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Addiction Treatment and Recovery the Story of Congress 60 Innovations in Addiction Treatment and Recovery The Story of Congress 60 Hossein Dezhakam and William White Innovations in Addiction Treatment and Recovery The Story of Congress 60 Hossein Dezhakam and William White © Congress 60, 2021 Translations by Ehsan Ranjbar Cover Art by Shani Dezhakam Editorial Assistance by Kim Clower Table of Contents Preface (Amin Dezhakam) 1 Foreword 4 1. Hypothesis of Drug Addiction / Types of Drug Users 6 2. Common Addiction Treatment Methods 17 3. In Opposition to Detoxification 33 4. Proper Methods of Addiction Treatment 39 5. The DST Method 51 6. Interview with Mr. Hossein Dezhakam, Founder of 56 Congress 60 7. Medical Experts are Not Familiar with Basics of 99 Addiction 8. Congress 60, A Pioneer of Addiction Treatment 113 9. Addiction Engineering 121 10. The Missing Link of Worldview 127 11. The X theory and Hypothesis of Addiction 132 12. Congress 60: An Addiction Recovery Community 141 within the Islamic Republic of Iran 13. Smoking Cessation within a Recovery Community 170 (Congress 60, Iran) 14. Congress 60: A Recovery Community in the Islamic 183 Republic of Iran 15. A Pilot Study of Smoking Cessation within an 193 Iranian Addiction Recovery Community Preface How joyful it was when 19 years ago my father used the last piece of opium. We didn’t have a broad knowledge on addiction at that time, but we experienced its destructive power on our family. It was like life was giving us delights through the transition of my father. We were reviving; we were receiving happiness and self-confidence not through books but through each other’s eyes. I was a fresh student of physics those days and I could have imagined a beautiful future for my family and I. Snowing combined with music transcended us to the heavens those days. We weren’t financially gifted, but what we gained was priceless and we wouldn’t change our place with kings! It was a bliss which was given birth via an amazing treatment method in our family. One, who spent most of his life finding new methods to prevent job hazards, was hunted and captured by addiction. Successes of his life in helping others were nothing but a blurry memory. His job was fault detection of complicated tele-communication systems. He spent years to read hundreds of books in order to investigate addiction and its potential medical and spiritual remedies. Like a phoenix rising from ashes with renewed body to do other tasks, he formed with efforts inspired in the depths of darkness and hardships a new mold which is called the D.S.T method—a method not only to prevent harms but to transform harms into health. What you are going to read and hopefully enjoy in this book is the results of D.S.T invention over the past two decades. The result was establishment of Congress 60 in 1998. Since then, some 20,000 addicted people have recovered their lives within Congress 60. It warms my heart that cooperation with other organizations and researchers has resulted in the recovery of so many addicted individuals and their families. Before that, perhaps for thousands of years, human beings were looking for a way to explain natural phenomenon and great 1 progress was made in some fields like mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, medicine, and architecture. One of the prime subjects was the rules of movement, and we had some generic philosophical theories on it. Most scientists explained natural phenomenon via philosophy and morality. Regardless of being true or false, that type of reasoning seemed to be rational. Cause and effect were not taken into consideration at those times. For instance: it was believed that airless paper bags can be crumpled up because nature hates a vacuum! It was the same until great scientists like Newton put an end to such nonsense. The new rules of movement brought about great changes which formed the body of the scientific revolution. Finding cause and effect in any case can result in finding problem roots. Whenever we are incapable of finding the prime cause for a phenomenon, we start adding causes and thus the new equation will become unsolvable mathematically. This situation will result in a dead end which is of course caused by wrong definition and diagnosis in the first place. One sees an airplane flying above him; he sees an iron bird with huge wings and a horrifying sound. Fire comes out of tail and both wings. Are we capable of building an airplane based on that description? In search for instruments to explain the reason behind movement, Newton found a form of mathematics which started a revolution in our world. He wanted to dig a hole for his sapling and instead he found a treasure which initiated many other things. The distinction between having the true knowledge or general knowledge is like being in a garden tasting its fruits or seeing the garden from a long distance. If we lack a scientific approach, then we will be forced into gibberish theories like before. Regarding addiction treatment, a new approach was invented by Hossein Dezhakam and the fruit thereof has been sweet since 1997. The discovery of this unique method brought hope to addiction treatment and many other incurable diseases. 