How to help a drug addict

                                                How To Help A Drug Addict

In order to help a drug addict you have to understand how drugs effect someone. We tell people the best way to help a drug addict is to reach out to someone that has struggled with addiction. If your able to talk with someone that has lived through addiction it will help in the process of beating addiction. Get the truth about addiction

When a person has a drug problem, they have a disease that can hurt the family.Drug abuse puts a lot of stress on parents, brothers and sisters, grandparents—anyone who is part of the home.

WHEN A FAMILY MEMBER TAKES DRUGS




You can't count on them to do what they say they will do.They may forget or get distracted because their focus is on getting and taking drugs.They might lie or steal money to buy drugs.They might get fired from their jobs.They might not come home at night.They may do bad things they would never do if they weren't abusing drugs.

Family members might fight a lot because of the problems the drug abuse is causing. The drug user might do and say things that upset neighbors and friends, and make the family ashamed.

Some people who are addicted don't believe that they are sick and out of control, so they don't look for treatment. They don't see the problems they are causing themselves and those around them. Other people who are addicted are aware of the problem, but may be so upset and confused that they do not know how to ask for or get help.

DRUG ABUSE HURTS KIDS


When parents or other family members abuse drugs,

the children get hurt. People with drug problems can forget to take care of the kids. There might not be anyone making meals or helping the kids get washed and dressed. There might not be anyone to buy clothes or do the laundry. There might not be anyone to take the kids to the doctor or help with homework.

Drug abuse can use up the family's money and make parents unable to work and earn money. The kids might go without heat, food, electricity, or even a place to live. When family members with drug problems are at home, it may not be safe for the kids.

They might not be alert enough to protect kids from accidents or from other adults who would harm them. There might be a lot of fighting. They might abuse or neglect the children.

If someone at home is dealing drugs or doing other crimes, it's also dangerous for the kids, and the adults could end up in prison.When kids grow up with these problems around them, they are more likely to have drug problems of their own.

TODAY IS THE DAY



DON'T WAIT ANY LONGER




I have my own personal story on how addiction hurts not

just you but your family. My wife and I both have had our struggles with addiction. And as hard as we tried to support each other through our addiction we enabled each other.

The reason is you love each other so much it's hard to say no. So my advice on that is you have to be really strong and don't even have it around.

Don't say it's friday we were good all week one day is not going to hurt.

That one day is going to send you in a downward spiral that is going to be even more difficult to get out of. Now both of you are addicted and that's not good. Life is all about learning from your mistakes and not repeating them.

That's why I always say addiction is something you're going to fight for the rest of your life.

Stay Strong.