Getting help

I think one of the reasons that I get so concerned about people self-medicating is that it can quickly turn into a drug addiction.  I’ve heard of so many cases where a well-meaning family member gives a different family member their prescription pain killers to alleviate a temporary painful situation, but that the recipient then likes the euphoric effect so much that they start stealing the pain killers from the real patient.  And before you know it, that results in having two people in trouble – the one who needed the pain pills in the first place has run out and can’t get more, and the one who has been stealing them has now become addicted and can’t get more legally.

I have to say that I don’t know any family at all that has never had to send one of their family members to one or more drug treatment program to try to cure some kind of drug addiction.  I’m really glad that there are drug treatment centers available to help these families, but I think it is a shame that we need them in the first place.

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