2 I thank my father for giving me the chance to write a preface for his book. I also thank Mr. William White and other researchers who supported us along this road. The true happiness is not to shine like stars but to help others. Be immortal and let your light give life Amin Dezhakam 3 Foreword Addiction is an enigma, with authorities in the fields of medicine, psychiatry, psychology, pharmacology, sociology, law, and religion each offering distinctive and often conflicting views on its nature and solution. Inter- and intra-professional debates flourish on whether addiction is a problem of body, mind, morals (character/values), spirit, or social environment. Institutions charged with the management of addiction often base their methods on one of these dimensions at the exclusion of others. We see, for example, a split between programs emphasizing the use of medications juxtaposed against programs emphasizing psychosocial approaches to treatment with further splits within these branches. As a result, what treatment one receives depends primarily upon the organizational door one enters rather than scientific consensus or personalized evaluation. Those with lived experience of addiction speak of addiction as a process of being possessed by a force over which they have no control—an all-consuming process that deforms all aspects of personal and interpersonal functioning. Regardless of how drug use may have begun, they disclose how all areas of their lives suffer wounds from addiction and that recovery entails healing the full spectrum of such effects. That understanding challenges narrow approaches to treatment and has spurred calls for more integrated models of addiction treatment that treat the whole person, the family, and one’s living environment. Internationally, pioneering programs have begun this integration process. The articles and interviews that follow provide an exemplary model of such integration drawn from the work of Mr. Hossein Dezhakam and the Congress 60 recovery community in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Under Mr. Dezhakam’s leadership, Congress 60 has articulated a unique theoretical framework for understanding addiction (X Theory), pioneered a unique approach (DST method) of medication support during recovery initiation nested within a vibrant community of 4 peer-based recovery support. Congress 60’s approach to addiction treatment addresses a broad spectrum of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs of the tens of thousands of individuals and families that make up this recovery community. Within this model, one finds a unique approach to restoring normal physical functioning of the addicted individual at the same time he or she is involved in a dramatic reconstruction of personal identity and daily lifestyle. Also of note are quite remarkable achievements in the integration of smoking cessation, nutrition, exercise and athletic competition, the arts and music, and acts of community service into the very heart of addiction treatment. Readers seeking to build a recovery community organization will also be interested in Congress 60’s innovations in the screening, training, testing, certification, and supervision of peer recovery mentors. The articles and interviews included within this collection will acquaint readers with the history of Mr. Dezhakam and Congress 60 as well as an overview of its methods and evaluation efforts to date. Those interested in comprehensive models of addiction treatment and recovery support will find much to reflect upon in this collection. The following pages point to a future when addictions will be scientifically unraveled, effectively treated, and in which individuals and families receive sustained support across the long-term stages of addiction recovery. I have had the honor of collaborating with Mr. Dezhakam for many years and am honored to be asked to co-edit this collection. I hope readers will gain new insights from these discussions that will further widen the doorways of entry to addiction recovery. William L. White, M.A., Emeritus Senior Research Consultant, Chestnut Health Systems. Author, Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America 5 1 Hypothesis of Drug Addiction / Types of Drug Users Hossein Dezhakam “Knowledge is not sophisticated; everything has a key” It is better to implement addiction treatment based on hypothesis of addiction treatment. The discussed principles of this article was reviewed and approved at the first international medical congress on addiction treatment. Congress 60 believes alongside physical (body) treatment two other aspects (psyche and world view) must be considered as well. Goal This article aims to challenge the current treatment methods of drug addiction and their claim of a quick recovery (one week or one month) from addiction to narcotics.
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