The Drug Addict and Trying to Learn

Along with all of the other damaging symptoms from drug abuse, drugs also obstruct learning. This doesn’t just mean in education but in learning things during everyday living as well. This is not just an belief but an empirical fact. Learning rate – the length of time it takes a person to learn something – has been proven to be slower in drug users that in others. Actual tests show that learning rate of a person who has been on drugs is much slower than that of a person who has not.

Drugs, then, would prohibit a person from being educated. Now let’s weigh this against the fact that drug usage amongst students is not only accepted, but some drugs are even utilized in some schools – one example is psychiatrists by way of educators pushing drugs, such as Ritalin to control “hyperactivity”. The problem is when they want to label many typically active kids as hyperactive. Those drugs have created many drug addicts and ruined many lives.

When drugs are impeding learning, discipline would also be nonfunctional. When a person is on drugs his responsibility is low and this takes out fear of consequences for any of his actions. The answer, one might think, is discipline. But discipline is enforced learning. If efforts to simply teach the value of ethics fail in the face of impeded learning, attempts to teach by discipline and justice actions –enforced learning – fail even harder. The person who can’t learn and who is often exposed to attempts to impose learning by disciplinary action simply becomes a criminal.

When you have a society that can’t learn that was exposed to attempted enforced learning , in the end, would become criminal.

That is what we are getting nearer and nearer to because of the continuous increase in drug use, of both illegal and prescription drugs.

An successful detox program is the only way to turn around this downward spiral for a person. For a drug addict very often drug rehab is the only answer. But that drug rehab HAS TO include a thorough detox program. To not do so, even if the person never goes back to drugs is just like leaving him crippled by his previous druhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifg usage. The detox that works in unison withttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifh the rest of the rehab is the most effective way to give a drug user a clean start in life. It really is the very best chance he has.

(To find a drug rehab that includes an effective detox visit http://getcured.org or call 888-774-2345.)

Drug Rehab is What the Addict Needs

Very often when a person has a drug problem he is the very last one to admit it. There are notable exceptions to this, obviously, but most typically the drug addict or abuser will take a great deal of convincing that he needs help. It’s not that he does not know he requires help he just doesn’t want to admit it, not even to himself.

When it gets to the point where drug rehab is needed many times it is a family member or friend that is needed to push the addict. Nine times out of ten the person won’t initiate it on his own. http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifHhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gife will cling to the idea that he either doesn’t actually have a problem or that he can quit taking drugs anytime he wants to. That is all very much a lie. In these cases he has moved well past the level of having much discretion left because he has been cheated out of it by the drugs.

All parts of his life are now determined by the drugs. He can’t work effectively, he is unsociable, he is burning friends, and essentially his life is going down the toilet. He may still behave like the life of the party when he is high, the dangerous part kicks in when the drug wears off. His answer to that is to continue getting high but the more often he does that the shorter the highs last and the harder and harder the come down from the drug becomes.

What the drug is does not make a difference. Some are worse than others, naturally, but the end result of any addiction is the same – either you get off the drug, one way or another, or you ultimately die.

Sadly, at times, the friends and family have already attempted so often to get the drug addict to quit that their only answer is to try not to care, give up on them or completely disconnect from them. That is often an reasonable reaction but it is not a workable one. It is not workable for the addict or the family member who quit trying.

Eventually, the addict has to come to realize that hope is achievable and that his situation can change. He will have tried many times to correct things and failed, similar to the family member’s feelings on the subject.

Not all drug rehabs are equal, in reality, some are terrible. If you find one with a successful track record the staff will have had a lot of experience in dealing with this situation. If they are permitted to help, they will often help to turn the corner on this and be able to get the addict into drug rehab where he can truly be helped.

(To locate a successful drug rehab program visit http://getcured.org or call 888-774-2345.)

How a Drug Addict Becomes One

Drug abuse is often started when the abuser is working off the idea that “if you are numb nothing can hurt you.” It is way more common than one might think.

