enkephalins and other painkillers in the body – and trying to replace them with our ‘drugs”.

All exogenous drugs come with toxic side effects – including opioids and cannabinoids that should not be used for “medicinal” purposes, as being toxic to the body.

Studies have found that neither endocannabinoids, nor marijuana extracts are particularly useful for dealing with acute pain, which is controlled more by opioids.

However for chronic pain, and for pain of unknown causes, both endocannabinoids, and marijuana smoking do provide relief.

This is mainly because chronic and ideopathic pain have a strong emotional component that is moderated by cannabinoids. Endocannabinoids in the body serve a protective function, to reduce levels of stress and tension – settle people down. It is this settling function that does the most to bring pain and other symptomatic relief to patients.

Endocannabinoids bring psychosomatic repair and regulation, such as providing relief from migraine causing tensions, increased appetite.

Endocannabinoids, in a healthy person, fine tune stress and tension relief to perfection, work with precision to synchronize and morph with other biochemicals to get the balance just right.

Surrounding the body with cannabis smoke and blearily inhaling does not work quite as well. It is fair to say that it never will – you also risk side effects and addiction.

You get similar drug warnings with processed cannabinoids as you get with the synthetic opioids that cause us so much distress.

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In trying to create drugs to replace the natural chemicals in the body, science has bitten off more than it can chew -

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but it does not stop the drug merchants from peddling their wares, to the detriment of all.

There are natural methods of health care that work with the body, that enhance and promote endocannabinoid function that helps the body to heal – reduce its experience of pain, damage and disorder, with no side effects or addiction.

Addiction to synthetic drugs that have a psychoactive function is one of the worst kind of side effects that anyone can suffer – particularly when they only used the drugs in the first place to make themselves feel better.

People in Vancouver BC, who want to end their substance abuse, addiction to prescription drugs or to marijuana - in a natural and healthy way, are encouraged to use the drug free program used in Canada by comprehensive alcohol and drug addiction recovery centers.

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Comprehensive addiction recovery programs in Canada, rehabilitate both mind and body – free you of substance abuse, get you off drugs completely – enabling you to live a more healthy, constructive, drug free life.

Ecstasy in Vancouver British Columbia, has again emerged as a substance abuse issue with four deaths in Vancouver, in the past two months caused by young people using ecstasy tablets during the festive season.

Ecstasy thrills – ecstasy kills, and it is unpredictable. When you buy ecstasy you never really know what you have got in your hand until you feel the effects. If you take ecstasy, and start to feel a bad reaction – the best thing to do is to get emergency medical help. Don’t wait to see if things will get better, or try to sleep it off.

Ecstasy is a stimulant/hallucinogenic. Ecstasy can bring on feelings of anxiety, panic attacks and psychosis, make people more likely to engage in risk taking behavior, it can also cause death. Young people in Canada are putting their lives on the line whenever they choose to use ecstasy.

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Ecstasy is a party “drug”, often given or sold to you by friends. It can give you a false sense of security, that ecstasy is a “love” drug, that does no one any harm.

People who use ecstasy to party don’t think that they have a “drug problem” - ecstasy is simply not seen as being a “hard” street drug, but is regarded as something you use for fun – or perhaps for weight loss.

Young people do not see a need to get help for substance abuse, see a substance abuse counselor for using the party drug ecstasy – that is associated with raves, d.j’s, excitement and good times.

Brightly colored ecstasy pills add to the atmosphere of the party – in the lead up to the Olympic games in 2010 – ecstasy tablets sold in “Olympic City” were imprinted with “Olympic Rings” to make them more appealing to users.

Although manufactured by professional dealers, there are no quality controls when making ecstasy – which can be cut with anything from rat poison, to LSD, viagra or aspirin according to urban legend.

The ecstasy that you buy could be cut with a harmful substance – there is no guarantee of safety. It might even be that what you buy as ecstasy is in fact simply another drug, such as ketamine or ephedrine, and not MDMA.

Two drugs commonly added to ecstasy are levamisole, a veterinary medication, and MCPP.

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Of the young people in Vancouver and Victoria, BC who do club drugs – 79% were using ecstasy in early 2011 according to a survey conducted by The Center for Addictions Research of University of Victoria.

Many participants in the survey expressed their concerns about the purity of the street and party drugs - often cut with substances not intended for human consumption.

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According to this study of illicit drug use in Vancouver, ecstasy is a drug used mainly by young adults and school aged children – with people over 35 years old being 5.5 times less likely than the 15-24 year olds to be reporting ecstasy use during the past month. Those aged between 25 and 34 were three times less likely to have used ecstasy than the 15-24 year olds.

