The Most Common Addictions

Drug Addiction And The Future

Let’s go back in time. Drugs wasn’t invented to make people suffer, it actually was invented to help people support a lot of pain. A good example of the drug morphine. This drug has helped a lot of soldiers in Vietnam to survive and resist the pain of big injuries.

Did it start over there? No, it started a long time ago in the middle-east with the drug opium, the first drug. This kind of drug was used to kill people in the beginning of times, but hundreds of years later scientists had discovered it’s effect to help people with different kinds of things.

When did the real problems with drug started?

The abuse of it started in china (18the century). And when it arrived in Europe and America it became big business.

Now that you know how it all started, let’s talk about it. Drugs are real killers like everybody knows. In the past hundred years a lot of people died because of overdose, bad drugs and so on. Well we need to make a difference because not all people who take drugs are addicted. If you have to take drugs for medical reasons, then you just have to do it. If that’s the case you will always need to know that it is addictive. Not only drugs as opium, cocaine, heroine are addictive. Always pay attention for any medication because it’s all drugs. You heard me it’s all drugs and it’s all deadly if you abuse it.

What happens on long terms?

Once in a while you hear stories of people that died by an overdose. These people who died by an overdose could be been saved. They just didn’t want to live longer and suffer every day. The overdose is actually suicide to escape from all the emotional and physical problems. If you see a drug addict that needs your help, then help him or he will die. Don’t give him money. Call a help center and they will know what to do.

What happens if you live as an addicted?

The risk to get heart attacks, kidney failures, respiratory failures or to get in a comma increases enormously. Using all kind of drugs makes it easier for you to participate and share needles or to have unsafe sex, witch could all lead to HIV or other SOAs. There will be a time that you even go steal from your own family, friends and other persons to just buy yourself some drugs. At the end many of these addicts lose there homes, friends and money.

Prevention?

Avoiding it is the best cure. A lot of normal people or teenagers just try some marijuana and don’t go further, but then you have others ones that want to try it all. And those are the people who need help. Prevention is the best cure like I said before. If you’re a parent you need to make it clear to your children that those things are deadly and could ruin every body’s life even if you’re a rich person. Talk & Talk that’s the only way to make them aware of it. A last thing you need to know is never accept something from persons who you’ve just met. Bad company can be a cause of the addiction but it isn’t the number one cause. Teenagers what to be know and they will do everything to achieve it. Don’t think that they won’t do it.

Symptoms of addiction.

The symptoms of a drug addiction are very clear to see. Requests for money, school performance that go down, no appetite, sudden changes of character or a lack of interest for things the person loved to do. If you’ve red this don’t be worried because if a person, you know uses drugs you will clearly see it at his attitude. Sometimes it’s hard to see in the beginning, but if you have a good relationship with that person, then you don’t need to fear it.

I’m an addict what now.

Admit it first and tell it to your close ones. Get help and talk with specialized persons because you couldn’t do it on you own. The help and the support of your own family is very crucial to rehabilitate. In the worse case you need to go to a rehab, but go first to a doctor and he will to his best. If you’re any drugs right now stop it because it ain’t worth it. Problem get bigger and life gets harder.

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Addicted To Alcohol ?

Let’s talk about alcohol, who doesn’t loves to drink a beer or a glass a wine? It’s so common and everybody does. Harmless at first sight but, some people just can’t stop drinking. You can buy yourself a drink with alcohol everywhere. Even hard liquors, go to the nearest shop and you have your drink.

Why is it such a problem if everybody sells it?

A glass a wine keeps the doctor away but a bottle a wine doesn’t. Wine is good for you health but, to much wine affects it. Your liver breaks down the alcohol that you drink but, if the quantity of the alcohol that you drink is far more larger then your liver can handle. Well if that’s the case you have a big problem.

How much can I drink?

Normally you can only drink like 2-3 drinks a day, but that’s the limit !
If you’re a women then you even need to drink less. Pregnant wimen may drink, but better don’t drink because who knows what can go wrong with the baby. Some people can drink more then others, but that’s all in the genes. Did you know that Chinese people can’t drink a lot of alcohol. They just can’t handle it, because they don’t have the right genes for it.

Which are the common disease for heavy alcohol drinkers?

There are so many disease that you could get by just drinking alcohol drinks.

1. A fatty liver, when you have a fatty liver you need to stop drinking. Your liver has produced to many fat cells. There are no symptoms but, if you know that you’re a heavy drinker, then there is a 80% chance that you have it. Once you stopped drinking it will soon disappear.

2. Alcohol hepatitis, the second stage for a heavy drinker. This liver disease can last for years and can cause in reversible damage to your liver if you don’t stop drinking. Symptoms of this disease are vomiting, loss of appetite, fever..just common things that you get the next day, after drinking to much. Life threatening complications are common with this kind of liver disease. So think twice before you abuse alcohol.

3. The last stage for a heavy drinker if you get so far, is called Alcohol cirrhosis. Heavy drinkers develop this stage after years of drinking. The damage that is caused here is not reversible. The symptoms are equal to the symptoms of alcohol hepatitis. Like I said this is the last stage. If you don’t stop drinking right now, then you will die for sure.

What happens if I stop drinking after I know that my liver is sick?

