Posted by Tony Bylsma on February 6, 2011 under How to Help a Drug Addict | 
There are always options, for any situation. Many situations have very few ways to go and some situations offer more choices. Finding the right solution to a problem such as drug addiction can mean life or death for the addict, so listing the choices and examining them is vital.
Here is a list of the most common paths an addict might take in an attempt to reach sobriety:
1. Try to stop using without help
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Posted by Tony Bylsma on July 2, 2010 under How to Help a Drug Addict |
If you have an addict in the family, you are certainly aware that bringing up the subject of dealing with the addiction is like playing with fireworks in a burning house. They blow up more often than not.
What is the real cause of this? On the surface it looks like they are “just touchy” on the subject. But saying they are just touchy doesn’t lead to a solution. Why are they so sensitive? How can you get around the booby-traps in the conversation and have a real, to-the-point discussion of the problem?
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Posted by Tony Bylsma on April 22, 2010 under How to Help a Drug Addict |
I have spoken to so many people who need drug addiction treatment that I should be able to answer this question right off the top of my head.
But, while I have seen many hundreds of addicts coming in and receiving help, I have also seen and spoken to many thousands of others who needed to come to detox rehab but didn’t. The reasons they gave for not admitting themselves were so many and so varied that it is nearly impossible to nail one down as the most common, or the most valid.
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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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