The COVID-19 pandemic has made life difficult for many people around the world. Jobs, economic activities, and essential services and commodities were in disarray during the pandemic, and many people were forced to stay at home during the lockdowns. For patients and individuals battling addiction and substance abuse-related issues, the pandemic tested the resilience and resolve of people who want to overcome their addictions. As access to clinical and rehabilitation facilities is limited, people dealing with substance dependency only have family and friends as their primary line of support for the moment. While closer family bonds are formed and help some people recover from their addictions, others struggle to keep themselves sober.
Here, we will explore some helpful practices that people battling addiction can do to get through the pandemic.
Ensure Continued Rehabilitation
People who struggle with addiction have different coping mechanisms and treatment needs. Some can manage with less supervision and monitoring, and some need specialized and face-to-face guidance and treatment. It is the latter type of rehab San Diego residents often prefer due to the alarming numbers of drug overdose and relapse cases. The city has been dealing with this growing crisis before COVID-19, and the pandemic only exacerbated the situation. Amazingly, many facilities remained steadfast in their services despite the pandemic and helped the people who desperately need healing and recovery. Excellent facilities like Golden, VAMC, Shoreline Recovery Center, AToN, and other rehabilitation centers in the San Diego area have kept their services available during the pandemic. If you or someone you know needs professional care and intervention with substance addiction, contact available rehab facilities to ensure that the rehabilitation and recovery program proceeds without a hitch.
Seek Online Professional Care
If there is one good thing that came out of the pandemic, it is the innovativeness of people. When people refuse to be limited in their activities due to a large-scale crisis like the coronavirus pandemic, they will find ways to go around it and thrive. The same trend is also found among those who seek rehabilitation for their substance abuse problems. Privacy is still among the biggest concerns that can hamper a person’s willingness to undergo or continue rehabilitation. Now that most people around the world remain at home or have limited travel routes, online care through video appointments and therapy sessions is seeing an upward trend since the pandemic. It somehow gave privacy-conscious individuals confidence to pursue rehabilitation while they stay safe and comfortable at home.
Avoiding Addiction Triggers and Relapse
Hopelessness, depression, anxiety, and other negative emotions associated with the pandemic can break down the mental and emotional stability of some individuals. People who are dealing with drug crises or are battling addiction are susceptible to negative emotions and need to stay on their toes for moments of weakness. A home is a place of refuge against drugs and it should remain that way by keeping family ties stronger and always having a worthwhile activity to do. People who have been sober or abstaining from drugs are also vulnerable to relapse, which is why it is important to keep constructive communication active in the family and to stay productive and positive at home.
People with substance addiction have to overcome more hurdles brought about by the pandemic. Education and awareness about alcohol and substance addiction need to be disseminated more during this pandemic situation, where people are constantly checking the internet and media for developments. Addiction can be likened to a disease, and a strong information drive about it should go along with the COVID-19 recovery efforts. We should not wait for another global addiction crisis to emerge after this pandemic. Addressing the addiction problem along with the pandemic is like hitting two birds with one stone.
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