Welcome to Drug-Addiction-Support.org

Nobody sets out to have a drug addiction or to become addicted to alcohol or drugs. Some people may take an illegal drug for the first time, just to have a thrill or be a part of the crowd.

Some people need prescription medication, but over time they begin to take too much, too often. Whatever the case, people certainly do not expect the misery that comes with addiction. But there is help for drug addiction and drug rehabilitation can work.

Addiction Has Many Faces...

Addiction has many faces, none of them pretty. This site is devoted to trying to help find ways for you to recover from addiction.
We designed this site to give useful information that will help people learn to make better decisions.

The key to dealing with drug abuse, alcoholism and drug addiction is having the right information. You need information to recognize and understand drug addiction or alcoholism in yourself, your family, your friends and your community.

Searching for Answers!

If you have landed on this page it is because you’re searching for answers, either for yourself or for someone you love. Something has gone wrong. We wonder how things got out of control and what can be done to make things right again.

If we suffer from the disease of addiction, we want to know how to get well, or if we are a friend or family member we want to know how to help. We’ll try to help, or at the very least, help you to ask the right questions. That isn’t a cop out, but an acknowledgement that research gives us an explanation of what happens, but not necessarily why. We can gather information and make predictions on the likelihood that someone will potentially become an addict, but it isn’t conclusive.

If you have landed on this page it is because you’re searching for answers. Here in the United States we want answers and we want them immediately. If we are in pain, we want relief from that pain and we want to take a pill that will melt the pain away and not cause any undesirable side effects. We deserve fast results.

You want to know what causes drug addiction. The theories on that are varied and abundant, and while they all offer food for thought, none really explains why it happens. Bottom line-- we really don’t know what causes drug addiction.

You really have to look at everything on the table to try and get your hands around it. Don’t misunderstand, the research is important and we applaud the effort. Researchers are learning more every day and the writers and editors of this site are convinced that answers are forthcoming, but we just don’t have the complete picture now.

For example, the DSM-IV (the standard diagnostic reference used by mental health experts) avoids causation issues entirely and we are awaiting the publication of DSM-V later this year or early next year. We only have ideas on why. The research is fascinating, but every time a question is answered, another question arises.

Drug Addiction a Disease of Body, Mind and Spirit

We are all body, mind and spirit. All three have to be considered to truly understand the human experience and how drug addiction claims its victims. Many writers and researchers prefer to use the disease model to explain drug addiction. It’s an excellent place to start, because there is ample research on neuro receptors in the brain and how certain drugs affect those receptors.

It explains that some people will be pre-disposed to the disease of addiction due to genetic factors. If your father was an alcoholic, you are likely to become an alcoholic, or if your family is of a certain ethic origin you’ll be more likely than others to fall into addiction.

The mind is certainly a mysterious place, as we are all unique and have an amazing complexity. Our emotional and psychological makeup will play a part in the drugs we chose to use and the relationship that develops with those drugs.

Faith-Based Worldview

The least popular and often vilified theory for why people become addicted can be found in the Faith-based worldview and in the views of many world religions. The idea that we have a free will and that we make bad choices and have to take responsibility for those choices is extremely unpopular, because it doesn’t allow for a quick fix with no consequences.

Even though it is secular in nature, the 12 Step approach mentions a “higher power” and “God, as we understood him.” It suggests nothing more than that, leaving any theological constructs entirely up to the individual, with no instruction, no prompting and no interference. Interestingly, if you take all of the theories and put them together you would find something like the 12 Step, as it combines the major ideas.

In his book, “The Road Less Traveled,” psychiatrist Dr. M. Scott Peck examines the human condition in terms of four areas –

1. Discipline
2. Love
3. Growth and Religion
4. Grace

We at Drug-Addiction-Support.org offer information and links to information to try to help your search for answers. We believe that alcohol and drug addiction are complex and involve all of the above…body, mind and spirit.

Addiction is a disease of the brain and becomes a disease of the SOUL!

