| Looking into the circumstances which surround drug | | | | they become sullen and strangers are avoided as well |
| addiction it becomes easy to recognize certain | | | | as casual acquaintances. Because they are attempting |
| patterns. These patterns can then lead us to further | | | | to hide their activities, everyone becomes a potential |
| our understanding of what is happening to and with | | | | threat. So they just retreat into themselves. |
| the addict. One of the most pronounced and first | | | | In the end, they even cut off communication from |
| attributes we find in the drug addicted person is a | | | | themselves. Ever lie to yourself? They are also |
| break-down in their communication. They begin to | | | | disappointing themselves, so there are excuses, |
| ignore and avoid communication from various sources. | | | | reasons, excuses and justifications for failures and |
| Mainly: | | | | broken promises they made alone, just to |
| 1. Family and friends | | | | themselves. Soon, the reasons are reinforced and |
| 2. People in their environment | | | | they even start to believe it themselves. This is a |
| 3. Themselves. | | | | painful situation. Just getting out of bed in the |
| Let's take a look at these phenomena. | | | | morning is tough because the lies start as soon as |
| The first area in which communication breaks down is | | | | they look into the mirror. |
| with family and friends. There are several major | | | | Well, drugs can kill this pain. Before long, getting drunk |
| reasons for this. First and foremost, it is painful to | | | | or stoned earlier and earlier in the day becomes a |
| keep disappointing the people they love the most. | | | | necessity. This person is surrounding him or herself |
| All the time they are growing up in the family, they | | | | with either strangers or drugged-up friends who |
| talk of the future and how great it is going to be..."I | | | | accept them completely because they themselves |
| am going to be a fireman when I am a man!" For girls | | | | are in the same situation. |
| it is not much different..."I will be a pilot", or, "When I | | | | A drug detox rehab program must address this issue |
| am a grown-up I will buy you a great big house!" | | | | of communication completely if there is to be any |
| Parents and friends might be the toughest people in | | | | real hope of recovery. Bringing the ex-addict back |
| the world to disappoint. Gaining approval from them is | | | | into touch with those around him or her must be part |
| one of the first goals a kid might have. 'Drug addict' | | | | of any successful drug addiction treatment facility. |
| was never on the list of things to be, and it is | | | | Not every drug program deals with this |
| impossible to hide from the addict the pain the | | | | communication factor and so a vital part of the |
| parents or friends feel at seeing what they have | | | | addict's recovery is never addressed. |
| become. So the communication breaks down. | | | | To bring a person truly out of the hole of drug |
| People in the environment are also cut off by the | | | | addiction, it is absolutely essential that they learn to |
| drug addict. The addict's actions are reprehensible and | | | | communicate and live life in a way that does not |
| they know this whether they admit it or not. So | | | | require constant hiding and cover-ups. |