JourneyPure Emerald Coast
Opiate Rehab in Florida
JourneyPure’s opiate rehab center in Panama City Beach, FL we help people get sober and stay sober. Whether your substance abuse problem started with a doctor’s prescription or you started abusing opiates for “fun,” we can help.
Most medical experts agree that long-term individualized care in an inpatient setting offers the best treatment outcomes. Here at our opiate addiction treatment center, our staff provides a comprehensive evaluation that takes into account all aspects of the opiate addiction.
We draw from 12-Step care, experiential therapy, yoga and meditation, and the best, most effective behavioral and psychiatric therapies to help our patients find their paths to freedom.
Recover for Life
Why Choose our Program
Getting treatment at our opiate rehab in Florida can be highly beneficial for someone who is addicted to one or more opiates. Not only does enrolling in our program prevent a person from suffering any further mental or physical effects caused by use, but it also provides them with several evidence-based services that can help them make a full recovery.
Therapies, such as individual, group, and behavioral therapies, can provide a patient with coping skills that help to prevent relapse, regulate emotions, improve communication, and address difficult issues head-on. The benefits that come from therapy, such as these, are priceless and are often what solidifies the foundation of a person’s recovery.
Additional benefits can include:
- Peer support from other patients
- Living in a drug-free environment
- Privacy while recovering
- Structure and daily schedules
- Access to aftercare services post-treatment
Levels of Care at Our Opiate Rehab
Detox
One of the most important of these services is detox.
Stopping the use of opiates often causes users to go into a state of withdrawal. During that time, it is common to experience symptoms ranging from nausea and muscle cramps to anxiety and depression. When at our opiate rehab center, these individuals can receive medical detox services, followed-up by an individualized therapeutic treatment program.
Residential Treatment
After a patient is medically cleared, they will be able to transition fully into the residential portion of treatment. This can last anywhere from 30-60 days depending on the patient’s needs. Here they will spend their days in various therapies such as:
- Individual Therapy
- Group Therapy
- Dual Diagnosis Treatment
- Trauma-Informed Care
- Relapse Prevention
- Experiential Therapy (music, art, outdoor activities etc.)
- Holistic Therapies (meditation, yoga)
- 12 step meetings
- Free time to hangout, decompress, watch TV, read etc.
Intensive Outpatient/Outpatient Treatment
After residential treatment is completed, patients will have the option to continue their care with us. If they are not ready to jump back into their life’s responsibilities without continued therapy, they can enter our IOP or OP. Our intensive outpatient program requires patients to come to the facility three days a week for a couple of hours either in the morning or at night. They will live either at home or in a halfway house. Outpatient treatment is a step down from this in which they would only come to the facility once a week for group and individual therapy.
Aftercare
Regardless if a patient just does our residential opiate rehab program or continues care with IOP and OP, JourneyPure Emerald Coast offers a year of aftercare at no additional cost. We care about our patients and want to see them succeed. They will have a recovery advocate they can talk to, be held accountable by and turn to for advice. We also have a coaching app where they can track their meetings, connect with other alumni and keep a journal.
Opiate Addiction Statistics
It is estimated that between 26 and 36 million people globally abuse opiates. However, many countries throughout the world do not even come close to experiencing even half of the opioid crisis the United States is experiencing today.
Eighty percent of the world’s entire supply of opiates are consumed by Americans. Out of the 327 million people living in the country, almost 3 million of them are addicted to opiates like heroin and morphine. As the number of opiate users in the United States continues to climb, so does the rate of overdose.
An overdose occurs when a person has consumed too much of a substance, like an opiate, and the body cannot process it. For many people abusing opiates, this leads to respiratory depression and other life-threatening consequences. While some who have overdosed on opiates have survived, thousands of others have not. Each day, an average of 130 people die from an opiate overdose in the United States. Shaking out to more than 47,000 people a year, opiate overdoses are one of the most common causes of preventable deaths.
Opiates vs. Opioids
The terms “opiates” and “opioids” are constantly interchanged with one another, however, there is a big difference between the two. Opiates are substances that are naturally derived from the opium poppy plant and include codeine, opium, and morphine. Opioids are substances that are either semi-synthetic or fully synthetic, meaning that they either partially contain an opiate substance or do not contain one at all but mimic the effects of it. Opioids include OxyContin, Vicodin, and fentanyl.
When talking about opiates and opioids together, they can be referred to as “opioids” as all opiates are opioids. It is not the same vice versa, as opioids are not opiates.
Different Types of Opiates
The poppy plant is indigenous to parts of Asia and the Middle East. Today, these plants are being cultivated in several different countries. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the only countries where it is legal to grow the opium poppy plant are India, Turkey, and Australia, and the harvests are strictly for medicinal purposes only. The opium poppy plant cannot be purchased in the United States legally. While home improvement stores and nurseries sell variations of poppy plants, none of them contain nearly as much narcotic as the opium poppy does.
The most common types of opiates include the following:
- Morphine – Morphine is directly derived from opium, which contains approximately 20 alkaloids (compounds). One of those alkaloids is morphine, and in order to obtain it, it must be isolated.
- Codeine – Just as morphine is an alkaloid found in the poppy plant, so is codeine. It can also be isolated from the plant just as morphine is and can be used to treat pain like all other opiates. However, codeine is most commonly used today as a cough suppressant as opposed to a painkiller.
- Heroin, which is by far the most commonly abused opiate in the United States, is also derived from the milk of the seed pod in the poppy plant, however, it is then mixed with a chemical known as acetic anhydride and heated for six hours to form another chemical compound which is then mixed with chloroform and water. From there, sodium carbonate is added, it is filtered and purified with alcohol, and heated again. Lastly, it is purified once more with hydrochloric acid to produce the soft white substance that heroin is known for.
Regardless of how these opiates are derived or produced, each and every single one of them is highly addictive. Even short-term use can lead to abuse, which can then cause tolerance, dependence, and full-blown addiction. And once someone is addicted to an opiate, getting professional help is often the only thing that can get him or her to stop using for good.
Get Professional Help at our Opiate Rehab in Panama City Beach, FL
Our opiate addiction rehab center in Panama City Beach, FL can help you or a loved one put a stop to an opiate addiction before it’s too late. There is no need to continue to abuse opiates like codeine, morphine, and heroin – there is help available.
If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse and needs help to stop, do not hesitate to reach out to us right now. We can help you today.
