Alcoholism Addiction Treatment

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.

For example, my mother will smoke cigarettes for a short period of time and then she can stop smoking just like that without any withdrawals or symptoms of nicotine addiction. Some people could use drugs or drink alcohol or gamble and not have any problems with quitting them by not craving it whatsoever. How do you figure some people are more easily hooked on stuff and some won’t. What makes certain people more vulnerable to the risks of habitual dependencies then others?

Is there any such thing as a cure?

My brother says he can’t change the fact that he is gay but I think he is using that as a cop out like drug users or alcoholics who say they can’t quit. I know he can quit if he really wanted to. I want nephews and nieces and he should know that being gay is wrong and a terrible addiction he has that he needs to stop.