A person can get started taking drugs because of a physical or an emotional pain. When their pain is intense is feels good to have it shut off. But then as time passes they are shutting off not only the pain or emotion that they initially were trying to deal with but all other emotions and feelings as well. Drugs aren't exact in what they shut down. They shut it all down.

For example, let‘s examine someone who’s had a car accident and started taking pain pills because he had a lot of pain. It felt good to initially relieve the pain by shutting it down with drugs. Then, he may just carry on this practice because he did not want any pain to return, maybe he was recovering slowly, to the point where he became reliant on the drug. You see, when you stop taking a drug the “numbness” created by the drug wears off and the pain turns on a little harder. Then the person takes more of the drug for a while and stops again. Again, the pain activates and a vicious cycle has begun and together with it drug abuse and drug addiction.

The same thing can occur with emotions. People at times get started on drugs because they are bored. For a while the drug masks the boredom by producing an artificial high. But then when they come down from the drug the boredom is worse than ever and again we have the process of abuse started.
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Drugs to cope with depression have the same outcome. The drugs take the edge off the depression by numbing it. Because it’s a difference it feels good for the moment. But as the drug use continues they start to feel nothing because, again, the drug is not selective, it numbs everything. At some point, the drug addict gets so numb they would almost welcome the depression back, just so they can feel something.

Drugs are never the solution. They only mask symptoms. Also, no one ever starts out thinking “I think I’ll become a drug addict.” They use drugs to handle a problem and then it can very quickly get out of their control.http://www.blohttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifgger.com/img/blank.gif
When that happens drug rehab is often the only answer. But not all drug rehabs are the same. Do your homework and go with one that has a proven track record, not one that will lead to further drug abuse or just wastes your time and money.

(To find an effective center near you visit http://getcured.org or call 888-774-2345.)

A Parental Success from Drug Rehab

Here is a typical success story from a woman whose son completed the drug rehab that we recommend on this web site:

Dear All,

I remember during the desperate nightmare of addiction that had become my son's life, reading the comforting and uplifting words of a parent whose child had found help here, and daring to have hope. My son's path of addiction since thehttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif age of thirteen had taken us down many dark and desperate alleyways, (emergency rooms, jails, etc.), that I never imagined facing with my child.

His situation had become life threatening, and seriously depleting to us all. His sister had found a new program that claimed to be different than the traditional 12-step programs he had struggled with. He had been to several detox, rehab and recovery programs with no lasting success. Instinctively I knew that none of these programs had addressed the core issues that were the genesis of our son's addiction, and had been the continuation of some serious family history.

I had not seen Ben in quite a while because he would disappear when things got bad, either in shame or just out of compassion for the family. His sister had spoken to him on the phone and he agreed to go to this particular rehab treatment, but had passed out before he could tell us where he was. After I finally located him through friends, I had to break into the deck of the house where he was staying. It took me nearly 20 minutes to wake him. He was gaunt, grey and severely underweight. I took him directly to a hotel room close to the airport to keep him as close as possible, fearing he may change his mind and bolt. It was the longest most heinous night of my life. He was in an extreme state of addiction - shaking and violently hiccupping as he rambled on endlessly and without filters about his life on the streets and his personal hell. With the help of the staff, by phone we managed to make it through that sleepless night and stick it out till morning.

I prayed silently to myself all night that this drug rehab would be the answer and that he would no longer have to suffer this senseless, painful tragedy. We made one last stop on the way to the airport, and as he looked through his bag for something, a crack pipe fell to the ground. I sobbed silently as we went through the rest of the bag and drove on to the airport. There was another narrow escape when the Air Marshal was called to the ticket counter out of concern for Ben's condition. We could not afford to send someone with him and he courageously convinced the Marshal that he had to get on that flight and get to rehab or he would die. I believe that is exactly what would have happened.

Ben's continued courage and determination got him through the program. During his first trip back home, he walked me through all the stages of his hard work describing the difficult, yet cleansing confrontation that brought him back to himself. The work was intense and I am not sure I would have the courage to face the things he has faced.

