Drug and Substance Abuse

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Drug and Substance Abuse

Drug and substance abuse is the compulsive intake of various drugs against the doctor’s prescription. Although each drug has its ill effects if used without the advice of a qualified physician, they all affect the reasoning and judging capabilities of our brain. Different people experiment with different drugs for various purposes, a good number of them use for pleasurable fun, others use them for stress management and others for athletics performance inorder to increase the endurance of their body. Many argue that alcohol is one of the most socially acceptable drug to be used and abused. But according to Drug abuse (2014), alcohol is regarded as a depressant that alters the functioning of the central nervous system, drinkers will feel composed if taken in lesser quantities as compared to larger quantities which causes loss of balance, poor judgment and even to the extreme of an individual losing his consciousness. Due to its high concentrations of toxic compounds, health issues like liver cirrhosis may arise.

Help Guide (2012) defines the development of drug and substance abuse by explaining that few addicts cannot distinguish between regular use of drugs and substance abuse, many have no idea when they cross the line to be hard core addicts, judging with the frequency of use which increases with time. This can be a basis of looking for help and advice from qualified practitioners, if the feeling of normalcy cannot be attained without taking a portion of a substance.

Help Guide (2012) explains some of the symptoms that may constitute to drug abuse. Some of this addictions may come without much notice as using cocaine in a party or smoking marijuana can be a once in a while thing, which may later result in a weekly thing, later a daily routine and finally using the drug may become essential to someone’s functioning. The second issue is when the substance in use, fulfills a certain urgency. When taking the substance boosts self confidence in social gatherings or eradicates anxiety when need arises. Even acceptable situations like getting a prescription from a doctor to use a certain drug at certain time interval may re4sult to addiction if over used against the advice given. Another issue is the need of filling a void in someone’s life, lack of certain social experiences may result to drug abuse .as one might find the n need to use drugs in order to curb loneliness.

A very interesting fact is that drug abusers may show no need to change their behavior, and may at times act oblivious of their unacceptable actions during the time they were under the influence of the drug. This should not go unnoticed, in fact employers, therapists, family members and other concerned parties are supposed to confront them with the consequences of their behavior.

To the affected, withdrawal from substance abuse may be a very difficult step to endure, moral support and proper help should be put into consideration to help with the journey to a different sober life. The good news is that there are different institutions that offer the proper treatment which are devoted to curbing this issue. The only step someone is supposed to take is to recognize the problem or listen to fellow men who are often in a better position to see the adverse effects that the drugs have on you. Care must also be taken not to confront the person suffering from this condition negatively, as this may result in resistance and at times conflict between the concerned parties and the victim.

References

‘Drug abuse”. Drugabuse.com. 14 May 2012. Web. 28 march 2014.

“Help guide”. Helpguide.org. 12 June 2012. Web. 28 March 2014