Drug Addiction

The word addiction is derived from Latin, it means ”enslaved by.”…Nobody starts out wanting to be an addict.-helpguide.org.

There’s no shortage of reasons for becoming an addict. You can blame your friends pressuring you to try, or try because you want to feel part of your friend group; you can blame boredom, curiosity, stress, a desire to feel good, a death of a loved one, a need to numb your brain and make your feelings go away, trauma’s that you’ve suffered and you can’t shake the flash backs, etc.

In all, a person likes the feeling of emotional numbness that the drug accomplishes. Before even getting addicted, or trying a drug, you might have already become emotionally numb. Making an effort to suppress certain emotions, thoughts, feelings, memories, etc., on your own.

When it becomes too difficult to suppress everything naturally, turning to drugs, any drug, to numb your mind, enhances your ability to suppress everything, with less effort, less mental strain, and in some wacked justifiable way, makes your life easier mentally; in addition to getting high.

Now, in addition to less natural strain on your brain, you become elated that the drug is doing this for you. At the same time, you’re becoming physically addicted to the drug.

You wake up the next day, and all of a sudden, you’re sweating, shaking, have the chills,etc.. You’re going through withdrawal. So, you take the drug to suppress the withdrawal. This is the beginning of the viscious cycle of addiction.

The intended initial purpose of the ease of numbing, now gives way to the bigger problem of physical addiction. The cycle of taking the drug to avoid the withdrawal symptoms. It becomes a never ending problem, now constantly thinking about getting your next ”fix”, to avoid the dreadful physical feelings of withdrawal. You become aware of exactly what time of day you need your next fix. You obsess about obtaining the drug, getting money for the drug, going to the doctor, pharmacy or your illegal dealer. This cycle continues every day. Now, your thoughts are about, what if my Doctor stops prescribing the drug; what if the pharmacy runs out or refuses to fill the prescription; what if your dealer doesn’t have any more, or now raises the price, because he now has a good, steady customer. Now, in addition, you have high anxiety over all these things. You’re either pushing people away from you, or they’re leaving you because of your problem. You’re also probably in danger of losing your job or quitting school.

Conclusion: A person has to realize they have a problem and want to do something about it. To me, sending a person to any inpatient rehab, is not the answer. You are surrounded by other addicted people, some of whom are dealers looking for new customers, when you get out. To say, that everyone in a drug rehab, that they’re all looking to get themselves well, is living on Fantasy Island. Many are there because they were ordered there by a court. Then when you get out, what have you learned. Mostly nothing. But you’ve made friends with toxic people. So you get together with them after getting out and do drugs together.

I’ve written 2 papers on this blog of mine, about rehabs, (Rehab success rates and statistics, and Rehab Corruption Business), and how they’re all about the money. An addicted person is a money making product for them.

An outpatient group or one on one therapy, is much more preferential, actually accomplishes more, in my opinion.

On the flip side, all it takes is just one loving, caring person, a friend, relative, whoever, who gives a shit if you live or die. / Done