Addiction is craving for a drug which cripples you mentally and physically and brings you to the door steps of death. Only you can save yourself from such a fate. Drug rehabilitation centers, family and friends can play only a support function but the desire to overcome the addiction also has to come from within.

1. Addiction is craving for a drug which cripples you mentally and physically and brings you to the
door steps of death. Only you can save yourself from such a fate. Drug rehabilitation centers,
family and friends can play only a support function but the desire to overcome the addiction
also has to come from within.
When you are in a denial stage and behave like a stranger to your closest relations, the level of
addiction is perceived to be very high. The real ‘me’ is forgotten behind the smoke fumes. You
are also in constant panic at the thought of not getting the next fix; afraid that you will not be
able to cope in life if you don’t get the addicting drug. Something terrible or a disaster is what
makes you come back to reality. Usually, such are the times that you realize what addiction is
doing to you and you seek out help and support from others.
Spiritually defunct, the addict feels at a psychological loss in the world. You may lose faith in
yourself and in your family because of which in the first place you turn to drug addiction. The
first step is to acknowledge the fact that there exists a problem in addiction and that you want
to live life normally as before. Then maybe you can look out for help and become a part of a
movement like Alcoholic Anonymous (AA). It is the most popular community based program
used to treat alcoholism. There are more than 98,000 groups across the world.
AA expects recovering alcoholics to admit their personal powerlessness over alcohol and seek
help from a higher power which can be understood in any way that you as a member choose to.
You can call this God, or prayers or meditation to any supreme source. Then you are asked to
make a ‘moral inventory’ confess the wrongs that you have done, make amends, and carry the

2. message to other alcoholics. Their most important tool is the social support they provide you as
an addict trying to recover.
One of the professional approaches that can help you gain belief in your self is cognitive
behavioral therapy. Here you are taught skills to manage the desire for drugs, for example, how
to refuse drinks at a social gathering or enabling you to come out of the feeling of helplessness,
loss and dependency among others.
Some alcohol rehabilitation centers also follow the ‘faith-based’ recovery program involving
Christian and traditional and holistic approaches. The Christian program presents a Christ-
centered, Biblical approach to recovery; while in the traditional program, the patient begins his
journey of faith based on God as the source of happiness, nurture and belonging.
In the beginning abstaining from an addiction that has controlled the mind, body, and soul for
so long may make you feel insecure and trigger doubt about the whole process. If you can
endure and overcome those fears through the constant support of an enabler among your
friends or family who will motivate you to believe in yourself you will be taking the first steps
towards the road of recovery.
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