Get Professional Treatment
for Heroin Addiction
- Written By: Ava
- January 31, 2024
- Medically-Reviewed: Audrey Grimm, PMHNP-BC
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Audrey Grimm, PMHNP-BC
Sequoia Recovery Centers
Audrey Grimm is one of Sequoia’s original founders and Chief Executive Officer. Audrey has spent her career working in behavioral health. She has over 10 years of nursing experience, half of that working in inpatient psychiatric and detox facilities. She graduated as a Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner in 2023.
Heroin addiction treatment
Getting Help for Heroin Addiction
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, in 2020, over 900,000 people over the age of 12 in the United States used heroin. Even with these staggering numbers, we believe that mental and physical dependence can be overcome with the proper medical detox program.
The difficulty heroin-addicted individuals face when trying to stop using heroin alone is that the cravings, combined with the pain experienced during withdrawal, become too much to tolerate. This is one of the leading causes of relapse. The discomfort is too great, and the individual knows that by using it again, the pain can be alleviated.
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What Exactly Is Heroin Addiction and How Can Sequoia Help?
Heroin is a well-known opioid that has lured many people into its deadly grip. The physical feeling that heroin promises is that of a highly addictive euphoria. Heroin knows no boundaries of class, race, background, or gender. Hundreds of people are overdosing on opioids daily across the nation.
Heroin is a drug derived from seeds of the opium poppy plant native to areas of Asia, Mexico, and Colombia. Morphine, a substance extracted from the plant, is the key ingredient in heroin. While most are familiar with the white powder form of heroin, it comes in other forms. In addition to the white powder (often considered the “pure” form of heroin), it is also a black sticky substance that resembles roofing tar called black tar heroin or a brown powder. Heroin can be smoked, injected, or snorted. No matter the method of use, the effects of heroin occur rapidly, often within seconds, lasting up to 30 minutes.
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What To Expect at Sequoia Recovery Centers
When you participate in residential or outpatient programs, you can expect each day that you participate at our facility to be filled with activities so that you don’t have a lot of downtime. a big part of the structured schedule you receive is, in itself, a positive coping skill that you can use to structure your schedule when you return home. Having structured schedules avoids returning to old tendencies or boredom that might lead to a relapse.
A sample of what you might expect during an IOP care looks like this:
- 10:00 a.m. Behavioral Health Group
- 11:00 a.m. Relapse Prevention Group
- 12:00 p.m. Lunch and Reflection Time
- 1:00 p.m. Nutrition Group Therapy
- 2:00 p.m. Individual Therapy
- 3:00 p.m. Educational Session
What to Expect
What Can I Expect From Treatment?
Heroin addiction leads to physical and psychological dependence. While physical detox symptoms can be overwhelming and sometimes dangerous, the psychological difficulties that often accompany heroin detox are also complex and challenging to manage outside of a medically-supported detox program in Washington. When you stop using heroin, withdrawal symptoms will develop rapidly. In many cases, acute withdrawal symptoms (the first detox symptoms) will occur within a few hours of your last dose.
The challenging nature of heroin withdrawal symptoms underscores the fact that medical detox is a key step in long-term heroin recovery. People who attempt to detox from home are rarely successful due to intense cravings and lack of proper medication and can encounter many medical complications. The safest option for heroin detox is to use a professional, medically supported Washington detox center, like Sequoia Recovery Centers. We offer a range of treatment options, including residential inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient. The different structures and levels of involvement of each program cater to you to fit with your schedule (such as juggling your work and family) while meeting your health needs and helping you as much as possible.
