"You want to know about my drug addiction, right?" says Patrick as we begin the interview. Patrick is one that encompasses a pretty "laid back" personality, so to hear him say this so bluntly was shocking. He is now a typically twenty-one year old. He goes to school full time, works a consistent job, and occasionally hangs out with friends. Knowing him now, one would never draw to the conclusion that he was once a drug addict. .
Patrick's addiction began at the age of thirteen and slowly progressed. By the time he was fifteen, he had begun using cocaine and heroin on a daily basis. "Drugs were what my world revolved around," Patrick says to me with a face of disappointment. At the age of sixteen, things proceeded to get worse. Patrick was homeless and spending his nights sleeping under a bridge. He tells me, "I called it camping, I knew I was in denial." He did have a job, but used all the money had to purchase narcotics. I asked him, "Why do such a thing? Why not care about your well-being and health first?" He then simply says, "Drugs were more important than my life and those around me." .
At the age of sixteen, Patrick's addiction had grown worse and the world around him seemed to be crumbling. He then later decides it's time for change. He tries to make this change in various different ways. He thought he could find this comfort through relationships, religion, family, etc Little did he know that it takes more than this to break an addiction. He learned this the hard way, but later came to the realization that he needed more help. He needed help from medical professionals. He later decided to go to rehab. He tells me that this step was, "one of the most difficult decisions of his life." While in rehab, Patrick was introduced to a programed called Narcotics Anonymous (NA). .
Narcotics Anonymous is a program that aims to stop the addiction and openly talk to other addicts about the same struggles they face staying attempting to stay "clean.
"You want to know about my drug addiction, right?" says Patrick as we begin the interview. ... He goes to school full time, works a consistent job, and occasionally hangs out with friends. Knowing him now, one would never draw to the conclusion that he was once a drug addict. ... "Drugs were what my world revolved around," Patrick says to me with a face of disappointment. ...
The following was taken from an interview with an individual that uses drugs. ... I've definitely had some good times with my drug experience. ... I can only count on one hand everyone I went to school with, or grew up with that hasn't done drugs. ... People that are addicted to drugs are weak-minded. ... Saunders discusses and actually experiences with them the drug commonly known as ecstasy. ...
They become addicted to the way these medications make them feel. ... This person is commonly referred to as a drug addict. ... In another interview a reporter asked her" Is it alcohol? ... He is also addicted to drugs. ... "Abusing drugs to me is like playing with a straight jacket". ...
Summary Drug abuse and addiction is a big problem with lots of effects that many people think will make their life better. ... There are lots of beneficial ways that a family can help there drug addict member such as learning about what is drug abuse and its dangerous effects or not rescuing the drug addict and let him/her experience the full experience. ... There are ways of treatment of drug abuse like behavioral therapy and motivational interviewing. ... It can make the addict isolated from the world around him and concentrating only on drugs, having conflicts with friends, acting violently...
At the time of the interview, 152 women lived in drug treatment facilities. ... Research shows that those women who continue using drugs with children are more prone to crime, physical and/or emotional abuse, neglect and/or domestic violence. ... In a recent study of 104 heroin addicts who were in treatment (68 men, 36 women), 13 percent of the men and 25 percent of the women terminated treatment. ... Between 50 and 75 percent of addicts were abused as children. Drug abuse is also associated with posttraumatic stress disorder, since women may have put these memories out of their minds and ...
You begin to take an avid interest in e-mailing with your friends and family. ... People who become addicted, use the Internet to relieve or avoid withdrawal symptoms, which are similar to those brought on by the halt of drug use. ... (netaddiction.com) The "I'm not addicted users" are those who try to convince themselves that they are not addicted to the Internet. ... Nine of the 14 people studied, were found to have manic-depression at the time of the interview; half of the users had anxiety disorder such as "social phobia"; three suffered from eating disorders; four had uncontrollab...
Statistics link meth users to a variety of meth related crimes and there are an estimated 1.5 million meth addicts in the United States. ... Another viewer from Greenville Michigan whom is a teacher sent a message to creator Carl Byker stating," I am a teacher tasked with teaching a drug abuse class. ... There are many people whom agree and disagree with this program all for different reasons.The creator received a lot of negative and positive feedback for his documentary, and came back with the response to his viewers " my job as a documentary filmmaker is simply to interview the most inter...
You begin to take an avid interest in e-mailing with your friends and family. ... People who become addicted, use the Internet to relieve or avoid withdrawal symptoms, which are similar to those brought on by the halt of drug use. ... (netaddiction.com) The "I'm not addicted users" are those who try to convince themselves that they are not addicted to the Internet. ... Nine of the 14 people studied, were found to have manic-depression at the time of the interview; half of the users had anxiety disorder such as "social phobia"; three suffered from eating disorders; four had uncontrollab...
You begin to take an avid interest in e-mailing with your friends and family. ... People who become addicted, use the Internet to relieve or avoid withdrawal symptoms, which are similar to those brought on by the halt of drug use. ... (netaddiction.com) The "I'm not addicted users" are those who try to convince themselves that they are not addicted to the Internet. ... Nine of the 14 people studied, were found to have manic-depression at the time of the interview; half of the users had anxiety disorder such as "social phobia"; three suffered from eating disorders; four had uncontrollab...
