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Crack / Cocaine Abuse: Do you have a crack / cocaine abuser in your life? Why do they abuse crack and never seem to get enough? Crack / cocaine addiction can start even after only several 'experimental' inhalations from a pipe. Understanding how and why crack abuse becomes addiction is the first step to doing something to getting addiction out of your lives.

Crack / Cocaine Rehab Facts

* Crack / Cocaine accounts for about 50% of clients going into drug rehab
* No valid medical treatment exists for crack / cocaine abuse
* Any single use of crack / cocaine threatens stroke, heart seizures and brain trauma
* Less than 20% of crack / cocaine abusers going to traditional medical / 12 Step methods of rehab end their addiction
* Cognitive behavior therapy / Social educational / Nutritional or Bio-physical detox & rehab methods average 70% and higher success ending crack / cocaine addiction

When someone decides to get help to end a crack / cocaine habit, they are generally told they won't need to get detox. Withdrawing from crack / cocaine is rarely if ever life threatening. Continuing to use crack / cocaine is very physically dangerous. Consequences of abuse sometimes show up minutes, days or years later.

Why Is Crack / Cocaine Abuse Not Responding Well To Traditional Medical / 12 Step Treatment?

Most drugs of abuse, especially pharmaceutically abused drugs, don't immediately leave the body, even after several days. Drug residues stay trapped in the body fat, organs, brain, nerve tissue and bones for years. The body keeps a record of the drug so it knows how to process it in the future. But drugs are mostly fat soluble, meaning they have fatty composition in them.

Important Note: Doctors / detox specialists have been trained to believe cocaine leaves the body is several days, so argue with abusers and tell them they don't need a thorough bio-physical detox. Even when cocaine abusers complain of physical and mental cravings for years in therapy, doctors oppose them getting proper detoxification from these drug residues.
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