Drug Addiction:Signs That It Might Be Time To Get Help

March 3, 2009 - PRLog -- The most frustrating thing about having a drug addiction is not always the drug addiction recovery process.  The most frustrating thing about having a drug addiction is the time right before you admit that you are an addict: the period of time when your friends and family are hounding you and telling you that you have a problem when you know that you are fine.  They say you are in denial.  You say that they are too judgmental.  But what if they are right?  How do you know when it is time to seek treatment for your drug addiction?  

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The truth is that whether you are suffering from alcoholism, heroin addiction, cocaine addiction or have become what some not-so-affectionately call an "e-tard" the signs that it is time to enter drug addiction rehabilitation are almost universal.  Here are some of the universal signs that you should seek help with your drug addiction:

1.  It takes quite a lot more of your drug of choice to get high or stoned than it used to.  When you started abusing ecstasy it might have only taken a single hit to get you high.  Now you might need two or three to feel a difference.  

2.  Your body acts strangely when you haven't had a fix in a while.  If your hands start shaking and your pulse starts racing when it's been a few hours since your last bump of coke, this is a sign that you are physically addicted to a drug.  It is not normal for your body to crave foreign substances.

3.  Are you unable to stop using without someone forcing you to?  An alcoholic cannot stop drinking after just a single drink… or even after quite a few drinks.  Someone addicted to marijuana will chain smoke joints instead of having just one. You abuse drugs because they are in front of you.  The only way for you to stop using is to use up your supply or have someone remove it from your presence.

4.  Do you avoid social situations if you cannot indulge your drug habit there?  Will you avoid going to a friend's house because they don't drink?  Have you consciously decided to stay home from an activity you used to enjoy because getting high is more enjoyable than even your favorite activities used to be?  

5.  Do you take one drug to help lessen the effects of another drug?  For example, in your possession do you have amphetamines if your depressants get you too low?  Do you carry "downers" with you in case you accidentally snort too much cocaine?  

These are just five signs that it is time to seek drug addiction treatment.  The problem is that you have to be honest with yourself.  Denial is powerful and will help you find a way to justify each of the problems addressed in this article.  Here is a hint: if your gut reaction to any of these hints was "I do that" followed by "but it is okay because…" then you need to seek some help for your drug addiction.  

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Transformations Treatment Center can help you change your life. We will love you until you can learn to love yourself. Drug addiction is serious and people die from their drug addictions every day. Please make a change. Get help now.
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