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Treatment of Cocaine Addiction<\/b>

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\u00a0Dami\u00e1n Ruiz<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

The treatment of cocaine addiction constitutes my second line of therapeutic intervention with regard to specific problems.<\/span>
<\/span> If I had to identify the principal and most notable factor in this model, it would be the decision <\/span>not to rely on the patient\u2019s willpower<\/b>.<\/span>
<\/span> Obviously, at a certain point this willpower must emerge, but not during the early stages, in which we aim to activate it without depending on it.<\/span><\/p>

Why is this? Because addiction has generally become what, in Jungian terms, we might call an <\/span>autonomous complex<\/b> (a kind of internal chip that activates, at times, even randomly).<\/span>
<\/span> It is very difficult for the sheer influence exerted by substance use on the psyche to be countered solely through firm willpower.<\/span><\/p>

I should clarify here that a psychological treatment of this kind \u2014 individual, weekly or fortnightly \u2014 is only possible when consumption levels are not excessively high; for example, in someone who uses the substance when going out, at most once a week, and without exceeding roughly one gram.<\/span>
<\/span> For the daily user who consumes higher doses, it is preferable to enter a <\/span>public or private detoxification centre<\/b>.<\/span>
<\/span> And, of course, in most cases the involvement of a psychiatrist will be required for the prescription of appropriate psychotropic medication.<\/span><\/p>

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What, then, is the basis of this therapeutic approach?<\/strong>
<\/span> It is the <\/span>awakening of consciousness<\/b>, meaning that the patient does not give up the addiction through willpower, but through rejection, because they no longer feel the need for it.<\/span>
<\/span> And how is this achieved? Through a <\/span>process of self-knowledge, psychological maturation, and the activation of dormant elements of one\u2019s own identity<\/b> that lie closer to the conscious level.<\/span>
<\/span> The aim is for the person to reach a point where an inner conflict arises, making continued consumption lose its meaning.<\/span><\/p>

Another important point is that <\/span>not all patients are capable of stopping consumption from one day to the next<\/b>, unless they are in a detoxification centre with no access to the substance; therefore, it will often be necessary to consider a progressively decreasing pattern of use agreed upon with the patient.<\/span><\/p>

The effectiveness of the therapy may be assessed when, after several sessions \u2014 the first ones provide a novel stimulus and therefore cannot be used to determine whether treatment is working \u2014, the patient begins to feel that they <\/span>\u201cdo not want\u201d<\/b> to consume, which is very different from \u201cwanting\u201d to consume but repressing that urge.<\/span>
<\/span> This distinction is not minor: <\/span>\u201cnot wanting\u201d but still giving in to temptation is always better than \u201cwanting\u201d and consuming<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>

In any case, as with any therapeutic model, there are people for whom it works very well and others who may require a different approach, perhaps a more restrictive one, in a residential setting and with much more behaviourally oriented guidelines.<\/span>
<\/span> But for many patients, this therapeutic model has proved valid, effective, discreet, and has also helped them to discover many other aspects of themselves.<\/span><\/p>



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Dami\u00e1n Ruiz<\/span><\/p>

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