Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Ideas to Quit Drug Addiction

Drug addiction is a result of excess consumption of drugs, which leads to chronic intoxication. It has many detrimental effects on individual as well as society. It is better to prevent drug addiction rather than taking treatment after an individual addicted to drugs. Here are some ideas to prevent the drug addiction:

Main reason for the people to abuse drugs is the stress that they experience in their life and the other reasons for drug abuse may be physical and mental stimulation, insufficient sleep, etc.

Here are some ideas to prevent the drug addiction:
Detoxification Center:
Checking into a detoxification center is the first step to quit drug addiction. It requires two weeks, during this time addict is monitored by doctors and nurses as the drug to which he is addicted leaves his system.

Rehabilitation center:
Rehabilitation center is the other way of quitting from drugs and the addicts need to spend time in individual and group counseling session. These activities helps in determining the reasons for addiction and helps to come up with alternative ways to handle the desire for the drug.

Narcotics Anonymous Meetings:
Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings work like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) meetings and these are very helpful for the addicts who left the rehabilitation centers and are trying to cope with everyday life again. These meetings are run by recovering drug addicts and for each addict a sponsor is appointed to discuss his feelings for the drugs, the sponsor himself is an addict recovering from the addiction.

Family Support:
Though support from former addicts is helpful, it is also important for the friends and the family members of the addicted person to give their support for the addicts.

Apart from all the above ideas, an individual also needs to have incredible amount of will power to overcome drug addiction.

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