Treating addiction. Transforming lives.

Drug Rehab Services is a no cost referral agency for drug and alcohol addiction. We have helped thousands of people getting help in the following services:

• Alcohol addiction
• Street drugs addiction
• Prescription drugs addiction
• Detox centers
• Private drugs and alcohol rehabs

Our goal is for you to get the best advice possible in terms of treatments available so you or a loved one get a decent life drug free.

Addiction is an obsession or compulsion for a substance or an habit which lowers the survival potential of the person and in some cases will ruin someone’s life or even kill him. Addiction can be physical and psychological such as, street drugs, alcohol, and medication. It is normally associated with the use of substances, but is it is compulsive There are other addiction that are related to substances such as, gambling problems, computer addiction etc. With these common usages, the term addiction is used to describe a recurring compulsion by a person to engage in some specific activity, despite harmful consequences to his health, mental state or/and social life.

Street drus addiction affects both physical and physiological dependence. The individual becomes addicted when his use is irrational, and out of control. He wants to stop, but cannot, even though it destroys his life, family job etc. When the person actually stop, he will end up in a period of withdrawal. It can be severe or not; depending of the drug used he was addicted to, the amount use and subsequent period of using before they ceased the drugs. Some street drug such as heroin are very hard to stop, and in some instances medical attention is safer. It is always good to get a medical okay to stop on his own or to do a social detox. After having gone through detox, it would be preferrable that the recovering addict attends a drug rehab so as to fully rehabilitate him.

Abuse from prescription drug is spreading at an alarming pace throughout Canada. The most common prescribed drugs used are the pain killers such as oxycodone, methadone, Demerol, morphine etc. The withdrawal symptoms when someone ceases to use of theses particular drugs are some of the toughest and more intense. It can even be life threatening in some of them on a high dosage and prolonged usage. Always see a medical professional when you want to cease the use of a prescription drugs. Most of time people cannot enter a drug rehab without proper detox from their prescription drugs.

Alcohol is the most common addiction in Canada after tobacco. The fact that it is legalize and accepted by our society is a major factor of the amount of individual inflicted by it. Alcohol addiction is to the condition that will result in the prolonged usage of alcoholic drinks despite health problems and negative social adverse effects. Detoxing from long term alcohol addiction is one of the toughest and life threatening substances to stop. If you drink on a daily basis and for a prolonged period, always seek medical consultation to completely cease to drink. There are also people who seek the help of other people through group counselling and other alcohol treatments.