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Help for drug addicts
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In my experience with drug addicts, the help begins and ends with the addict. They have to have that want to stop for themselves. No one else can do that for them. Rehab only gives them advise, hints and tricks, and therapy to not do it. But by the end of the day, it is still the addict's choice to stop.
I agree.
I have zero sympathy for drug addicts. They chose that path. Not the answer you probably want to hear but I believe in complete honesty and telling it like it is.
Not necessarily for everyone, one example is people who are severely injured and in chronic pain get hooked on opioids against their will because that's what their doctors prescribed them.
Them yes, Neb, because they have no control over it. I actually met a very nice dude in this position. But those who use 'recreational' drugs, then no. Having said this, I believe in the legalisation of cannabis. But only cannabis.
Yes more help and understanding should be available for these people.
I worked for a couple of years in a drug and alcohol recovery unit and the majority of addicts have the most horrendous, traumatic events (often in childhood, but some also as adults) which have driven them to try and find some kind of escape from the daily hell of living with those events.
Society is too quick to condemn something they have little understanding of.
I worked for a couple of years in a drug and alcohol recovery unit and the majority of addicts have the most horrendous, traumatic events (often in childhood, but some also as adults) which have driven them to try and find some kind of escape from the daily hell of living with those events.
Society is too quick to condemn something they have little understanding of.
Not much has gone right in my life but I've never felt the need to turn to drugs.
That's interesting (and noble). What made you want to get into that line of work?
I had a friend that loved taking over the counter laxative medicines. I thought that was.....odd?Not necessarily for everyone, one example is people who are severely injured and in chronic pain get hooked on opioids against their will because that's what their doctors prescribed them.
...how did you know about it? Doesn't seem like something someone would share with others. Lol
His best friend told me.
Not to mention he always joked about me and him doing a laxative challenge.
He carried lax pills around in his pocket along with a bottle of lube...whatever that was for?
I had a boyfriend who was a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. He used to attend the unit for support and I got interested in the whole issue of addiction.
Trust me, some of the life stories of those people are beyond terrible and I believe if I had to live their lives it's very possible I could have become an addict as well.
well that was a noble thing of you to do. What made you get out of it?
I think there should be more compelled treatment. If someone comes into the the justice system thru getting arrested for drugs, etc, then that person should be put into drug treatment for 90 days or so regardless of whether they want to go or not.
I also think that if someone checks into drug rehab they should be forced to complete whatever time they originally went in for. They should not be allowed to check out AMA. Some of them go and then leave in a week or two. And I do not think their drug addled brain can really make that decision at that point. So, if someone agrees to treatment, then they should do the full time.
I also think that if someone checks into drug rehab they should be forced to complete whatever time they originally went in for. They should not be allowed to check out AMA. Some of them go and then leave in a week or two. And I do not think their drug addled brain can really make that decision at that point. So, if someone agrees to treatment, then they should do the full time.
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