Drug Addiction Stories & Info

When someone we love is hurting, as with a drug addiction, it is natural to want to help. In fact, most family members would go to any length to help someone they love beat drug addiction. So, it is not the lack of concern but the lack of knowledge that prevents getting real help for the person addicted to drugs. Finding out someone we love has an addiction can stir up anger in ourselves. Anger is natural but it will not get you too far with the drug addict. Overall, being honest about knowing about the addiction and trying to stay positive is the best thing you can do.

"It never helps the addict to cover up their addiction."

It never helps the addict to cover up their addiction. It never helps to hide their actions while under the influence of drugs. It must be made clear to them that the only way to a clear and better life is by ridding their body of the drugs. Hope IS waiting on the other side. Never let the drug addict drags you down with them. As hard as it is, you must maintain as much normalcy in your life despite what the drug addict does. This does not mean you should not be supportive. Offer them all of the help you can…to get clean! Outside of that, do not let them drag your life down to their drug addicted level. Drug addictions destroy entire families and entire communities. It is only by helping the addict see that there is help and there is hope that they can break free of the addiction. Their addiction only allows them to see the pain and misery. This is part of the addiction. Keep telling them that they can be happy again once they are free from the addiction.

Loving a drug addict is never easy. There is pain involved and it is difficult not to let yourself be dragged down into the pit with them. Ultimately, they must make the decision. Be there for them no matter how many times they try and fail, as long as they keep trying! The biggest way you can help is by letting them know you are there when they decide they have had enough. Also be clear that you will not lie or cover up for them and they must take responsibility for their own actions. It isn’t easy, but it is the only way to help an addict see what path they must take.

“I was lying in the hospital bed with tubes coming out me. I just come off of another drug bender, and this time I used so much my heart stopped and I almost died. My parents got a call from a stranger at the hospital telling them there daughter has been admitted and almost died from a drug overdose. I know when I get out of the hospital I will start using again, and I know that next time I could really die, and my parents will call to come identify their child.”

Drug or alcohol addiction is a touchy subject, and a person can tend to have some fears and reservations about what to do when wanting to help a loved one battling a drug or alcohol addiction. The most important and crucial points are, there is no time to waste, help them now, and something can be done. Of course there are a great deal of emotions that come with witnessing a loved one who is addicted to drugs or alcohol, killing themselves slowly. You might feel emotions of anger, hate, resentment, fear, and you could get be beating up on yourself for feeling this way. The worry and anxiety of what is going to happen will always be on your mind, and you will continue to think about what can be done.

Uses these feelings and put them towards helping, or just putting forth a solid effort, exhausting all options to help your loved one. There’s no excuses why something can’t be done, the point is something can be done, and should be done. A drug addict is not going to miraculously flip a switch and stop using and never use again, and if this does happen, this person falls into a less than one percent of drug or alcohol addicts who have done that. Instead of taking a chance and hoping for the best, give yourself a good piece of mind knowing you made a solid attempt at helping your loved one. Drug or alcohol addiction can be a life threatening situation, and it makes it more difficult to deal when nothing is being done about it.

A drug addict has put himself or herself in a position where they have lost the ability to completely get out of their own addiction. When they do see some clean time, everyday is struggle and an agonizing battle to stay clean. The drug addicts loved ones play a vital role in helping the addict, and it is extremely important to look at all the options.

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