Crack Cocaine Detox
Cocaine is used by snorting, injecting or smoking it (crack). Cocaine use brings a strong, powerful adrenaline like high and an initial considerable feeling of euphoria and a sense of strength. Cocaine users can become quite dependent on these feelings of excitement and exhilaration. This psychological dependency usually is gradual over a period of time. The intense high feelings do not last long. Depending on a variety of factors – such as the method of ingestion, the "up" feelings from cocaine can last anywhere from 10 to 90 minutes. Cocaine is also considered an appetite suppressant therefore; people often lose weight as a result of regular, prolonged cocaine and crack cocaine use.
Cocaine and crack cocaine is water-soluble and therefore travels through and out of the body fairly rapidly. Just like the quick high feelings it brings to the mind, cocaine does not stay in the physical body very long either. Consequently, there is no actual medical detox process for the physical symptoms required during the detox from cocaine or crack cocaine. However, it should be noted that in most cases of cocaine and crack cocaine addiction, the person is usually using other substances such as alcohol, heroin, sleeping medication (Valium etc) or other drugs to help them come down from the high. These products would usually require assistance in the detoxification process.
Although Cocaine and crack cocaine do not require a physical detox, the psychological withdrawal during the detox process is still an important component of the initial stages of recovering form cocaine and crack cocaine dependence. Cocaine users will usually experience some sort of psychological withdrawal as the direct result of initially being without cocaine. The rebound effect from being on a "high" binge of using cocaine can make a person feel extremely low and show severe symptoms of depression. Infact, it is this low that drives the user fanatical in their attempts to "get high" once again. This psychological dependency issue and resulting effects need to be addressed while a person is going through the detox or withdrawal from cocaine use.
Cocaine is usually "cut", reducing its strength and purity. This "cutting" process is done with a variety of substances, such as (though not exclusively) vitamin B or baby laxative. These products can have their own toxic effect upon the human body and may well require some type of stabilisation process while someone begins to seek recovery. Binges, or long periods of consistently using cocaine or crack cocaine will have its own serious, physical consequences, particularly since binges can last for days at a time while the user stays high 24 hours a day using cocaine or crack cocaine and other drugs or alcohol. These are all important factors in the initial detox, withdrawal and stabilisation period prior to a person being prepared to participate in treatment for their cocaine or crack cocaine abuse.
However, the hardest part of any cocaine or crack cocaine addiction is the psychological obsession that accompanies the user. The ultimate belief that they are unable to perform tasks without the assistance of cocaine or crack cocaine first is tremendously difficult to break. Add this to the low a user feels once they have come off the initial peak and euphoria of a "hit" and it becomes easier to understand why these users find it so difficult to stop and to stay stopped!
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