They helped Ben to save himself.

My son celebrated his 26th birthday this year just days after his one-year anniversary of being alcohol and substance free. It is the first time in over a decade that I remember us actually celebrating his birthday - free of fear, apprehension and worry. He is in a functional and fulfilling relationship with a wonderful partner. There are no words to express the joy and gratitude I have for this opportunity to get to know my beautiful adult son, and how thankful I am that through his hard work, dedication and the gift of the staff here, he is returned to us and to the fullness of life.

Thank you!

Pam B.

(Visit http://getcured.org or call 888-774-2345)

The Mental and Physical Effects of Drugs

Drugs tend to regress people. That is to say they tend to throw them out of present time and into the past. They can actually stick the person in instances of his past experiences to some slight degree, typically past experiences with drugs, alcohol or medicines.

Since drugs are often taken to lessen a pain or emotional upset or something of the sort, if you are stuck in that pain or upset to some degree you are going to be dramatizing it in your life to that degree. This is not a good way to live. Now let’s say you are a weekend drug or alcohol user. You are stacking these incidents upon incidents in your mind in addition to escalating the hardship physiologically on your body. Very soon you begin taking the drug not only on weekends but at times throughout the week. This increases more and more and before you know it you are an addict.

This is a reason many people won’t admit to being a drug addict because it happens gradually. At times it is a steep gradient, but a gradient nonetheless. They did not just wake up someday and they were an addict, it took place gradually over a period of time.

When a person is out of present time he would seem to be there, but he rhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifeally isn’t managing fully in present time. Right before your eyes he is apparently in the same room as you, doing the same things you are doing, but he is really only somewhat there and somewhat in some past event.

This is why drug users seem to be so slow and make frequent mistakes. They frequently drop out of communication with individuals for days at a time, which will all tend to very irritating to someone who is not in that condition.

Drug not only affect the body, which they obviously do, but they significantly affect the mind as well.
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When people do an successful drug detox they will often speak of no longer living in a cloud. This is not only a physical manifestation but also a mental one. A good drug rehab can revive a person and give them back the life they once had, long before drugs, when life was good and fun. People enjoyed being with them and vice versa. It can be that way again, but the drug addict needs to recognize it and want to change. If he has hope that it can be fixed he will do it.

(To find an successful drug rehab center go to http://getcured.org or simply call 888-774-2345.)

Drug Rehab Needs to Include Detox

Drugs can remain in the body quite long after you take them, even years. Most drugs get retained in fat cells within the body and can stick there a long time. When a person takes the drugs, the body, via its normal processes can flush out a portion of the drugs but when there is too much the body goes into overwhelm and that is when they get accumulated in the fat cells.

Drugs easily mix with fat in the body. When the drugs come down the vein, the fat pulls that drug into it as if a magnet. It stays there until such time as you maybe are doing some kind of vigorous work, doing exercises at the gym or even just out for a walk. Then the fat burns up and a tiny bit of the drug can go back into the blood stream. This can make the person feel the effects of the drug again. The individual gets a tiny taste of that drug.

Now recall what happens when you get a little taste of sugar that you have been avoiding. You need MORE sugar. So, what do you think happens when the person gets a tiny taste of the drug he has been avoiding. He needs MORE of that drug!

This can occur long after the person has been off the drugs and is actually one of the reasons that people frequently do relapse, at times, even years later. As a result the former drug user now wants drugs again, months or years after he or she stopped taking them. It sets off the whole vicious drug addiction cycle all over again and now along with his feeling of failure from having slipped back into drug use, it becomes that much more difficult to quit again.

This is why it is so very important, when a person is doing drug rehab, to be in a program that consists of a comprehensive detox. All of the counseling and educating in the world will not supersede the problem that we just illushttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.giftrated above. The person can havhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gife the correct mind set but the physhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifical occurrence of the drug getting back into the person’s blood system will often be too much for the person to defeat, even though they may have the finest of intentions.

