Posts Tagged ‘drug addict’
Question by Sandy Denny: Is a heavy smoker a “drug addict”?
I called a very heavy smoker a drug addict and they were offended. What do you think?
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Answer by C Stevens
Technically, you are correct, since they are addicted to nicotine. But since smoking is legal, most people do not think of themselves as “drug addicts,” which is usually reserved those who are abusing illegal drugs, or who are addicted to legal drugs, such as narcotics and other painkillers, available via prescription.
Answer by Joseph the Second
-Pretty much… The SAME thing goes for People who Drink “too regularly”- Also. 🙁 People tend to think that if a Substance is accepted as “Legal”- that They can’t be “Addicted” to it. But ANYthing that can alter Ones Behavior- IS a “Drug…” And if you can’t stop Yourself from “Using” it, you ARE “Addicted” !! 😮
Northwestern District Attorney David Sullivan says opioid overdoses a 'public …
Most often, the only detoxification addicts get is when they go to jail for drug possession or stealing to support their habit, he said. “The two biggest detox facilities in my jurisdiction are the Hampshire County House of Correction and Franklin …
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Saline leaders say teen drug use is in community's 'blind spot'
Saline is will continue to assist and support law enforcement however possible as they continue to investigate the matter. Unfortunately, it appears that this horrible situation exemplifies how tragic substance use and abuse can be, and the life-and …
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Soaring numbers of over-40s are taking heroin, using cannabis and binge drinking
'It's time to bring this largely “invisible” issue into the light and to improve the support for older people with drug and alcohol issues.' The news comes after The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction estimated that the number of …
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Question by trish m: “Recovery” Just looking for others opinions on “drug addiction”?
how many of you believe that 12 step programs work? and how many of you know someone who has given up everything that matters for their drug of choice? Just sincere answers please…
You have pointed out one of the main things that needs to be there “willingness” good job!
I’m an addict in recovery (5yrs) and I know each person is different. some just quit,others use AA/NA, and then some need a combo of the AA and therapy… One thing that all addicts lack is the ability to cope with life on life’s terms. If an addict doesn’t learn to cope then they tend to just switch addictions… from drugs to others i.e. eating, gambleing, workaholic, thank you guys for your answers and I’ll give this question till the end of the day..
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Answer by debb_michele
I had gotten into drugs and alcohol for a while, and I’m only 15. The fact is I didn’t want to stop, no matter who said what I just didn’t. So I found out the hard way, that you cannot quite unless you really [[100%]] want to. It took someone special leaving me for me to quite. But I have alot of friends into drugs and they give up alot for drugs… I haven’t seen any of the therapy things working for them, because they didn’t want to quit. Hope that answers your question, just my opinion.
Answer by lotus4yoga
Well, I don’t like the AA thing about “I’m powerless.” Plus they seem sort of cult-like. Most people quit drugs on their own when they’ve just had enough of it. But they never show up in statistics cause nobody knows – they don’t go to a hospital or AA or anything – they just quit. (My husband was a heroin addict for years before I knew him and then he was in a methadone program but he quit on his own. No NA or anything. I mean, he went to therapy for over a year but he’s really healthy now. Seriously healthy.)
Your last detail with the coping ability is absolutely the answer. Any addiction to anything came from not looking honestly, openly, at life because you’re scared or you want things to be different from what they actually are. You just don’t feel good enough the way you are. Some people come to the realization that they are good enough, that things are just as they are supposed to be, through therapy or some people have these really dramatic “quantum changes.” I’ve heard it described as feeling something physically pulling on you or like a bolt of lightning – and suddenly you’re different.
EXCLUSIVE: Australian Olympic swimming star Grant Hackett flies to USA to …
Olympic swimming champion Grant Hackett is on his way to the United States to enter rehab over his addiction to the prescription drug Stilnox, Mail Online can exclusively reveal. Hackett left Australia on Tuesday afternoon for America to undergo a …
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Hackett heads to US to treat drug addiction
Australian swimming great Grant Hackett has flown to the United States to have treatment for an addiction to a sleeping medication, his manager has confirmed. Hackett heads to US to treat drug addiction – Swimming PA Photos. Hackett, who won 1,500 …
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Letter: Gov. Shumlin Is Too Tolerant of Illegal Drug Use
Once again Gov. Peter Shumlin has made of point of publicizing what his administration is doing to expand services in Vermont for the treatment of drug addiction. And once again, he has taken the opportunity to be dismissive of the role that law …
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New Addiction Helpline Aids Teens Looking to Overcome Substance Abuse
Drug and alcohol addiction is detrimental to so many lives in Oxford, OH. Unfortunately, many of the lives affected by addiction are teenagers. While all addicts are afraid or uncertain about seeking addiction help to some degree, teens are especially …
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LePage's dangerous portrayal of drug addiction
In this March 2013 file photo, a CARA participant rests inside a cell at the Kennebec County Correctional Facility. Many CARA participants come from broken homes and traumatic childhoods, said Kennebec County corrections officer Edward Anderson.
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Hooked on hope: Market Street Mission celebrates 150 years in Morristown
Located in Morristown's original saloon district, the facility is a source for emergency food and shelter as well as a residential substance abuse recovery program. Morristown, NJ. Feb. 20, 2014. Special to … Morristown's Market Street Mission …
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Reparations flow the wrong way: What the right doesn't understand about slavery
He wrote up his findings — which included a discussion of the disease's symptoms, the manner in which it spread, and best treatment options — and published them in Bibliothèque Ophtalmologique, which was then cited in other medical journals as well …
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Foreign pastor recognized for helping drug addicts
24 (CNA) An Italian-American pastor who founded the Agape House Christian Counseling Center in Hualien County, eastern Taiwan, has been awarded a Presidential Citation in recognition of his decades-long efforts to help drug addicts in Taiwan. Frank …
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