People can be addicted to different things, it could be drugs, alcohol and other weird stuffs like inhaling poo!..oh yes, I mean poo.
Also, your doctor can prescribe a particular medicine, the thinking goes, how can it possibly be harmful? if it wasn't harmful, the physician wouldn't prescribe it. Many very helpful medications commonly prescribed by doctors are safe if you take them exactly the the way it should be taken. If taken in higher dosages or for a longer time, however, these same medications can quickly turn addictive and even lethal because they affect the same brain area as crack drugs.
Another bad source of addiction is alcohol, some people can down heavy crates of booze or a bottle of wine like it's no big deal, and they will insist that they're not alcoholics. "After all, I'm not stumbling and falling around or dragging my words or blacking out," they usually say. "I have a high tolerance, a strong system."(what ever that means...Lol)
In reality, their words show just the opposite. They do have serious wahala, in fact, a really big one.
Most people who drank that much alcohol would be sick — So if you can drink large quantities of booze and feel just fine afterward, that's actually a bad sign.
Anyone who drinks regularly eventually develops a higher tolerance for booze and its effects. So if you have to drink a lot these days to get 'high', or if you have to drink more and more over time to feel the effect, that means you have a serious gbege.
Here are some Myths about addiction that I think everyone should know:
Drugs are worse than Alcohol:
One of the most accepted myths about getting addicted to drugs and stuff, is that drug addiction is worse than alcohol addiction! I think this wrongful thinking stems from the fact that street drugs are illegal while alcohol is not. Or maybe it's due to the fact that more of us have seen someone drunk than someone high on crack.
But according to a 2010 study I read in The Lancet, alcohol is the most harmful drug of all — more harmful than heroin, crack cocaine, methylamphetamine, In the study, drugs and alcohol were rated on a scale of 1 to 100 according to their harmfulness to the individual user and to others. Alcohol had the top danger rating (72), while heroin and the rest were ranked with scores of 55 and 54, respectively.
Addiction is a tragedy any way you look at it. But the better educated we all are about this issue, the better for us.
Relapse is bad:
It is important that addicts know that relapses do not mean it's impossible to become clean. If they think this way, some of them may stop trying. It's also important for addicts to know that while relapses are OK, they're not always part of the process. Another part of this myth is the constant belief that treatment won't work, unless the addict really wants it. But studies have shown that people who undergo court-mandated treatment do well as those who enter treatment on their own. so, you can start up a rehab care for that addictive brother or sister, weather he or she wants it or not.
It's not about God:
One of the problems some people have with rehab is that, they think that their reliance on God can not help them. If you don't believe in God, can you really be helped? Permanently? Although, It's best to have a variety of medication, behavioral and psychological treatments available so each addict can find the one that works best for him, but, it is also best to get close to God, join in your religious activities, commit your all to God. You can also glean the strength to fight addiction from studying THE WORD.
Too responsible to be an addict:
After all, he's the CEO of a big company with loads of responsibility. How could he possibly function if he is an addict? And she's always on top of her four kids' active schedules, never missing a PTA meeting. She can't really be an alcoholic. Maybe she just has a few glasses of wine at night to unwind...(story for the gods)Stable careers and family lives have nothing to do with addiction. for example, some highly-regarded and successful physicians, are addicted to prescription drugs without anyone knowing.
Addicts are bad people:
Yes, a person still makes the choice to try alcohol or drugs. But often that person is a typical risk-taking adolescent. It's also true an addict may lie, steal and cheat in order to score that next hit, or buy that carton of beer, But that doesn't mean the addict is a terrible person. Addicts needs help and care.
They need a little will power to stop:
It's so easy to look at someone suffering from an addiction and think, "Why wont he just stop smoking?" Especially when the consequences of using or drinking can be so dire, like losing a job, After all, it's not hard for the rest of us to stop doing things that are not good for us...Yes, it might be a pain to always remember to buckle up in the car because of 'these yeye road safety guys'..(as if you are doing them a favour by buckling up and been safety conscious for your own life...Lol), or to hold your self from slapping that your annoying boss in the office...Hehehe
You think that all you need is to summon a little willpower so as to do the right thing. So, we wonder, why can't an addict just stop drinking or taking crack?
The problem is that repeated drug use lowers the response of the dopamine system to everyday stimuli – to the point where the brain doesn't just want drugs or booze, the brain would need more and more stuff.
They need help, prayers and urgent rehab treatment.
Pheeeew.....To be continued....(I don't want it to get boring plus I don tire)
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