The effects of marijuana are sometimes so subtle that it may be hard to distinguish if someone has an addiction.
Unlike many other drugs, marijuana usually does not make people hostile or violent, although it can. However, like other addicts, the obsession forms on getting, and using the drug and where to get the money to buy more.
Many people can smoke marijuana and then take it or leave it. Some people try...
Helping a crack addict is an extremely long, hard, and painful task.
You should be aware of that before you try to help. The crack addict is someone you love and the very aspect of helping him will cause you the most pain.
To get the crack addict to overcome his denial is the first, hardest, and longest period, sometimes an addict can stay in the denial stage for years. * Even though the addict will lash out your...
It is nearly impossible for just one individual to get a drug addict to agree to go to rehab.
Most drug addicts truly believe they are not addicts. They hold this belief through the use of denial. Sometimes consciously, but usually sub-consciously, their brain begins to use the defensive mechanism of denial. The use of that mechanism allows them to believe that they really do not have a drug problem. Denial...
The initial act of approaching your loved one about a drug problem may well be one of the hardest things you have ever done.
First you need to try to determine if the loved one is even aware of his addiction or not. It is quite possible that the addict, through denial, does not think he has a drug problem. Another possibility is that he knows he has a problem, but doesn’t want to do anything about it; or he is...
When someone discovers that a loved one is addicted to meth…
…there are many questions and reflections that go through their mind. They may wonder how they can make this situation work and learn to tolerate the drug use. Unfortunately, although that thought is tempting, it is also unrealistic. Even though, like some alcoholics, some meth users can function (i.e. hold down a job) for a time, their...
