Addiction Among Executive Directors & Investment Bankers

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High expectations and intense competition to get ahead drive young investment bankers and executives, including executive directors, to abuse caffeine, energy drinks, prescription medications and drugs to work 80-hour weeks. The excessive use of nicotine pouches such as Zyn, and Monsterbombs (an extra-strength 5-hour energy shot dropped into a glass filled with Monster Energy, chugged in one gulp) is not uncommon. None of their colleagues would even blink an eyelid if they, for example, snorted a line of crushed Adderall at their work desk!

Indeed 14 million people were prescribed Adderall in 2022, up 26% from 2012 as per the numbers provided to the justice department by pharmaceutical data firm, Iqvia, The explosion of online prescription services that took off during the pandemic has driven the surge in new prescriptions, particularly among adults. First-time Adderall prescriptions increased 27% for people aged 30-44 in 2024 as compared to 2021 according to medical insights firm Truveta.

Adderall and Vyvanse, both prescribed for ADHD, have a high potential for abuse and can be gateways to other drugs of abuse. Abuse can cause frenzied behaviour and cardiac issues. The widespread use of drugs, stimulants and prescription medications can lead to lifelong dependencies. In certain professions, these stimulants are as common as multivitamins!

Dependence sets in pretty quickly with intense use of stimulants such as Adderall and Vyvanse. It promotes isolating tendencies and makes people more withdrawn. As tolerance builds, people need to take more of the substance to get the same effect.

Accessing addiction treatment to detox from these substances and learn relapse prevention strategies is of utmost importance, but executive directors and investment bankers do not have the luxury of checking out of work as they almost always are pressured by imminent deadlines they need to meet. Consequently, traditional inpatient treatment is inaccessible to them. Luckily, now there is an outpatient addiction treatment option that helps them take care of their addiction while not completely checking out of work. These programs run 9-2 leaving them with plenty of time during the day to catch up with their work. Additionally, such Outpatient Detox programs allow patients to participate in conference calls and virtual meetings.

CNT offers Outpatient Detox for all drugs, including stimulants, at 3 locations in New Jersey and we accept all private health insurance plans making it easy and cost-effective to get addiction treatment.

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Frequently Asked Questions on Alcohol withdrawal

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When does alcohol withdrawal start?
It differs from one individual to the other. The more heavily you drink alcohol, the more likely you are to be in dire need for alcohol withdrawal.

When an individual has been consuming alcohol heavily for weeks, months, or years, he or she may experience physical and mental issues when they try to stop drinking alcohol. The combination of these uncomfortable effects is called alcohol withdrawal. Symptoms can range from mild to dangerous, depending on the length of use and amount of use.
An individual who has been consuming alcohol for a long period of time, but in limited quantities of irregularly, is unlikely to experience withdrawal symptoms if they stop drinking alcohol. If an individual has experienced alcohol withdrawal once in their lifetime, they are more likely to experience it again when they stop drinking alcohol.

Alcohol withdrawal symptoms such as tremors can last anywhere between three days to several weeks.
The symptoms of alcohol withdrawal tend to start within 6 to 24 hours after the person’s last drink of alcohol.
It depends on how long it takes your body to flush every trace of alcohol. 

Alcohol is a “downer,” as it depresses an individual’s central nervous system. The functioning of the brain slows and it changes the way in which messages are sent back and forth from the brain.
Over time, the central nervous system of the person abusing alcohol adapts to having alcohol in the system all the time. The system works harder to keep the brain in a more awake state and the nerves communicating with one another.
When the individual abusing alcohol stops alcohol use abruptly, their brain stays in high gear and causes alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

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