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Low self-worth is often behind alcohol and drug addiction. Even someone who appears to be doing very well in life may not feel they’re accomplishing what they should be, or may not feel they’re living up to their own or another’s expectations. Alcohol and drugs provide some temporary relief – numb you, really – and nothing does it quite like heroin. Unfortunately, heroin makes you feel even worse about yourself so, in the end, you’ve gained nothing, and lost a lot. However, heroin addiction can be overcome and when you do, you’ll also experience a renewed sense of self worth.

Heroin addiction is often accompanied by a feeling of such deep apathy that it’s unusual to see an addict get into drug detox on their own—unless they have spiraled down and decide that it is either detox or death. If you know someone taking heroin, you’re going to have to put yourself in the driver’s seat – perhaps even literally – and take them to a drug detox center where they can get help.

With that done, and if you’ve chosen a medical drug detox center that understands heroin addiction, detox and rehab and creates an individual program for every person who walks in the door, I can tell you that far more than half the battle is won. And, amazingly enough, when that detox and rehab program are over, self-esteem will have been restored and the person has their life back.

When we say that drug detox and rehab changes someone’s life, we don’t just mean it ends their heroin addiction – we mean they’re now in a position where they no longer need it and they, not the drug, control their life. A truly rehabilitated life.

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