(To find a drug rehab facility with an successful detox as a part of the program go to http://getcured.org or simply call 888-774-2345.)

What You're Handling With a Drug Addict

Because drugs blunt the nervous system they are a temporary solution to getting rid of undesirable feelings like sadness, boredom or fear. At times, such as in an tragedy or when there has been an car accident, drugs are necessary so an operation can be performed. Drugs are used to shut down pain and other unwanted feelings. But there are a whole other group of wanted feelings and drugs block off ALL feelings, the ones you want included, like joy, happiness and creativity to name a some.

For the drug addict, sooner or later, anyhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif kind of fhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifeeling becomes more difficult to experience. That includes sexual feelings too. In the beginning when a person takes drugs they can act as a sexual stimulant, but as a person takes more and more of the drug they become a depressant and he or she no longer receives pleasure from sex and if you are a man you‘re not even able to have sex.

As the drug use goes on the user feels less alive in all ways, unfeeling actually, and he may behave as if he doesn’t care about anything or anyone around him, this includes himself. This is why it is so exasperating to the friends and family of a drug abusers. They can’t understand why he will not even do anything to help himself but the fact is he has a difficult time thinking at all so he is not really capable at that point of doing much of anything.

Before long, drugs will make a person less aware of what is going on around him. He will come to be slower, not as quick to react, or move or think. So he gets into accidents and other dangerous situations more easily when he has used drugs.

Frequently a person isn’t aware of this change in himself, even though other people may observe it and try to point it out to him. This is why it is frustrating to those around him because his situation is very obvious to them, but he is so shut off to the world around him he is not aware of it, at least not at first.

After a while the user will hit what looks like bottom and then he will hit a few more lower points that he would have never thought possible. This is when he becomes available to help, when he himself becomes aware that he needs it.

Even though by this time most of the loved ones around him are so frustrhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifated with him and may no longer care, this is when they need to get the drug abuser into a very effective drug rehab facility.

(To locate a suitable drug rehab center go to http://getcured.org or call 888-774-2345)

What the Drug Addict is Thinking

A drug addict will go through their own personal hell. When someone tells them they need help they will normally deny it and even claim they don’t have a problem. If it was possible to read their minds you would understand they don’t truthfully feel that way.

The addict is aware he has a problem, but very often to admit that to someone else would be like admitting he was wrong. For a lot of people, not just addicts, admitting you were wrong is tantamount to saying you are dead.
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Usually a drug addict has been declaring his “rightness” for so long about not needing help, or not having a issue that every time you attempt to convince him he should get help it is another nail in his coffin of having to be right concerning his condition.

The addict experiences intense emotional and physical stress. His senses are numbed, he can’t think, and he is desperate for help but he thinks if he asks for it, it would be a sign of weakness. This is not logical thinking that I’m talking about here, this is the irrationality of the mind of a drug addict.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif

He is extremely confused about almost everything. He has shut down emotionally and physically, the drugs have guaranteed that. He is not facing the way things are. He is hoping he can just keep the status quo because he's not able to confront his life to make improvements. The problem with that kind of thinking is it is completely unworkable. In this world factors either get better or they get worse. Nothing remains the same for any length of time. In the situation with a drug addict they are not likely to get better until he makes changes in his perspective, so, regrettably things are going to get worse.

At this stage there's the inevitability of either change your life for thttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifhe better or die an early death, either by drug overdose, car accident or any other infinite possible causes of death. The addict deep down would love to change and this is where a good, effective drug rehab facility can save his or her life. To get them there takes a friend or family member who loves him enough to get him to face up to the situation no matter what it takes. At times it just requires a very good communication cycle where the addict genuinely understands that you care. http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifOther times it takes “tough love”. But whatever it takes it must be done.

(To find out about a workable drug rehab program visit getcured.org or call 888-774-2345.)

