Cocaine withdrawal does not cause much obvious physical symptoms, psychological symptoms are rather strong as the search and desire compulsive drinking the substance, that is the hallmark of addiction, also is associated with cocaine abuse and does so faster and more powerful than many other illegal drugs.
is precisely the absence of obvious physical symptoms he has done in the past thought that cocaine was not addictive and that therefore, the abuse did not require treatment, when the truth is that each drug has its own specific addictive effects, which in the case of cocaine are very powerful.
Yet for many people, addiction is a matter of personal choice, ie the individual becomes addicted because he wants to take the substance, or because it has enough character to say no, so he did not stop using drugs is because they have no willpower. All these misconceptions on the concept of addiction prevent this disease is treated as a disease that goes beyond the decision and will, is a condition beyond the control of the person, this is a symptom of the disease.
addition when high consumption or prolonged cocaine, the brain undergoes biochemical changes that alter behavior, thoughts and feelings of the consumer, which produce (among others) an uncontrollable craving for cocaine.
The person can not control the desire to consume the substance due to brain damage caused by cocaine, also loses ability to assess the damage that is causing consumption and direct their behavior toward the abandonment of drugs and toward a healthier lifestyle.
currently through multiple investigations and thanks to new technologies, more and more is known about how cocaine acts in the brain and the effects occurs, allowing optimal development of treatments for each person using drugs suitable for you recover control and get cured of addiction to cocaine.
Drug therapy is one of the pillars, which together with individual psychotherapy, family and group will hold and support the individual in abstinecia and recovery stage.
In conclusion, we have that addiction is a brain disease, a disease that is treatable and that no recovery.
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