Therefore, ecstasy use in Canada is something that calls out for more parental guidance and supervision. Many of the young people who use ecstasy are under age. Parents and guardians have a moral and legal responsibility, a duty of care and protection to ensure that children in their care do not go out unsupervised to use ecstasy at raves.

It is however quite understandable that many parents in Canada might feel overwhelmed by the issues involved in bringing up children who can say no to drugs. Peer group pressure and prevailing social “norms”, that children will naturally learn and seek to imitate can make it hard to enforce and maintain different social and personal values.

Substance abuse counseling for families is available in Canada, with professional, experienced substance abuse counselors who are trained with, and use comprehensive programs. Comprehensive alcohol and drug addiction recovery programs provide detoxification from substance abuse – and a comprehensive drug education.

Substance abuse in Vancouver, BC can be prevented and completely recovered from in families who develop strong family bonds, and who strengthen family values, and by building drug resilience and self esteem in individuals who have become addicted.

Help and support for families where substance abuse is involved can be obtained in Vancouver British Columbia by calling a Narconon helpline.    Narconon Vancouver*

If you have concerns about your drug use, concerns about a friend or family member, fears for your children – you are not alone.

Narconon International has provided help and support for complete alcohol and drug addiction recovery for over forty five years.

Narconon gets results. Parents, and young children who want help to get free of substance abuse and dependence can rely on Narconon.

With drug free detox, healthy living, and life enhancement training – Narconon can help you to find the way.

People often come in to see their substance abuse counselor after the festive season suffering from the post Christmas blues. The holidays are over and now it is back to routine.

It can be time of risk for relapse if people see life as a chore, feel that they would be happier if life was an endless holiday. Sometimes there is disappointment too that the festive season has not fulfilled its promise. The holiday season has for one reason or another failed to provide satisfaction, not been the happy time that was expected.

A lot of our happiness and our depression is bound up with expectations – what we expect of other people, what we expect of ourself – what we expect of life. When life meets up to our expectations we are happy, when it does not, we are downcast and depressed. It can be hard to see that real contentment and happiness does not depend on external events but in having a sense of inner contentment, and peace.

When people spend their lives chasing the dragon of happiness, very often it eludes them. They live in hope and wait for the day when everything will be in place, just as they want it to be – and then they will be happy.

lf only this – or only that would happen – then we would be content. So many people think their troubles would be over, if only they won the lottery.

The substance abuse counselor can play an important role in helping people to find a state of contentment, find a middle way between extremes of bliss and despair, so that they can become more in control, feel more emotionally secure within themselves.

Many things in life can disappoint, throw us off our emotional balance. The more content we feel inside ourselves, the less we are cast down, make miserable by external events.

It is essential to finding contentment that expectations are realistic, and within our means. A substance abuse counselor can act as a mentor to help people adjust their expectations so that life no longer is a constant battleground between achievement and disappointment.

Often people hold onto ideals that mean that they live with a sense of failure. They might feel that they are not good enough – always striving to “do better”. Other people with a sense of entitlement and self importance might find that it is other people who constantly disappoint, and fail to meet their expectations. The more people tend to separate off from their real feelings about what they are doing, the more risk there is of boredom with life, feelings of hopelessness, worthlessness and depression.

Many people spend their lives trying to satisfy self imposed demands. There is a difference between genuine self improvement and an endless need to satisfy an inner critic that always seems to be of the opinion that we could be doing more, doing better than we are.

Substance abuse counselors can help people to find integration within themselves, happiness in the moment – doing things that we are happy to do, that are a source of pleasure, that provide their own reward.

Often we work as if a slave, living a life of drudgery, with feelings of emotional bondage and entrapment. So often we postpone our pleasure while we make a chore of everyday living, the achievement of happiness looking more like a mirage in the desert – always just beyond our grasp.

People who have chosen substance abuse as an alternative route to find happiness in their life, who realize with coming of yet another New Year that they have somehow got lost in their direction can get help with orientation, get help to make a new start by using substance abuse counseling as provided by comprehensive alcohol and drug addiction recovery centers.

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The benefits of using a comprehensive program for substance abuse recovery are that you will receive complete detoxification from your substance abuse, and learn new life skills that can enable you to get ahead in your life – fulfill your goals, your ambitions – with confidence and contentment.

Graduates of comprehensive programs are seen by others in the community to be valued and worthy citizens. Comprehensive substance abuse programs help you to regain self respect. Graduates also find that they can handle and resolve family issues and problems based on feelings of confidence, are able to speak their mind and make their needs known to others.

Communication is the key to better relationships and self esteem - and helps people to bring an end to feelings of depression and anxiety about conditions in their life.

Getting past the post Christmas blues is easier when you have hope of a better life ahead of you – comprehensive substance abuse counselors can help you to find the way to happiness, and a brand new future in the year 2012.