Drugs – An Ugly and Temporary Escape From Reality

People that use drugs to cope with life do so because of what the drugs do to them. Most drug addicts have experienced pain from something that has happened to them in the past and the drugs, for a short time, have made that pain go away. Once they realize that the drugs do make them feel better is when the abuse begins to happen.

Most drugs do a great job of taking reality out of the minds of the user. They feel free once the drugs begin to kick in. They don’t care about the past or anything of that pain that has haunted them and they feel invincible living in the moment. The only problem is that each time the addict does the drug, he or she needs to do even more of it to get the same feeling.

What drug abusers don’t understand is that the drugs don’t take away from the problem, they only add to it. The reality of life never goes away it is just masked and distorted due to the effect that the drugs have. To overcome this life full of pain and hurt not to go to drugs for relief, but to deal with life head-on. And this is what the drug rehab places do so well.

Drug rehab centers are there to help the addict overcome their physical addiction to the drug or drugs. They then confine the individual to learn that the drugs are not their best escape but just a temporary release that compounds their situation for the worst. True relief from the pain that haunts them is to see the past for what it is, something that happened before and is now out of everyone’s control. Once they realize that they can’t change something that has happened, they can then learn to live life from this point on.

The drug rehab center’s goal is to educate the addict about their illness so they can understand how to control their mind and eventually learn to live a productive life. They hope to instill in them a confidence that any goal they set to achieve can be accomplished no matter what their situation was or where they came from.

Drugs are an ugly escape from reality that gives the user an invincible feeling for a short amount of time. Drug addicts too can change but first have to become knowledgeable about their situation and then want to make the change.

Source by Wade Davis