The statistics are grim. Something like 95% of all drug addicts are unsuccessful in addiction recovery. With the stakes so high why in the world is it so hard to stop and stay stopped from drug abuse? I mean let us face facts. Michael Jackson is certainly a high profile example of what happens to someone who choices to keep using. The primary reason so many poor souls never make it in recovery is it is not easy. Someone has to change everything in their life. Addiction recovery demands a 110% commitment to completely rebuilding your life. New friends, new things to do and cleaning up your history. It really boils down to how badly do you want to live. Start on the road to recovery in drug treatment rehab
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Why Most Do Not Make It In Addiction Recovery
Saturday, September 19th, 2009Take a Look Inside Substance Abuse
Friday, July 17th, 2009What could possibly be added to everything that’s already been written about substance abuse? I am a drug addict in recovery. So I know what it feels like to live a life of drug abuse and addiction. For people who have never known what it is like to use drugs every day, I will tell you after a while it isn’t much fun. I started out smoking marijuana when I was 21 years old. And for the next 15 years I smoked pot. I honestly believed there was nothing wrong with what I was doing. Drug addiction has a way of making you believe it is ok, or not that bad. And when you have not used in a while that first hit makes an addict feel like they have died and gone to heaven.
Drug Abuse is Not Necessarily Drug Addiction
Friday, July 17th, 2009At the risk of splitting hairs, there is a difference between drug abuse and drug addiction. They are not the same. They belong to the same organization, but are in separate departments. All drug addicts abuse their drug or drugs of choice. The fine and important distinction between a drug abuser and a drug addict is craving and dependence. If someone can smoke marijuana one day, all day and then not even think about it again for at least a month, they would not meet my criteria for being an addict. However, if a person smokes pot and the next day feels a strong urge, desire and need to smoke again, there is a very good chance they are addicted. Addiction is not about using or abusing drugs. It is the mental obsession which eventually takes over an addict’s life.