has anyone ever had or known someone with drug addiction........?

Question

if so how did they get over it and was it harder to go through withdrawls or not being able to do the substance that they were abusing ever again

Answer 1

yes, I've been drug free of meth for 3 years now... all of it's hard, you just have to have conviction. I got over it by moving away from where I was at... EVERYONE I knew was doing it.... I stayed away from the people who did drugs and mainly kept to myself. I did have some serious side affects and once I started taking an anti depressant, they went away. Even after I stopped taking the anti depressant I have not had the problems I was.... I think there is always the urge to do the drug since drugs make you feel good... that's why you do them.... but you have to take it one day at a time.

Answer 2

Back in the '70s, I was addicted to meth for about five years. The way I got off the stuff was that I just moved in on my mother and her new husband and hid out in a back bedroom for 6 weeks or so, till I shook and sweated and paced the mess out. It was certainly no fun, but then, it wasn't as bad as you might expect. I think the most difficult thing about it was breaking away from the drug culture. After a while you find yourself immersed in a world where drugs are everything and you literally can't imagine life without them. It ultimately takes becoming so miserable, so sick of taking more and more of the very thing that once got you high and provided the oblivion you were looking for, and have it do nothing but make you edgy and sick. You eventually find some lucid moment, and face the fact that your either going to die or end up a vegetable. That's when you're ready to straighten up, ready to walk away from these people you've allowed to serve as friends, and do what you have to to get the $hit out of your system.

Now, if you're asking this to gain insights so you can work on someone you know or love, so you can find something that will equip you to get them off drugs, you may be in for some heart ache. Until an addict, whether it's drugs or booze, hits bottom for themselves they're never going to make a serious effort to clean up. That's not to be discouraging, it's just the truth. Good luck.

Answer 3

In order to successfully beat any type of addiction you have to reach the point where you are tired of being an addict. Once you reach that stage, the act of going out and finding drugs no longer holds any pleasurable experience. You just have to do it to keep yourself from being sick. All of a sudden, the habit becomes a lot like work and it becomes much easier to kick. Hence the thought of "never doing drugs again" doesn't come into it.

Another key thing to successfully beating a drug addiction is to change your life. If you continue to be immersed in the drug culture and persist on living on the margins of society, kicking the habit is almost impossible. Find a job, move into a nice apartment, get up and go to work even when you feel rotten, feel like you are making a difference in someone's life. The minute you start feeling better about yourself, things will get easier.

Answer 4

It depends on the drug. Heroin withdrawal, while painful and uncomfortable, is rarely fatal. Alcohol withdrawal CAN be fatal (depending on how much one drinks), as can withdrawal from other substances.

It's not "hard" to stay off a drug (or alcohol) once one decides he wants to, and gets treatment, therapy, and support, but it DOES take a major commitment. There needs to be a total mind change, and the introduction of an entirely new set of conceptions, motives, and ideas into the person's thinking patterns.

Issues of mental health also play a big role - illnesses such as depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar, and others. These are linked so closely with addiction, in many cases, as to be indistinguishable and inseparable from it. Medication and therapy are crucial.

Addiction and alcoholism are illnesses, every bit as serious as cancer or diabetes, and need to be taken as seriously as those illnesses.

Good luck with your recovery.

Love, Jack

Answer 5

My father was addicted to pain killers and also alcohol unfourtunatley for him he was not strong enough to overcome the control these had over him and he died at the ripe age of 35. I truly think he didn't really want to get help because if you know that you want to get help and get better you are willing to go through anything. If this applies to you, Be strong and keep your head up, life is such an amazing thing and you only have one. Do this for yourself only so you know you really want it. You can do it and it will get better. You should read the book "A million little peices" by James Fry. I wasn't struggeling with any drug addictions or anything like that but it really helped me understand how my father felt maybe it will help you. Good luck to you.

Answer 6

Yes I knew someone, my husband. He always told me that he wanted to quit, but came up with a hundred excuses to not quit. Finally, our daughter was born, six weeks early and in severe respiratory distress and nobody could find him. He was off on a binge. 27 days later, my husband, myself, and our daughter walked out of the NICU a stronger family. He has never touched the drugs again. It is all a matter of priorities. If it is something that you want to do, then no obstacle is too much to overcome. My husband went through withdrawals- chills, vomiting, the works. and he lived through it. Actually the physical symptoms of withdrawal do not last that long- a week at most, then it is mostly psychological. Good luck- if you are ready to quit, find a solid support system and stick to your guns. gl

Answer 7

Yes, with treatment. Find a treatment center, where people who are qualified can help.
As to the other.....it depends on the drug of choice. Withdrawls from heroin and alcohol can be rough, but there's isn't any from pot. So it really depends on the person and the drug.
Addiction doesn't mean life is over.

Answer 8

I have lost two family members to heroin. One overdosed and we found him in his apartment with the needle still in his arm. The other one went down to the basement and blew his brains out because he could not get off heroin and his wife was going to leave him. I think the best way to withdraw is in a medical detox and after that you should stay in a rehab until you get it. You have to really want to be clean to stay clean. Narcotics Anonymous is a great 12 step program. It takes a lot of work not to relapse. I thank God that I never went down that road.

Answer 9

To answer your first question, YES.
The second, I'll let you know when she stops for good, she never has. Only for a week or two, but she's on probation and is suppose to stay clean for 2 years. It'll be a miracle if she makes it, she's 42, been using since 15.

Answer 10

getting over an addiction is very difficult its like them saying to you now stop breathing... their body craves this drug of choice and without it u hurt so bad and u feel like u have the flu x 1000, and your body is very heavy and u begin to throw up and u could have a seizure....u need to detox at a hospital so they can watch u and your body and make sure they give u the right meds for detoxing...Edwards hospital in naperville is the best.... do it as soon as possible...don't go back to it live your life well!!!!!