Easy to tell, you may not drink any alcohol drinks! If you do, your liver will get worse. Don’t worry alcohol isn’t the last drink, there are so many other tasty drinks without alcohol. Give them a try and you will forget alcohol. People who keep drinking will have serious and uncomfortable problems which will likely lead to dead.

Those where only the liver diseases, alcohol also leads to skin, brain and eye damage. I will not talk about them because there are just to many of these unpleasant diseases. And I hope that you will never have to deal with it. Alcohol drinks are great to drink once in a while but, you know it yourself after you have drunk to much of it, it hasn’t the taste like the first one. You need to enjoy of the taste and not of the quantity that you’re drinking. Pointless of drinking alcohol drinks just as it would be water.

Only diseases?

Alcohol problems lead to family problems. This is inevitable, some people get angry and others laugh after drinking to much. You don’t want to beat your children or wife! You have no control of yourself, and car accidents are frequently caused by persons who abuse alcohol. You aren’t the only one who suffers from alcohol. Your family does to. And you’re a bad example for your children if you can’t handle it. Financial problems, how much do you spend a week 100$ for just your drinks? Medical costs and are you still working? Who will pay you your money if you’re drunk at work? This is reality and you need to get over it.

I have a problem and what could I do about it ?

1. You need to think about your family and friends. You need to think about the damage that you’re causing them.

2. How did it come this far? Ask yourself this question. Did you lose your job?
Try to resolve your problems. Once you did that you will act different and stop drinking.

3. Go search for help and recognize that you have a problem. Let other persons take care of you. Listen to them and try to do what you’re told to do. Don’t try to resolve your drinking problem alone! Go search for assistance.

Alcoholics Anonymous.
Women For Sobriety.

4. Medical treatments with special medication.

Antabuse, this drug is just as pretty as it seems, look to the word and you will find “Abuse” in it. The drug is used for really heavy drinkers and will cause
illness, vomiting…if the persons drinks alcohol. Very efficient and effective.

Campral, This prescribed drug is a drug that adjust your brain to stop drinking. Returning your brain in to balance. FDA-approved for alcohol drinkers .

Topamax , This drug isn’t FDA-approved for alcohol abuse, but known for migraine headeaches. It hasn’t any directly effects, but long term effects that reduces the symptoms of drinking.

All these kinds of drugs aren’t 100% effective, they do have side effects and
only help at long term treatments. More research about curing this disease is needed. Remember that there are millions of people on the world that die and suffer from alcohol abuse.

5. If you’re an alcoholic, then get rid of all your alcoholic drinks! And start today, to live a better life.

I’m not a doctor and I can’t say you to do this or that. Go to a doctor and ask him your questions about your problem. He is the one who knows what is best for you. If he says that you need to go to a rehab, then you have to do it. Read books and stories from other people who had the same problem. Go to a online community who could help you to answer your questions. Go to an organization who will try to help you. It’s your decision and not mine, about what you’re going to do with your life.

Good luck and I hope that you’ve learned something.

Remember there is always hope!

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Online Gaming Addiction

Online Gaming Addictions, this kind of addiction doesn’t seem to be real problem at the start. However it gets worse every day, especially for young people that just started to play an online game like World Of Warcraft. It begins with 3 hours a day then 4, 5 , ..you can count right? These games are great in graphics, you can encounter other people, talk with them and there, it starts ! The desire to get a higher level or unique items is inevitable. These things are very time consuming. Did you know that there are even people that spend 100$ dollars a week for in game coins or items. Don’t forget that you also need to pay a monthly fee in some online games like World Of Warcraft.

This addiction becomes a real money spending issue. A lot of people know this and what do they do, they create websites to sell that in game money at very high prices ! Don’t think that people aren’t buying it. It’s and addiction and some people do buy it. Business right? I call it “making the problems of other people bigger”. Luckily these online games have strict rules for real money trading, but they can’t stop it. Another issue about this addiction is that your relationships with friends aren’t going to get better on it (I mean real life friends).

So now what? What can we do to help this person?

No doctor could help you with any medicine, because it’s all in the head. Try
to go somewhere outside and talk with him about his addiction problem. If he really doesn’t want to quit playing then just do what you need to do…put a password on his PC in the worst case scenario. Once he doesn’t think about the game, lets say after 2-3 weeks without playing or seeing it. Remove the game and block the URL to any download site for this game. After you’ve done this he will probably search for another game. Don’t worry because the person will be aware that he isn’t achieving anything with playing online games.


Punishing isn’t always the best way to handle problems, just like I said before, let the person think about what he is doing to himself. Talk about what he would do with his life. Playing games?

True stories, gaming until you die. The online gaming addiction is widely spread in Asia and sometimes people do die (after playing 4 days non stop). Please don’t let it come so far, spend time with friends and family. Because one day you would regret it that you didn’t do that and preferred to play games! Playing games from father to children. Let your children chose, and don’t let them play at young age.

Do you play an online game at your work?

I know working isn’t the most interesting thing to do if you hate your job. Playing games at work isn’t a solution for that. If you really dislike your job, then their isn’t another option then finding yourself a new one. Try to make rules for yourself and don’t brake them.

A last thing you need to know. Online Games aren’t bad but you need to restrict the time for it. Living your life as a character in an online games is just pointless. Your real life is more important then any online game. Characters are just 0’s and 1’s. Think about that.

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