Just as it is said, a journey of a thousand miles often begins with a single step.
An addiction can develop from just one heroin injection or from smoking a joint.
Most drug users never know when they cross the line from the usual usage to satisfy their desires to living with a drug addiction.
While drugs affect people differently, the results of drug addiction are more or less the same.
Addiction is a one of the complex health disorders and it is characterized by habitual usage of drugs.
Different drugs will cause different effects to the physical body.
The common effect of substance abuse is that the repeated use of drugs can change the way your brain looks and functions.
One thing drugs will do is lower the level of dopamine, a brain resident hormone.
This develops feelings of pleasure which the brain remembers and repeats when it is required.
Continual intake of drug substances make the substance become significant in an addict's body and the body demands it for survival.
Someone knows they are addicted when they start desiring a drug or a substance the same or more than the way a person desires food or water.
The substance slowly starts dominating the person and in adverse stages, an addict starts valuing it more than anything else in their life, including friends, family, health and even happiness.
The more they take the substance, the more their brain is altered.
The results are seen when their ability to think clearly deteriorates.
At this stage, a person cannot exercise good judgment.
They lose self-control and they don't feel normal without taking drugs.
Whether it is smoking, sniffing, injection of drugs or whatever it is, addicts develop an uncontrollable craving for the substance.
It is at this point when the drug becomes their master and the person can do nothing to control how much they need and take.
When experimenting with drugs, everyone should be aware of the long-term effects.
The amount and frequency of drug intake may not lead to drug addiction but there are other drug related problems.
It is only wise to avoid these problems early enough and when it is possible to do so.
The longer someone keeps on taking drugs, the more difficult it becomes to leave the habit.
For whatever reason a person may be taking a drug whether they just want to feel good, or the drug is fulfilling a valuable need, the person must be watchful not to abuse the drugs.
Anyone overusing a drug will become addicted very quickly.
Despite all the problems associated with drug abuse and drug addiction, there is some good news as addicts can seek the right treatment and emotional support to help curb the effects of drug addiction and get control of their life back.
It all starts with the addict admitting that they have a problem and allowing the people around them to give the person the encouragement they need to recover.
An addiction can develop from just one heroin injection or from smoking a joint.
Most drug users never know when they cross the line from the usual usage to satisfy their desires to living with a drug addiction.
While drugs affect people differently, the results of drug addiction are more or less the same.
Addiction is a one of the complex health disorders and it is characterized by habitual usage of drugs.
Different drugs will cause different effects to the physical body.
The common effect of substance abuse is that the repeated use of drugs can change the way your brain looks and functions.
One thing drugs will do is lower the level of dopamine, a brain resident hormone.
This develops feelings of pleasure which the brain remembers and repeats when it is required.
Continual intake of drug substances make the substance become significant in an addict's body and the body demands it for survival.
Someone knows they are addicted when they start desiring a drug or a substance the same or more than the way a person desires food or water.
The substance slowly starts dominating the person and in adverse stages, an addict starts valuing it more than anything else in their life, including friends, family, health and even happiness.
The more they take the substance, the more their brain is altered.
The results are seen when their ability to think clearly deteriorates.
At this stage, a person cannot exercise good judgment.
They lose self-control and they don't feel normal without taking drugs.
Whether it is smoking, sniffing, injection of drugs or whatever it is, addicts develop an uncontrollable craving for the substance.
It is at this point when the drug becomes their master and the person can do nothing to control how much they need and take.
When experimenting with drugs, everyone should be aware of the long-term effects.
The amount and frequency of drug intake may not lead to drug addiction but there are other drug related problems.
It is only wise to avoid these problems early enough and when it is possible to do so.
The longer someone keeps on taking drugs, the more difficult it becomes to leave the habit.
For whatever reason a person may be taking a drug whether they just want to feel good, or the drug is fulfilling a valuable need, the person must be watchful not to abuse the drugs.
Anyone overusing a drug will become addicted very quickly.
Despite all the problems associated with drug abuse and drug addiction, there is some good news as addicts can seek the right treatment and emotional support to help curb the effects of drug addiction and get control of their life back.
It all starts with the addict admitting that they have a problem and allowing the people around them to give the person the encouragement they need to recover.