At the same time as most hard working people are settling in for a quiet evening, many of our neighborhoods are coming alive with action. There is a different world out there, a world that is a complete opposite of the world most of us are accustomed to; a world where prostitution, rape, murder, stealing, drugs, theft, and violence is a normal way of life. This is the world of the addict who struggles every day to supply their craving for drugs.
If we were to venture into the world of a drug addict we would witness scenes like these:
At a community hospital a young teen-aged girl in labor sits in an emergency waiting room. She cries out in agony, hopeful that her screams will somehow relieve her agony. She has no family and is all alone in her crisis. As the nurses prepare her for childbirth this young mother-to-be can't help but wonder if her expected baby will be born in good health. She is addicted to crack cocaine and after several hours she gives birth to a beautiful eight pound, six ounce, baby boy. Born with an addiction to crack, four days later he is diagnosed as a "crack baby." He will spend the rest of his life coping with an craving for drugs that he had nothing to do with and emotions that he will more than likely never understand.
On the other side of the city what at one time was a happy family is now a family in dismay. Jim and Angela have been joyfully married for more than fifteen years. There was once a time that Jim brought everything he earned home to his beautiful wife and their three children. They frequently went on family outings and their lives were full of happiness. But since he became addicted, Jim steals everything that is not under lock and key from his family to supply his ever-increasing drug habit, and because of his habit his family has been destroyed.
These are not scenes from a movie. They are indicative of experiences that happen in the lives of real people every day. People who live protected lives have no idea that real people like you and me with friends, family, emotions and dreams really live and die this way.
Any person who abuses drugs to the point of becoming addicted will ultimately be consumed by them. The drug will soon dictate the condition of life for the addict. Work habits will decline as the addict simply does not show up for work because the addict is occupied in his or her state of euphoria induced by the drug. As a result of their habit psychological problems will occur which can lead to serious bodily ailments, including heart attack, stroke, and loss of body organs.
If someone you love is addicted to drugs, it can become an a massive emotional strain. Successful addiction treatment is in the hands of the addicted person. You cannot force them to stop using drugs; the final step is up to them. It doesn't matter how much we would like to see that person quit using, the ultimate option is theirs.
Author Resource:-
Eric Dunbar is the owner and editor of Golden Entrepreneur, where you will find outstanding resources to help the online entrepreneur excel in business. Eric Dunbar is also the author of THE FACE OF A DEMON, referred to by many as “The Recovering Addict’s Handbook”, and editor of X-JOURNAL Blog
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