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When struggling with addiction, many view the abusing person as the only one affected. While considering the devastating effects on the user, many may not take into consideration how others are directly involved; addiction affects the family. Spouses, children, and parents who witness a loved one struggling with addiction experience emotional damage, as well as financial, legal, medical, and other consequences.The biological disease of substance-use disorder can manifest in maladaptive behavior that can be seen as deliberatively harmful toward the family. The family needs to know that the behavior is being driven by the disease and not the person.Tiger Resilience provides integrated, self-serve, practical addiction educational programs that are specifically focused on the family members, not the addicted person.
Personal Trainer Michael Tiger shares his insight on the benefits of exercise for family's struggling with stress from opioid addiction.
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- Exercise has overwhelming shown to distract from cravings, but also adds structure to the day.
- This principle can apply to any issue a person may be going through, not just addiction related.
- Dependency on said drug, using exercise as that replacement (not in an unhealthy way)
- Group focused exercise groups may be even more advantageous for addicted individuals, being able to work out and support others going through sobriety (similar to previously mentioned mutual-help groups commonly implemented in social therapy/talk groups).
- Exercise measures of euphoria/release of endorphins can be very comparable to that of drug use in many cases (can make it a more effective strategy to replace).
- Further research is needed to determine the optimal parameters necessary to maximize the protective effects of exercise, but enough is now known to begin the process of designing and implementing exercise-based interventions in clinical and at-risk populations.
- Per my anecdote, these interventions should include both aerobic and resistance training (although start with what the individual finds most enjoyment with).
Health benefits for the family members and the loved one struggling from an opioid addiction.
- Improved sleep
- Increased interest in sex
- Better endurance
- Stress relief
- Improvement in mood
- Increased energy and stamina
- Reduced tiredness that can increase mental alertness
- Weight reduction
- Reduced cholesterol and improved cardiovascular fitness
Tiger Resilience episode features an interview with Jamie Redwing MD, an addiction specialist - medical practitioner. Topic focuses on assisting families/friends understand that opioid addiction is not about moral or character failing.
The truth is that science has confirmed that addiction is a chronic brain disease that can happen to anyone. Yet many still popular subscribe to the belief that addiction is the result of weak character or moral failing. We say that addiction should be looked at in the same way that we view other chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension and cancer. If this is true, why are those diseases are not regarded with stigma and shame in the way addiction is?
Tiger Resilience provides integrated, self-serve, practical addiction educational programs that are specifically focused on the family members, not the addicted person.
When struggling with addiction, many view the abusing person as the only one affected. While considering the devastating effects on the user, many may not take into consideration how others are directly involved; addiction affects the family. Spouses, children, and parents who witness a loved one struggling with addiction experience emotional damage, as well as financial, legal, medical, and other consequences.
The biological disease of substance-use disorder can manifest in maladaptive behavior that can be seen as deliberatively harmful toward the family. The family needs to know that the behavior is being driven by the disease and not the person.
Tiger Resilience provides integrated, self-serve, practical addiction educational programs that are specifically focused on the family members, not the addicted person.