| There are times when we all feel that we are lost | | | | getting help. |
| and it seems as though there is nothing that can | | | | Many of us take the blame and say it is because of |
| save us from continuing to fall. Those of us that are | | | | our addictive personalities. My father was an alcoholic |
| caged by drug addiction seem to be hit the hardest. | | | | so therefore I am prone to be an alcoholic as well. |
| Once we understand it is not a simple lack of will | | | | While there is some truth to this, there are other |
| power, but a chemical dependence induced by the | | | | factors at play. Many drug rehabilitation clinics have |
| drug we are taking, we can start to accept our | | | | this in mind and try to find alternatives for the |
| problem and seek out appropriate help. Many of us | | | | patient to focus on. For example, instead of going |
| argue that drug rehabilitation is not the answer since | | | | back to an addiction they try and keep the patients |
| the facilities that provide this service do not know | | | | mind occupied on other things; such as helping others. |
| anything about us. This is not the correct way of | | | | Did you know that helping others is one of the main |
| thinking since they know that the drug is probably | | | | relievers of drug addiction? Simply knowing that there |
| the culprit that keeps you hooked, and less about | | | | are other people worse off than you that need help |
| the person that you are. | | | | can really have an impact on your views of addiction. |
| You see, drug addiction is only partially our fault. It is | | | | If you choose not get help you may always be |
| the drug itself that contains the ingredients that keep | | | | caught in the same cycle for the rest of your life. |
| us hooked. That is why so many of us cannot quit | | | | Many lives have ended with exactly this result; some |
| smoking. Nicotine contains the ingredient that gives us | | | | because they die from an actual overdose. Do not |
| withdrawal symptoms that keep us from quitting. | | | | end up as a statistic; get help to fight this addiction. |
| They are specially made to keep us buying more and | | | | Remember it is not your fault that these drugs have |
| more cigarettes. Understanding this vicious cycle of | | | | a hold on you. These drugs were made to keep you |
| dependence and withdrawal is the first step to | | | | hooked. |