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writes: Hi! I'm a 23 years old, and very panicked at the moment. I'm addicted to drugs,mainly meth and crack. It started with smoking pot a lot when I was 13. I dropped out from school ,etc. My parents are nice people, they are not doing any drugs ,very sober folks. Don't even drink. When I go to counseling,they always trying to find out what went wrong. Well ,they can't find anything obvious. NO bad family stuff , divorce etc, but me and my brother both got in to it real bad. What do you think what is causing such an intense addiction, if it is not from your parents or from your bad childhood? Also , what should I do ? I went to rehab, but I relapsed. My parents can;t afford an other rehab..What do you think .? Thanks
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reader, anonymous, writes (8 December 2009): People who have been around addition best describe it as a malady of the soul. We find that there's some hole in our gut that a particular drug or substance (drink, sex, food...) fills. Every addict is different, but the pattern is the same. We seek relief from the loneliness, the pain, the fear, the bullshit... or even the boredom. We convince ourselves that we are unique and different and seldom feel that we fit in...Recovery can only come when we admit that we have a problem and seek the help of others who understand us- one addict helping another. Doctors generally can't quite understand this, but some know enough about AA's success with drunks to understand that we need to identify with someone who has the same addition as us. Seek out a 12 step group that treats your substance of choice (meth / crack) and get to a meeting- they're free and will likely save your life. You can meet others who are doing better than you are (hope) and those that are far sicker (a hint of what's to come). If you hate the meeting, find another one, and then another... you'll find someone that you can identify with and stick to them. FInd someone who looks like they have the shit together and ask them for help- they know that by helping you that they'll stay clean, and that's how it works... it's so simple that many die before they figure it out.... good luck!
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reader, anonymous, writes (8 December 2009): Thanks very much!
I know ,it is a very long road to get better, but it is very hard for me right now, as I tried many things with my parent's help.
I had been at doctors and psychiatrist, and they said ,nothing is wrong with me. Some of this people don't
believe it ,that I had no trauma or some genetics ,what caused it. But no, nobody else in the whole extended family has this problem.. Well thanks a lot , anything helps!
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reader, anonymous, writes (8 December 2009): I think ,maybe you should try to see people who are recovered from drugs, it might helps you! Hugs
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reader, Tisha-1  +, writes (8 December 2009):
 Here's the link for you, based on Ask oldersister's answer: http://portaltools.na.org/portaltools/MeetingLoc/
Good luck to you.
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reader, anonymous, writes (8 December 2009): You must go back to rehab! There are government rehabs,and try to get clean once more, that stuff will kill you!!! Take care!
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reader, anonymous, writes (8 December 2009): I'm no psychiatrist, but you don;t have to have had a bad life to get addicted to narcotics.
Some people try them out of curiosity and like all good addictive substances they feel good when you are on them. Your mind goes to way far off places and things are far more pleasurable than ever... but the sensations aren;t real.
They are created. Once your body gets used to that drug being there... taking it away will cause you to crave it bedause it wants it there at all times.
These things CAN and HAVE been beaten cold turkey. But its hard. Will make you very ill for a good while. So you need a hell of a set of balls and some iron-clad will-power and good friends andd family that will ensure no drugs ever get near you whilst you are recovering...
None of this is certain however. And much of it depends on the individual in question.
But whilst drugs feel great, and this one area that I think anti-drug people refuse to admit and this is the sole cause of their ineffectiveness, like too much of any good thing they are a sharply double-edged sword. They erode your body, destroy your relationships, and control your mind in a very short period of time.
As you have found yourself, the drawbacks far outweigh the short-term benefits.
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reader, pinktopaz +, writes (8 December 2009):
An intense addiction is caused by the drug itself. It causes the brain to believe that basically death with insue if the drug is not used.
You don't have to have a bad or horrible background to be an addict of any sort. I've known several people who were meth addicts and they came from good families. A lot of the time it's kids that have the money that are the drug addicts, obviously because they can afford it.
I'm guessing you didn't just find the drug on the side of the street one day and start using. You probably started using with a friend or friend of a friend?
If you want to stop you have to make sure that you really do want to stop. If you're doing it for other reasons other than yourself, then you're not going to quit. Also, if your brother is going to continue to use, you have to stay away from him along with anyone else that has the drug or uses. Also get some friends that don't use and famiily that will support you. I think there's also groups that you can go to that you don't have to pay for that's provided by the county or city you live in. Check with your department of health.
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