Creativity and More are Destroyed by Drugs

When a person takes drugs or alcohol they often feel like they are stronger, more creative, smarter, funnier, etc. Anybody who is observing someone in this condition can easily see that those facts could not be further from the truth. The reality is that a person who is high is more weak and clumsy, less able to create, stupid, and the only thing that might be funny is the unintended absurdities the person comes up with.

In life, there are a series of emotions that a person will go through, for instance: cheerfulness, interest, boredom, anger, fear, grief, and apathy to identify a few. Let’s say a person is bored and they smoke pot. This causes the nervous system to go dull and “lifts” the person into a an artificial cheerfulness. It’s fake because what happens when the drug wears off? He feels awful and doesn’t care about anything. He feels much more badly than he did with the original boredom. When he does come back up the scale he can feel a little lower than before he took the drug.

The more of the drug or alcohol the person takes the lower and lower the person descends on the emotional scale we described above. They become much less cheerful and far less creative than before. It is a complete myth that an artist will perform better when they are high. Drugs destroy more artists and entertainers careers than most anyone can imagine.

When a former drug addict who was in the creative arts of some kind gets clean they will inform you one for one that drugs wrecked their careers, not aided them.

When a addict goes through a proper drug rehab that includes a detox and education so they don’t just get cleaned up andhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif then return to their drug later, they will give horror stories about drugs that are normally not heard or believed by someone unless they’ve gone through it themselves because the reality is so gruesome.

The cold, hard facts are that drugs ruin lives. People get entrapped into them if there is some kind of physical or emotional difficulty that they don’t want to confront, even if it is just boredom. Once they are stuck in the trap it is always much harder to escape than it was to get into it initially.

The happy news is that drug treatment can work if one connects with the rihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifght program. They are not all good so one has to be discerning, but if armed with the correct data effective rehab from drugs is possible.

(For an very good source for drug rehab visit getcured.org or call 888-774-2345)

Drug Addiction Can Be Cured

Many individuals will tell you that there is no “cure” for drug or alcohol addiction. That is a brazen lie that is carried on by the psychiatric industry because they don’t have the know-how to cure. They want to drug you to mask the symptoms and tell you there is no cure so that you can be a continual patient until you die, which you are most likely to do much sooner if you follow their advice.

To define a cure for these addictions you could refer to it as complete and permanent absence from the need, want or compulsion to take drugs or alcohohttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifl (drugs and alcohol are really in the same category so for the rest of the article I will simply refer to them as drugs.)

Many people most likely don’t think that that definition of a cure is conceivable since they’ve probably attempted so many solutions that did not work that they believe that to be true. Of course if what they have tried are psychiatric “solutions” I would have to agree there are no cures. The fact is that drug abuse is not a disease, it is a situation that you have gotten yourself into and genuine cures do exist.

Drug abuse is not something genetic, or a brain disease or a chemical imbalance in the brain. A lot of addicts in rehab are trained to think that they are mhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifanaging their addiction, or recovering (forever) but never, ever cured. They are taught it is something they are going to have to learn to live with.

The reality is, the hope of a cure for drug addiction is not lost but hidden under a pile of tremendous mis-information, lies, false information and false solutions. The truth is psychiatry not only contributed significantly to the start of the drug culture of the 60’s, which has increased tremendously since then, but they actually marketed to tens of thousands of college students the notion of improving life through “recreational,” mind altering drugs. They endorsed LSD as not only acceptable but an adventure.

The failure of the war on drugs is primarily due to the failure to prevent one of the most dangerous drug pushers of all time, the psychiatrist. They have infiltrated schools (does your child’s school have a psychologist or psychiatrist as a counselor for the students?) and they are now trying to transform babies into addicts.

Clearing away psychiatry’s false information about drugs and addiction is not merely a fundamental part of restoring hope, it is the first step towards achieving real drug rehabilitation.

To reiterate the title of this article, there is a cure for drug addiction!

(To find a drug rehab facility that can cure addiction call 888-774-2345.)