Heroin withdrawal symptoms include:
- Moodiness, depression, anxiety, and fear
- Sweating, runny nose, watery eyes
- Nausea and vomiting
- Increased heart rate and blood pressure
- Strong drug cravings
- Dehydration
- Stomach cramps
- Fever and chills
- Leg cramping
- Leg spasms
The symptoms of heroin withdrawal can begin within 6-12 hours of the last dosage. The drugs move through the system quickly, making the body need replenishment. In turn, the withdrawal process continues each day that the body goes without heroin. Symptoms are typically at their peak during days three to four. Every individual’s withdrawal process is different. The characteristics that make withdrawal from heroin vary are the time of usage and how much heroin was used. The symptoms can be more severe, and the withdrawal peak may be delayed.
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Heroin Rehab Program in Washington
The first steps on your journey to recovery from heroin addiction should occur at a heroin detox center in Washington. At a professional heroin rehab, you will receive the support and guidance you need to safely detox and recover from heroin addiction. Our caring and compassionate team of addiction treatment professionals will work with you to develop an individually designed treatment program that includes the detoxification and therapeutic services vital to helping you overcome heroin addiction.
Trying to quit heroin alone or “cold turkey” can be dangerous and is often unsuccessful. In many instances, the urge or cravings for heroin are so intense that many who try to quit the drug without detox support often relapse because they cannot manage the intensity of heroin withdrawal symptoms and cravings on their own.
At Sequoia Recovery Centers, we offer a full range of treatment options to help you overcome heroin addiction and maintain lasting sobriety. Our therapy programs are built on trusted, evidence-based treatment models proven to help you get well and put addiction behind you. Our Washington detox services include:
- Medically-supported detox services (including residential inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient programs)
- Comprehensive addiction treatment therapy (including traditional and holistic therapy models)
- Detailed aftercare planning
We understand that seeking help to overcome heroin addiction is not easy. Our caring and compassionate team of medical and mental health providers is here to help you with each step of your treatment and recovery journey.
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Levels of Care for Heroin Addiction
Medically supervised detox is the first level of care during your recovery. With heroin addiction, many clients use FDA approved medications to help them during detox and with ongoing cravings.
FDA-approved medications require you to participate in ongoing therapy which can take the form of residential or outpatient programs.
Residential programs provide you with 24-hour care with supervision from licensed professionals throughout the course of your treatment plan.
Residential care is best for long-term addiction, severe symptoms, or those who have co-occurring disorders.
When you reach out to our team we will start with an initial assessment to determine which level of care is best once you complete detox. These programs can last anywhere from 30 days to 90 days and using a step down approach you are encouraged to transition into a lower level of care once you complete your residential program.
Outpatient care represents the next levels of care including:
- PHP
- IOP
- Outpatient
Outpatient programs provide similar therapies to what you would get with a residential program with the key difference being you get to return home each day after treatment.
Given that there are three levels under this umbrella, you can choose from programs that meet once or twice per week all the way through programs that might meet six or more hours each day for therapy over the span of a couple of weeks. This flexibility enables clients who have other professional or personal applications to still get the help they need.
Our therapy programs are built on trusted, evidence-based treatment models proven to help you get well and put addiction behind you. Our Washington detox services include:
- Medically-supported detox services (including residential inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient programs)
- Comprehensive addiction treatment therapy (including traditional and holistic therapy models)
- Detailed aftercare planning
We understand that seeking help to overcome heroin addiction is not easy. Our caring and compassionate team of medical and mental health providers is here to help you with each step of your treatment and recovery journey.
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Get help for Heroin Addiction at Sequoia Recovery Centers
Heroin addiction is dangerous. Regular heroin use can lead to irreversible physical and psychological health effects. The most successful way to detox from heroin would be a medically-supervised heroin detox program. While detoxing at home is possible, many complications could result from going “cold turkey.” Proper medical detoxification and therapy are required to ensure a life of sustained recovery.
While heroin addicts are still likely to experience some withdrawal symptoms even while detoxing in a medically-supervised detox program, the added support of therapy during medical monitoring leads to a more successful recovery process. If you or a loved one are struggling with an addiction to heroin, don’t wait to seek help. Contact a member of our team today to learn more about how you can get help for heroin addiction at Sequoia Recovery Centers.
