Drug Addiction Stories & Info

Come Together and Beat Addiction

Send us your thoughts on addiction, post ideas, ways to help, and inspirational stories.  Millions of people are battling addiction every day, and for so many there is no one to talk to, no one to seek help from.  I am inviting the entire world to start talking about addiction right now, what ever your thoughts are, send it to us.  Share it on line here, there are people who will listen and provide advice, or just a kind ear. 

Let’s start making a change now, let us start inspiring those addicted to drugs and alcohol to get help, look for advice, or just talk about it.  If we continue to ignore the problem it will only get bigger.  It is all around, us impacting all walks of life, young and old.  I am challenging you to voice your thoughts, stories, advice, anything you can think of that will get people talking about.   

 I will start things off; here is an inspirational success story:

“The Narconon program has freed me from the shackles of my addiction; it has given me the strength to face my past demons that kept me locked in a hopeless losing battle with drugs.  It has brought me back from a helpless soul that was only just surviving, to a person who is not only surviving, but is living life and loving it.  That was an impossible task before this program how could I have loved life if I didn’t even love myself….  And that is the biggest gift that the program has given me!”

 ”I love what I see in the mirror now.  I have nothing to hide from the people in my life and it is amazing how easy life really is when you are not living a double life and by facing the things in my life and changing all aspects of my life. I have been able to talk about things in my past freely with the people who love me, all because I have forgiven myself while doing all the steps on the program, and I am truly in present time,  something that didn’t make sense to me till after I got home and realized how my addiction was really controlling me and every action I made…But no more   and never again…. ”

 ”Thank you Narconon, for finding me and bringing me back to life!!!!!!!!”

I certainly never figured that my sweet little girl would ever become a drug addict, but she did. I watched as she became more and more reclusive and began to avoid family and friends. At least, friends that didn’t share her love of drugs. The hardest thing I’ve ever had to do was watch my beautiful, giggling little girl become a miserable, pathetic thief and drug addict.

At first, she would ask for money. Apparently that wasn’t enough to feed her habit. After a while, she stopped asking, but I would be missing money from my purse. I didn’t want to believe she was taking it at first, but then even her little sister had money come up missing. After a while, given the missing money and her behavior, I had to admit to myself that she was an addict. Confronting her with it was one of the most painful experiences of my life. She began screaming at me, calling me names she never had before. Suddenly it was as though it was my fault all of this was happening. Her addiction was my fault? In the mind of an addict, I guess so.

Soon, I was “the bitch”. I was the one who was responsible for everything that ever happened to her. She didn’t have a problem, I did. She wasn’t an addict, I was a bitch. To her it all made sense. To me, it made me more determined to get her help. The more I talked about getting her helped, the more she screamed. A few times, she walked out, slamming the door behind her, and left for days at a time. She was out getting high and I was home worried to death about her.  Sometimes she would come back and try to act as though nothing had happened. Other times, she would come back with an attitude expecting an apology from me.

I began to lock my money and my purse up in a lock box. That infuriated her. I also locked up my younger daughter’s money. I began to confront her about her addiction more often, which led to more screaming matches. After a while, I began to stop arguing with her and would just state my view and walk away. After 2 years of this, she finally got “it”. She finally realized that the rules weren’t going to change, that she would have to change. She would have to get help for her addiction. She did it, too. She got help and I got my little girl back. Somewhat worse for the wear, but she was back. Why should drug addicts be helped? Because they may be beautiful, wonderful people trapped in a world of addiction.

It happens innocently enough; someone goes to the doctor with an ailment and the medication the doctor prescribes not only takes care of the ailment, but also produces an addiction.  There are many people who are addicted to pain killers, anti-anxiety medications, and muscle relaxers, among others.  Of course, it was not the doctor’s intent to have anyone become addicted.

Certain drugs affect the brain in a very pleasant way.  These drugs can make one feel euphoric, they can decrease inhibitions and they can just make a body feel fantastic.  Because of this, the need for the drug continues on after it is therapeutically necessary.  Many addictions begin in this way.  Most people do not seek help because of the fact that a doctor prescribed the medication to begin with.  Regardless of how someone got the drug, if there is a drug addiction, it needs to be addressed.

Prescription drug addiction is no better or no worse than any other addiction.  It needs to be handled just the same.  If possible, when you first realize you may be addicted, contact your doctor.  If you do not feel comfortable contacting your doctor, contact a rehab center.  They are experienced in handling prescription drug addiction problems.

Women are three times more likely to be prescribed sedatives and two times more likely to become addicted.  The elderly and teens are also more susceptible to prescription drug addiction.  Seniors take more drugs than any other age group so they are very likely to form addictions.  The sharpest increase in prescription drug use is within the 12 through 17 age group.

Prescription drugs should be taken only for the ailment for which it was prescribed.  When the prescription is gone, one should not seek a refill unless the condition has not improved.  In that case, see the doctor again.  It is very easy to become addicted to prescription drugs and it can happen to anyone.  No one is immune.  Prescription drug addiction affects rich and poor, young and old.  Always use prescription drugs with caution and contact your doctor if you feel any indication at all that you may be becoming addicted.  It is almost impossible to tell how many people are actually addicted to prescription medications because there are so many who will not admit to it.  It is very common, however.  Chances are at least one person you know is addicted to prescription medication.