The Addict’s Most Valuable Possession

Posted by Tony Bylsma on January 25, 2011 under How to Help a Drug Addict | Be the First to Comment

My pleasure to post an article from the blog, Sobering Thoughts,        By Sigal Adini

At some point along his life the drug addict lost his most valuable possession, that one thing he or she cannot live without: his self-respect.

His self-respect, his ability to love and trust himself has diminished to such a degree that he is now doing things he swore to himself he would NEVER do: shooting up with needles, stealing from family and friends, selling drugs, selling sex, and so on.

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Are Prescription Drugs the New Gateway Drugs?

Posted by Tony Bylsma on January 13, 2011 under Drug Abuse Prevention Education, How to Help a Drug Addict | Be the First to Comment

The problems of drug abuse change over time. The most popular illicit drug today may have been low in popularity four or five years ago and will be forgotten tomorrow. Now, prescription drug addiction is coming into it’s own, so to speak.

Officials are finding that many young people who are using or are even addicted to heroin actually started by abusing prescription drugs such as hydrocodone and oxycodone. Then when their supplies of pills ran short, they found that heroin satisfied as well.

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