Posted by Tony Bylsma on March 14, 2011 under Drug Abuse Prevention Education |
Obviously, Alcohol and Marijuana are both mind altering drugs. And obviously there are people who drink once in a while and people
who smoke once in a while. So, is there a difference? Well, yes. And the difference is not small.
When a person has a drink at a party, or a beer at a ball game or picnic, their purpose for doing that is not necessarily to get drunk. If becoming ‘high’ is the goal, they won’t stop at one. Having a glass of wine with dinner is another example. One glass of wine is more like a food than a Drug. The reason for having it is most certainly for the taste or to enhance the food.
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Posted by Tony Bylsma on March 18, 2010 under Effective Drug Detox Rehab |
Three basic things must occur for you to get off and stay off drugs. Each one is essential to your successfully staying clean living a drug-free life.
First, if you are blaming yourself for starting to use drugs, for being unable or unwilling to stop using drugs and for relapsing every time you quit, you are both right and wrong.
It is your fault, but it is not a matter of blame.
Blame is a waste of time and energy. If you blame yourself, what does that accomplish? Nothing. It makes you feel like an idiot and, really, you didn’t try to make yourself into an addicted person.
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