Don't Confuse Drug Rehab With Psychiatry

While we are usually taught to respect authority figures such as teachers and ministers, that trust is even regarded as more sacred when it comes to doctors, since we actually trust them with our lives. When you consult a doctor you tend to trust that they have your needs at heart. But the fact is, it is always best to moderate that trust with some good strong skepticism.

When it comes to the subject of psychiatrists, which believe it or not are doctors too, that uncertainty needs to be turned up many notches. And if we’re talking about psychiatry and drug rehab, don’thttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif just be skeptical, run for the hills.
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Most drug rehab facilities are run by psychiatrists. And what they’ll do, at best, is transform the drug addict into another form of drug addict and never cure anything. Plus, they will inform the addict that he never can be cured, only controlled, which is a brazen lie. Except if he is just saying he is not capable of curing, then, unfortunately, it is true.

The reason for this is money. Pushing harmful drugs in the name of help is big business for drug companies, and psychiatrists, in the main, are simply puppets of the drug company.

The psychiatric drug business is a multi-billion dollar industry that presents enormous financial rewards for cunning shrinks. The next time you're depressed or if you are ever advised that a psychiatrist can assist you to you get off drugs, think again. There is a very good chance that the pill he or she prescribes may not be necessary at all. And the best solution might have been something else entirely... something cheap, easy and safe.

If you are looking, you will see that the news is packed with high profile cases of psychiatrists being paid large sums to promote anti-depressant drugs, even though this is supposed to be against the law. Factually, criminals don’t care about breaking the law. They are only concerned with not getting caught. Bogus consulting contracts, counterfeit research studies, and prohibited gifts are typical in this field.

When you or somebody that is close to you has a drug addiction issue take the time and locate a facility that is not run by psychiatrists. Anyone recommending or suggesting that you take drugs to get off of drugs should be quickly eliminated from the list of people you take advice from. It is possible to find a good and effective drug rehab facility. It can be done.


Call 888-774-2345 for information about the location of the nearest affiliated rehab center or appropriate drug counseling available near you.

Drug Addicts Rely on Family and Friends

When somebody is addicted to a drug or alcohol they are typically to the point where they feel there is not a single thing they could do about their life that could make it any good. That is how they became addicted to start with. Although this is usually the time when they get abandoned by friends or family this is the very time when they need them the most.

Lacking this network is when their lives become more degraded. Just as they thought they could never slip any lower, they do.
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Besides the noticeable effects of drugs that everyone can see, for example, being ineffective in their work or losing their jobs altogether, or going into an obvious physical decline, there are spiritual problematic side effects that may affect the addict for the rest of their lives unless they do something about it. Examples of these are blankness, stupidity, forgetfulness, delusiveness and irresponsibility. They get into a “wooden” sort of state, unfeeling, insensitive, unable and definitely worthy of trust. He becomes a liability to people around him actually.

These types of symptoms are not irreversible if the right actions are taken. Going into a conventional rehab facility run by psychiatrists who will merely try to trade one addiction fhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifor another will not, however, be the solution for anyone. In fact, that type of treatment will end up being the addict’s death sentence, either a literal death or a virtual death, the type of life that is not worth living.

There are many studies that show that some toxins get stored in the body very long after they are taken in. This can generate a continuous bad effect on the person even if he is no longer addicted to drugs. There are rehab facilities that will help a person detox as a part of their complete handling of drugs. If this does not occur the person will never make a full recovery.

The problem for the addict is when he gets to the point of needing rehab he is not really able to make sane choices as to where he should go for help. He often falls victim to the psychiatrist who tells him he will help when he in reality has no workable technology to do so.

This is the point when family and friends are vital. Even though the addict may have done all the things possible to disaffect himself from his family this is when they need to move beyond their past upsets and really step up to the plate to provide help.

It really is the only chance he or she has.



Call 888-774-2345 for information about the location of the nearest affiliated rehab center or appropriate drug counseling available near you.