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.)
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