Why do Addicts Use? The Need for Relationship.

People choose addiction to substances, in preference to other options in life, because it meets a need. Everyone has a need to feel relationship in their life. Lack of relationship with people will always be met with some form of coping behavior because interaction and relationship is necessary to support and encourage life. Romanian orphans, deprived of human contact and emotional involvement, in many cases simply...

What is Co -Dependence ? When to get Addict Help.

When people are in a good relationship based on free choice, love and respect then they are dependent on each other to have a fulfilled life – when problems arise they will be able to negotiate and resolve them. Co-dependence is a term used when a partnership or family structure is based on mutual support for unhealthy attitudes and behaviors which are maintained to reduce anxiety or feelings of depression,...

Why Do Drug Addicts Steal?

Very often the breaking point in relationship with a drug addict comes when they steal from you. We will often tolerate abuse, but when it comes to stealing money or goods – that is a different matter. To understand why drug addicts steal is to understand addiction. You have something that they need, and they feel entitled to take it from you. If you think that conscience should get in their way, in that...

How Early an Intervention should Be Done?

Interventions that work are those that are well planned out and usually with the help of a trained drug/alcohol counselor. An intervention is not something that should be done on the spur of the moment because if they don’t work the first time, they usually don’t work again. It is the element of surprise and the show of determination from loved ones that make an intervention a success. Naturally, planning for an...

What is the difference between a Drug and Alcohol Intervention?

Regardless of the use of drugs or alcohol; intervention is intervention. There is basically no difference in techniques used between drug intervention and alcohol intervention. Both substances destroy people, families and communities. An intervention is a well thought out and planned confrontation with the person who is abusing drugs or alcohol. Intervention is the time to hold the abuser accountable. Drugs and...