I know people who go to N.A. and A.A. and it is free, 2 of them even receive SSI payments as they are too “addicted” to work. I on the other hand, have a food addiction. I’m morbidly obese because of it, but Weight Watchers meetings charge me money to attend. Drug addicts have clinics they can go to for free medical care, I have to pay to go to gym. Mine addiction I’m told is one I can give up with will power, but they have a “disease”..I want to know why is it different? I am so tired of trying only to be shut down at every try and my health insurance would pay for me to go in rehab, but not for weight loss clinic or program. I feel like I should start being a druggie to get any help!
Let me give you a few details. I care for my 80 yr old mother and my 2 grandkids as their parents are off on drugs somewhere and I only get $335 from state to help pay for their care. I work 2 jobs just to pay bills and 1 of them is at fast food, the other is for insurance office. I cannot afford to buy better insurance and not eligible for state insurance because they say I make too much. By the end of working 14 hours a day M-F and 8 on Sat, plus all the housework, I am just too tired to work out. And there are plenty of free services for bulimia and anorxia, but not for food addition. I’m not making excuses I just want to know why the system is step up this way.
I eat for free at restaurant job and with the amount I earn I have to because the money has to go to pay for rent/utilities and childcare the state only allows me 40hours a week for the 2 kids. My grocery budget for 4 of us is $50 a week, so we eat as cheap as possible and yes that means alot of canned foods and such. People need to get off their high horses and walk a mile in someone elses shoes.
Morphine is 10 times more addictive than alcohol! Doctors would give it out to people they felt drank too much. Doctors thought eating it would create cravings so they made the syringe so people could inject it directly into their bloodstream.
So, Then Heroine was invented to get rid of morphine addiction! lmao
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Once married, alot of people settle into who they are and their spouse should just “deal with it”. Life is about change, about growing and about compromise with your spouse. I feel alot of people end in divorce because they are not seeing their own failures in taking care of themselves and working on themself. Things such as, not working on your own addictions (alcohol, porn, internet, etc.), not working to communicate effectively, not working to make sound financial decisions. These all take willpower from oneself, not willpower for the sake of your spouse… you are the only person in control of your own decisions and when those decisions are no longer being made from a source with the willpower to grow and do better then they are choices made to contribute to the destruction of your marriage.
Just because you are married, does not mean your whole life is devoted only to love unconditionally… you can do that and still take care of yourself, in fact I think thats the most healthy way to be in a relationship. Its too difficult to be a relationship with someone that does not know how to confront problems, or communicate or anything. No matter who you are with… if you are not with someone that knows they have to figure out how to do that on their own without your constant pressure to make them learn then I believe marriages begin to fall apart.
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Alcohol abuse refers to the chronic consumption and craving for alcohol, so that it interferes in the normal social and economic functioning of the person. Alcohol Rehab tries to treat and bring back to normal victims of this condition.
The alcoholic is unable to stop his craving for drinking. He fails to complete his obligations at work or home. He undertakes activities that are dangerous in his condition, including drunk driving. He may encounter legal problems, and cannot and will not stop drinking despite personal, official and medical problems.
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Whenever I hear someone anti-drug nut job talking about “Gateway Drugs” they ALWAYS say that Marijuana is the only “Gateway Drug” that Crack and Heroin users started with…
Yet you look at our culture and the #1 DRUG in use is Alcohol… ALCOHOL starts users on the downward spiral into addiction…
You look at US Culture and no event, no gathering, no party exists without alcohol…
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Having to resort to chemicals to feel the same way as normal people, while toxins slowly kill your body and mind.
Alcohol, tobacco, pot, heavy drugs, no difference.
The fact that they willingly(please no addiction excuses) keep using them despite the risks shows how weak they are even further.
what do you call a doctor who helps people with drug and alcohol addiction? like dr. drew on celebrity rehab.
tell me what u get out of reading this article
Many misleading urban legends about cannabis exist. Like LSD rumors, many were spread by anti-drug groups during the 1960s and are believed to continuously circulate today. These widespread legends claim that it is easy to overdose on the smokable variant of cannabis and that it is extremely dangerous and addictive when compared to alcohol and nicotine, when in fact alcohol and nicotine, the drugs that are claimed to be safer, are actually considered as hard drugs and both can be very addictive. Furthermore, scaling up from animal studies, a average human would need to ingest about 1.8kg of cannabis to overdose. Cannabis is not physically addictive, but can be (like all things) psychologically addictive, though this form of addiction tends to occur only after someone has been using the drug habitually[5]. Also, there are studies that show no actual increased risk of cancer from smoking marijuana, even when duration of use is expanded over several years (this could be because THC allows cells to die faster).[6] In fact, some studies indicate THC to have anticancer properties, with studies showing tumor reduction in mice.
I have been involved with a company called sober nexus that offers free online information for those seeking a drug rehab or substance abuse treatment center. I’m wondering what resources OTHER people use when seeking drug or alcohol treatment for addiction and alcoholism?
i don’t make use of marijuana, however i am bothered by hypocrisy. ive been studying law and was particularly intrigued by the fact that in many states (such as VA) possession of minimal amounts of marijuana is considered a class 1 misdemeanor. Since my dad is a doctor i asked him if marijuana was very damaging to a persons body and mind. he told me look: marijuana is bad for you for many reasons (can trigger certain mental disorders and is partially damaging to the lungs, and its a motivation killer) however it is not as damaging as alcohol and cigarette (he says if i had to have an addiction he rather have me be addicted to marijuana than cigarettes or alcohol.)
the difference in damaging effects is so grand that i do not even have to list the bad effects of alcohol and cigarettes for you probably already know them (something you might not know. alcohol can also trigger mental illnesses).
in conclusion: it is crazy for me to think that marijuana is illegal because of its negative effects on the body and mind (in a county where alcohol and cigarettes are legal). honestly a person can suffer the same psychological damage from life experience and can suffer the same lung damage from living in an industrial city such as Beijin or new york.
there are people who become schizophrenia after a divorce or because of a traumatic experience in their child hood.
Ayana if you honestly think that people don’t already make use of pot and that legalizing it would not increase the number of pot users by that much (if at all). then you are not in touch with the real world. marijuana abusers use pot wether it is legal or not .. i mean did alcohol prohibition stop people from drinking? look that up because im pretty sure it resulted in increased profit in mafia and other crime organizations which thrive off prohibition. .. the same is happening as a result of pot prohibition.
