Voice beyond the shadows.

The Cycle of Addiction
No one intends to become a drug addict or alcoholic. Our experiences show that the drug addict or alcoholic was usually an intelligent and often creative person with much hope for the future.






However, they were unable to deal effectively with life’s problems and turned to drugs or alcohol as a means of dealing with unwanted situationsThe person usually takes drugs because they attempt to compensate for some personal deficiency or life situation. They may be depressed, in pain or incapable of dealing with a loss of a loved one or extreme circumstance. It could also be as simple as a need to fit in and make friends, or a way to lose weight. Regardless of the reason, the person begins to seek "help" in the form of drugs or alcohol






Drugs are essentially a pain-killer. They lessen emotional and physical pain and provide the user with a temporary escape from problems. When a person is unable to cope with something in life and take drugs as a result, they feel they have found a way to deal with the problem.They are now addicted. They become difficult to communicate with, withdrawn and begin to exhibit the strange behavior associated with being on drugs. The more the person uses to try to counter this effect, the more desperate he becomes




Their use begins to affect their personal relationships, their job, their bank account, and anything of previous value to the addict. Now the person's entire focus becomes centered on using drugs and getting more drugs, regardless of the cost. They sacrifice everything to avoid the pain of withdrawal, the guilt of what they have done and the problems they have been running from




At this point, the average drug user does one of three things:
1.Continues using drugs and becomes more and more lost, unhealthy and degraded until he eventually becomes homeless or dead.

2.Gets arrested for some drug-related activity and goes to jail or prison.

3.Attempt to quit drugs in any one of a variety of ways. He may try to stop on his own, or go to a drug addiction treatment center or program. Sadly, the success rate of traditional treatment is not high and most addicts continue to relapse. This destroys the addict’s confidence and leads him to feel he will remain a slave to drugs forever.

All you can do is give them home and make them trust themselves and help them to overcome this addiction with ur support and love.Don't isolate them.