Drug addiction turns into a disease of the soul. We have “lost control” and substance abuse has taken control of our lives.

How can you explain the change in behavior that takes a bright, well-educated, ambitious, engaging person and transforms them into a heartless, self-centered liar that steals from his/her own family, abandons their spouse and children, and willfully chooses the road to death rather than a happy and fulfilling life?

Addiction poisons the very soul of a person and turns them into an unreasoning animal. Because addiction is a spiritual disease, if you are going to be healed, your soul must be healed.

You can try to overcome drug addiction on your own, like pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps, and some people might be able to do it, but most can’t. Healing our soul is offered as a gift from a “power greater than ourselves”.

People in recovery from alcoholism and drug addiction will tell you that one drink, or one hit is too many and a whole ocean-full of drinks, or even the most potent drug isn’t enough.

Drug addiction does not have to be the winner, but addicts need the tools to access strength and support. You have to be honest with yourself and realistic about the problem.

Addicts must realize that they can’t use drugs and they can’t take a drink because the consequences are serious at a minimum, and too often deadly. There is hope!

Our Recommendations for ALL!

Regardless of what theory of drug addiction you choose to embrace, our recommendation is that you follow the following steps if you believe you or your loved one is addicted to drugs and/or alcohol:

- Have a complete medical examination to assess overall health

- Go to detoxification and treatment, as recommended by an addiction professional

- Go to meetings with AA or NA or another 12 Step based group

- Have family members/loved ones go to Al-anon meetings

- Explore and nurture your spirituality... your faith... your soul

Useful, Easy to Understand Information

Our goal with Drug-Addiction-Support.org is to try to equip you with the right information to help you make good choices. If you are addicted and you want help, we have information on treatment and recovery. If you are a friend or family member, we will try to help you be helpful. People often feel helpless, but you can be a tremendous source of support and encouragement.

We should note, however, that we have no interest in helping people beat a drug test, or do anything that puts their health in jeopardy. We firmly stand by the medical community and defer to their professionalism and expertise in medical matters.

We’ll give you useful information and connect you with the right resource to answer your questions.

This site offers facts and trending information about alcoholism and drug addiction, but one of our principal desires is to encourage people to seek treatment, be it in a residential setting or out-patient. We try to point people in the right direction.

We have well-researched, up to date facts about alcoholism and drug addiction to help people to stop their dependence and go into a substance abuse rehab as needed. It may also be helpful to search for treatment centers in your state Texas drug rehab is a good example.

How can Drug-Addiction-Support.org help you?

On this site you will get useful information and begin your journey back to health. We have divided the topic of drug addiction into bite-sized pieces, to help you sift through the volumes of written material on the subject.

We believe we are body, mind and spirit, and each of those need to be treated in order for drug addiction recovery to take place.

Drug-Addiction-Support.org contains five MAIN pages that EVERYONE should read:

ABOUT... SYMPTOMS... CAUSES... EFFECTS... TREATMENT...

Read these five pages and learn what you need to know to spot drug addiction in:

Yourself... Your Family... Your Friends... Your Community...

The rest of the pages are there for your reference to explain important topics in more detail.

Finally don’t miss the Spiritual and 12-step sections to fully explore how understanding YOUR SOUL can lead to recovery from drug addiction!

Who are we?

Drug-Addiction-Support.org is a website built to answer the questions and concerns of those harmed by alcohol and drug addiction. It’s a collaborative effort between many people and resources so that you receive the most up-to-date information available. Our goal is to be independent and not promote any treatment center over another but give you the tools to make a well-informed decision.

We do recommend that everyone suffering from the destructive disease of drug addiction join a 12-Step group either through your local church, AA, or NA. If you are a family member or loved one of an addict we recommend you begin the 12-step process with Al-Anon a local organization set up to help you through this challenging situation.

And Finally, Remember:

"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. - Matthew 7:7-8

For more information about Alcoholism go to Alcoholism-Support.org

blogarama.com

Table of Contents: