{"id":4202,"date":"2024-01-16T21:53:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T02:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mickeylieberman.com\/addictions\/?p=4202"},"modified":"2023-12-02T08:03:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T13:03:15","slug":"05-how-does-drug-addiction-or-substance-abuse-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mickeylieberman.com\/addictions\/05-how-does-drug-addiction-or-substance-abuse-happen\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does Drug Addiction or Substance Abuse Happen?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drug Addiction or Substance Abuse <\/span><\/p>\n

Unless you have personally experienced the problem yourself, it is very difficult to understand how addiction or substance abuse to drugs or alcohol can happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many people believe all the individual has to do is stop drinking or using drugs and the problem goes away.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is never that simple. The strongest people with tremendous amounts of willpower are usually unable to stop, even when their lives are crumbling around them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Drug addiction can and does happen to anyone.<\/span><\/p>\n

The first issue in helping to get someone you love treatment for addiction is to create an environment of understanding and get them to admit, they have a problem and they desire help.<\/span><\/p>\n

People use drugs or drink for many different reasons:<\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Self-medicating feelings of insecurity, social anxiety, stress, or even physical pain.<\/span>
\n2.\u00a0 A form of recreation or as a result of peer pressure from friends or family.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whatever the reasons, anyone who uses any drug can easily become addicted under the right (or wrong) circumstances.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is because addiction and\/or abuse is both a physical and mental disease that occurs from one thing only – repeated drug use or drinking.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tolerance is the first stage of drug addiction. As a substance is introduced into the body on a consistent basis, the central nervous system (CNS) will make changes in order to lessen the force or the intensity of the drug.<\/span><\/p>\n

This causes the user to develop a tolerance where he\/she needs more of the drug to achieve the same effect – to get high.<\/span><\/p>\n

This tolerance only makes the problem worse because now more of the drug is being put into the system to achieve the same result.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tolerance leads to physical dependence. Physical dependence occurs after a substance has been in the body on a consistent basis for so long that the changes made by the CNS become semi-permanent.<\/span><\/p>\n

This means that body has adjusted to a certain amount and then it only functions normally when the drug is in the system.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the drug is suddenly reduced or withheld from the body, the central nervous system must make drastic changes in order to adapt.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Withdrawal Syndrome or Detox and in some cases stopping the use of a drug or alcohol can actually be fatal.<\/span><\/p>\n

The body’s chemistry had been altered to expect a certain amount of the drug and now all of a sudden, there is no drug and the body tries to adjust, often with success.<\/span><\/p>\n

The detox process should always occur in a medically equipped facility, once a person has progressed past tolerance to physical dependence and addiction.<\/span><\/p>\n

True addiction features physical dependence with a full set of physical, emotional, and mental problems and conditions that can be extremely debilitating.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once physical dependence has set in, true addiction is differentiated by the appearance of three behaviors:<\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Control loss – People who are addicted show a loss of control over their drug use or drinking.<\/span>
\n2.\u00a0 Obsession – Addicts obsess, think, plan and talk about drugs and using drugs constantly.<\/span>
\n3.\u00a0 Continuation despite consequences – Even with the loss of loved ones, careers, financial difficulty, and trouble with the law, an addict will often continue using despite these severe consequences.<\/span><\/p>\n

It does not matter what the situation is or how addiction came to be, there is help available for anyone who needs it and admits they have a problem.<\/span><\/p>\n

Drug rehab centers and alcohol recovery programs are dedicated to providing a secure environment where people can get professional help and take back control of their lives again.<\/span><\/p>\n

To help yourself or someone you care about who has a drug addiction or alcoholism problem, all you need to do is make one confidential phone call right now.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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