This is an essay on drug addiction, with addiction to both prescription and non prescription drugs on the rise, it is important to note that those who abuse drugs and/or medications undergo mind altering states. Changes in personality and character traits are evidenced in their behaviors while under the influence of drugs whether it alcohol, narcotics, or other addictive substances.
Trying to reason with someone under a drugs influence is difficult at best, and usually ineffective in getting a person to change. I was one of those types of addicts that when I was high or in other words under the influence of drugs or alcohol that new everything you could not tell me shit.
Then there was the other side of me when I was staying sober or otherwise having come down off their high where decisions are not as influenced by their mental state as much as the environment and other stimuli around them, it is possible to reason with the person by relating to them the high points and low points of their actions both with regards to their addictive state as well as their acting out in various inappropriate ways; further more, in this essay I will try to give you some steps that may help you if you are convinced that you must do something. I will share with you some proven methods that will help to guide you with the best results in learning how to help and alcoholic or drug addict overcome addiction.
Essay on addiction to drugs
Also, try appealing to their nobler motives – that which inspire them to reflect on their decisions and actions as what would be most beneficial to them and those around them. This can be mutually advantageous as when those around the afflicted person appeal to the persons higher and better motives in any given situation, this will undoubtedly make them feel better about themselves and more accepted by their peers, which may effectively result in their lessening their abuse of the substance.
How to help an addict or alcohol stop using and overcome addiction
These positive influences and vibes if you will, can be something as useful as letting them know how attractive he or she is when they are cleaned up and presentable, how they are more pleasant to be around and less destructive to persons or things when they are not in this altered state, or maybe how they can develop more savory friends as positive brings about positive change just as negative can bring about negative responses.
Drug addiction treatment
If none of these methods seem to work or are sufficient for you and you or your loved one and they continue to drink booze and use drugs then it is probably time to take a different approach so at this point you may want to try and get them to go to addiction treatment. If refuse you may have to let them continue to use until they hit there bottom or something interrupts their using like going to jail but you can keep dropping subtle hints that it would be nice if they would become the person they used to and how many people do recover in drug addiction rehab.
Good luck
My name is Art. I help people to recover.
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well not many stay clean after rehab same been put in jail, lol, jail as rehab com on men, these are the places where they first meet, become friends, and so forth. a lot of time it’s true by letting them hit bottom many needs to learn the hard way, and hopefully, they don,t end up dead.
Learn the 12-steps man, let God into your heart and be honest and truthful to yourself. Then God will hear your prayers.
Hi Esther
Thanks a lot for sharing this is some great info and entirely true. If it were not for God and 12 step meetings I would still be using. I do also think that others need to know this works.
Good luck