Drug Problems – When Do They Start and How Do We Prevent Them
Once drug and alcohol abuse has begun to devastate lives, people tend to take action. They get downright brave in overcoming the obstacles in front of them.
Yet, every family who calls me about rehab had noticed small or large indications that something may not be right long before they call about rehab. Sometimes school problems were noted. Other times behavior problems. Usually, some issue came up that was a major upset and the family sought counseling or their family doctor to arrest it.
If there is a drug abuse problem now despite earlier actions, something didn’t quite work out did it?
The Main Factors Precipitating Drug and Alcohol Abuse
Poor or incorrect diet and un-resolved hypoglycemia
No or inadequate drug and alcohol prevention education
Loss of self respect
No or incorrect assessment and correction of actual physical problems, ie chronic inflammation, food allergies, too many anti-biotic treatments etc.
Drugs and alcohol constantly offered up as solutions to ‘improve’ life by family, friends, doctors, etc
Notice I didn’t list their family history had an alcoholic in it?
The Main and Determining Factors for Addiction are:
Drug Abuse including alcohol abuse
Using drugs and alcohol as a substitute or required activity while: socializing, sex, watching TV or sports, being happy, being sad, etc
Always using drugs to solve real or imagined problems
These 3 factors always came up in the interviews I’ve had with people. But more importantly, they said they couldn’t or didn’t find a better solution than drugs or alcohol to their issues. That was the biggest determinant to whether or not they ended up with or without a drug problem.
The character of an individual is clearly important in maintaining control of their own lives and not becoming a slave to drugs and alcohol. But character won’t protect them from having a problem with drugs. It can really help in overcoming addiction and usually does.
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Tibor A. Palatinus, CCDC, is the Director of a Drug / Alcohol Detox and Rehab Consultancy which specializes in Referring Clients to Drug-free Detox and Rehab Programs which End Addiction for Life.
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