Saturday, August 14, 2010

Striving For Addiction Recovery

By Bill Urell

Consuming liquor and abusing drugs are both major illnesses and there are many users who will not acknowledge it. Addiction can sometimes cause serious organ failure and sometimes be fatal. Sometimes it requires a major negative consequence occur. This may then lead the person toward the need of stopping the abuse. A general agreement is that an individual should want to change themselves before they will achieve results. In the majority of situations it will be easier when there is social support accessible to guide these folks.

Addiction is an obsessive need for, and a compulsion to attain, an item, be it drugs, alcohol, food etc.

To find out if you are addictive and compulsive or not, there are some quick questions you ought to give thought to. Are you experiencing the inner need to make use of substances or consume alcohol on a regular basis? Are you disguising it from the folks around you? Will you tell a lie to the folks you live with about how often you take pleasure in it? Are you currently more involved with the substance than you were before? Upon usage of the substance, do you encounter feelings of being a person other than yourself? Can you socialize with people in a more self-confident way when you have drunk alcohol or perhaps taken drugs? These are only a handful of the thoughts that you need to consider if you suspect that you are a potential addict.

There are numerous ways to find the path to recovery. Some drug users and alcoholics will stay away from the items, but will refrain from doing the work needed to enter recovery. These people understand that to use once again will surely return them straight to that dark hole which is connected with addiction. They are normally very strong characters and are able to prevent themselves from using again, simply by their strength. They always have the desire to take drugs or consume alcohol, and therefore often have feelings of anger and disillusionment because they have to stay away from it.

Then there are alcoholics and drug abusers who are both abstinent and in recovery. They are aware that if they do not maintain abstinence from these substances, they will mess up the quality of life that they've found in being sober and off drugs. They hated being an addict and are grateful that they have managed to find a decent life again.

Addicts who do abstain and who are in recovery generally will not use drugs or consume alcohol again, even though they are certain that they will not become addicted again. They, more than often, will turn to outside help or may even seek out people who have experienced the same predicament, who could assist them to stay on the road to recovery. They will also seek qualified counselors to find aid.

The motivation within yourself to recover is the first step to addiction recovery; however, overcoming addiction may well be one of the most difficult decisions you will have to make. Temptation is always staring you in the face.

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