Gulf Coast’s expertise in substance abuse includes speed addiction treatment. Recovery from speed addiction happens every day at Gulf Coast. Our speed addiction specialists are on call and can help you or your loved one.

Speed is a very addictive stimulant drug that affects the central nervous system. The stimulant properties in speed are known to produce increased wakefulness and focus in association with decreased fatigue and appetite. The speed-dependent human will choose using speed to all other activities and will use the drug until the user or the supply is exhausted. Speed users will typically go on multiple day binges. Once the user “crashes,” the speed addicted person will then continue to find and use more speed, which creates a vicious cycle.

Gulf Coast’s team of professionals will assess you or your loved one upon admission. Persons addicted to speed experience many physical side effects such as increased heart rate, blood pressure, irritability, malnutrition, etc. Gulf Coast’s speed addiction treatment includes a doctor’s exam, health evaluation, and true one-on-one counseling. After the evaluation, a personalized treatment plan is formulated and implemented throughout the client’s stay.

Persons suffering from speed addiction experience compulsive and uncontrollable drug cravings and seek out their drug even when they may face extremely negative consequences. Gulf Coast‘s program not only eliminates the cravings for the drug, but the program also provides the tools necessary for you or your loved one to live an ethical, stable, happy, drug-free life.

Relapse prevention is an important component in Gulf Coast’s speed addiction treatment program. Clients are taught to recognize their own high-risk situations for use and how to develop a plan for coping with and avoiding those high-risk situations. Gulf Coast’s relapse prevention approach for speed addiction consists of a collection of strategies intended to enhance self-control. Our speed addiction treatment staff will help you or your loved one anticipate problems they will likely encounter and then help to develop coping strategies.

Gulf Coast’s 90% success rate means that there is hope and a solution for you or your loved one’s speed addiction.