2006-10-05 18:13:30 · 16 answers · asked by bongo 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
as a heroin addict for 15 years i think i should answer this although i am clean i still remember the "good old days " not .........., i was a squaddie before i was a "smack head" so i classed myself as a decent person but once the heroin took hold i changed i could see myself changing aswell that was really hard as i could not stop it all i was botherd about was were i was getting my next hit and nothing more i would go shoplifting every day all day as soon as i got £30 i would go score "h " and crack i used to inject them both togethrer called a speedball and that was all i wanted i went to prison aswell for 4 years for selling drugs and when i got out i went back to heroin hooked again after a couple of weeks its a life style you seem to be drawn in we call it the devils drug it eather ruins you or kills you i have lost alot of friends to drugs "well if you can have friends " but that did not stop me i lost my mum and dad they did not want any contact with me but still i didnt learn i was such a diffrent person even i didnt like myself then one day i got up well i came around and i was on my way to shoplift again and for some reason i walked into a drop in for addicts only god knows why but 5 mths later im still here "ido go home at night" IM DRUG FREE ON A SERVICE USER SUPPORT GROUP ME I GIVE SUPPORT TO ADDICTS IRONIC but i find im getting back the person i was my parents talk to me and i love life my personality has changed again but this time i changed it not the drugs as it takes your whole life and turns it upside down so people will change but its drugs they dictate your life
2006-10-06 00:13:38 · answer #1 · answered by Ricky S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unbalanced chemistry. But this is not just for powerful drugs. Caffeine and nicotine also have an effect.
Personality depends upon the activation of certain regions of the brain. Some drugs enhance activity of part previously unused, while some hinder the "normal" patterns.
Alcohol will even kill brain cells. Drink enough alcohol over a long period and personality is sure to change.
There is another issue that deals with how habits change the way that the brain functions. New habits effect different parts of the brain. Drug use often drastically changes some habits. These can include eating habits which will effect nutrition and sleeping habits which can effect overall health. These also have an effect on the personality.
2006-10-05 18:23:29 · answer #2 · answered by Richard 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
The addictive nature of certain drugs changes the priorities in ones life. With this change comes the obvious 'personality' changes as the user's daily life revolves around obtaining and using their drug of choice. Their usual likes no longer matter nor do their non-using friends and family, there is only one thing that matters & thats keeping that high. The only friends they have are their drug buddies (who can never be trusted), who care only for themselves and their high. There is also the chemical imbalances they cause in the brain, some irreversible,best advise - say no!
2006-10-05 19:03:17 · answer #3 · answered by zac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The drugs are in control of that person on drugs. The drugs build a wall around all there feeling hence you loose your personality, and all you want is to know how you are going to get your next fix.
2006-10-05 19:18:47 · answer #4 · answered by JON H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Brain is affected (=changed). Addiction sort of implies a permanent or long duration change.
Unless such addiction is endorsed by Society (nicotine) it requires willpower and a tendency may be there beforehand. I find it easy to understand why people get drunk, but hard to understand why they become alcoholics. Thats why they are secretive (I think) as it is anti-social. Some people do not seem to develop a socialising influence. Drugs and alcohol seem then to feel a void.
2006-10-05 18:34:34 · answer #5 · answered by Perseus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Couldnt; get in the path of the full ingredient yet i will aid you comprehend that Meth, cocaine, and X all mess with your dopamine and with your brains means to manufacture and use dopamine... so the greater you employ the fewer happy you're because of the fact yur ideas can o longer use this is dopamine precise and you desire the medicine to experience happy.... that's what an dependancy is. No well-being care provider will diagnose you with Bipolar until you have been sparkling for over a year because of the fact the indications of Bipolar are such as drug dependancy. confident in case you give up you will flow back to widely used in spite of the undeniable fact that it could take a protracted time.... in spite of the undeniable fact that in case you comprehend that 6 months after yoou get sparkling you will experience widely used back.... could you have the means to make it the 6 months? you're able to get sparkling until now it is likewise possible to discover the prospect that some thing else mightbe incorrect... FYI.. meth has everlasting outcomes on the ideas the longer you employ it so get sparkling... please.. the faster the better. it is attainable which you have bipolar (yet impossible to tell by using what you suggested) and which you're self medicating... it is consumer-friendly with Bipolar yet back there is not any thank you to renowned until you get sparkling and stay that way.....
2016-10-18 21:58:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drugs make people go places they normally wouldn't go.
Drugs make people do and say things, they normally wouldn't.
They become walking chemicals. Not caring about themselves
or anyone else. If you look at peoples pictures before taking
drugs~~and after, taking drugs......you see a HUGE difference!
2006-10-05 18:25:37 · answer #7 · answered by CraZyCaT 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Drugs cause chemical reactions in your brain and over time, this can change connections in the personality part of your brain.
2006-10-05 18:15:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because they become Physically and emotionally dependant on that substance, and so when they can't get their fix of whatever substance they use they become irritable or violent. I cannot go on too muchj about it as I should be elsewhere but figure out what they are on and get them help. To be dependangt on a substance is no good. Either that or keep them at arms length, hoprfully they will realise why and do something about it themselves.
2006-10-05 21:11:59 · answer #9 · answered by jimmyfish 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By there very nature, drugs are meant to change personality, if you are ill you take drugs to make you better, if you are depressed you take drugs to cheer you up and so on ad infinitum.
2006-10-06 01:35:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