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Acupuncture & Drug Addiction – Can We Trade One Needle for Another?: This 7-page essay examines the feasibility of using acupuncture in the treatment of drug addiction. Not all reports are in relevant to this relatively new treatment modality. Nonetheless, it has enjoyed a surprisingly auspicious beginning. Bibliography lists 6 sources. SNAcupun.doc
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and traditionally involves the stimulation of "acu-points" with fine, slender needles. The sterile needles are inserted into precise acupuncture meridians, (the channels that allow for the free-flow of ones
vital life force or Qi.) This is done because of the perspective from which an acupuncturist views health and sickness. His concepts hinge on the systematic views of
"vital energy, energetic balance, and energetic imbalance." Just as the Western doctor monitors the blood flowing through veins and arteries, the acupuncturist evaluates the unimpeded flow of vital energy
within its meridians or pathways (The History of Acupuncture in the West, 2001). Those who ascribe to these practices assert that the precise intensity of Qi ("chee")
energy must be free to flow through each of the meridians in order to ensure that optimum health is maintained/maximized. The rationale is that if the life force is blocked,
the result will be physiological and/or psychological pain. Interestingly enough, acupuncture is relatively new to our Western culture, and became very popular in North America after the 1970s, when
Ex-President Nixon re-opened relations with the Chinese (Schultz, 2000 and The History of Acupuncture in the West, 2001). In order to assess
the feasibility of acupuncture relevant to its treatment modalities and drug addiction, it will be helpful to understand the precise role, and levels of denial and intoxication in the individual.
Not surprisingly, denial is frequently identified as one of the predominant symptoms of alcoholism and drug addiction. Moreover, the type of denial associated with these substance-dependent cases is most
often not the patients denial of the substance abuse per se, but rather a blatant denial of the consequences of such abuse. Conversely, a clients acknowledgment (that problems they
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