From the grandiose, euphoria of a cocaine “high”, it can be a matter of minutes or hours before there is a rapid descent into the “Cocaine Blues“, or post cocaine depression. With addiction to cocaine comes tolerance to the intoxication – instead of feelings of elation, users can feel merely irritable, anxious, sometimes sorrowful and depressed, sinking even deeper into the chasm of despair when cocaine effects wear off.

 People who use cocaine occasionally, recreationally, will often continue to use cocaine unaware that addiction is present at some level, with all cocaine use. It is not until withdrawal symptoms or attempts to stop cocaine use plunge the user into a deeply, depressive, perhaps agitated state that a user will suddenly appreciate the extent of their addiction and feel the compulsive need to obtain and use cocaine again.

 People might not understand the compulsion of addiction, although imagining the feelings of a person nearly expiring of thirst reaching out for a glass of cool water, which is denied them might give some hint of the powerful force of addiction.

With long term cocaine use, depressive symptoms can be severe – depression has many symptoms, and feelings of self doubt, worthlessness, guilt and shame are common.

 Part of the reason why people enjoy the use of cocaine is that it makes them feel competent, powerful, in control – as the user feels entitled to be. If people could feel the same competence, authority and ability within themselves without the use of drugs, then they would have no use for cocaine. Cocaine and cocaine use overcomes anxious or depressive symptoms that occur when we want life to different from how we understand it to be.

 Overcoming cocaine addiction, and the cocaine blues at Narconon Trois Rivieres focuses on complete cocaine withdrawal using drug free detox, and a course of training routines that enables people to resolve issues of power, and relative powerlessness, anxiety, depression, shame or guilt that using cocaine relieves.

There are many instances in life of post euphoric depression - La petite mort (the little death) which refers to post coital feelings of depletion, the post partum depression that most women naturally feel a few days after the oxytocin fueled high of giving birth, and feelings of exhaustion after running high on adrenalin,  that “morning after” feeling .

 When there is also a psychological component to the feelings of depletion and exhaustion, after cocaine use, which there inevitably is, help is needed to enable the cocaine addict to see himself in a more positive light, and to feel strong enough in himself to deal with the issues of life without needing cocaine for support.

Helping a cocaine addict to face and own feelings of helplessness, inferiority or inadequacy is a really big step in cocaine addiction recovery and it needs to be done in a caring and supportive manner. The intense depression associated with cocaine use can make people feel suicidal. Cocaine rehabilitation needs to provide honest and effective, comprehensive solutions to build self esteem and reduce negativity.

 The Narconon Trois Rivieres   therapeutic training routines course ***  provides all the support you need, if addicted to cocaine, to recover self respect and self esteem. Cocaine can cause lasting changes in the brain if it is used long term – the best way to start your cocaine addiction recovery is to call Narconon Trois Rivieres today.