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What is addiction and how to talk to an addict Become a supporter of this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

joanna young

  • Sep 7, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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Why addicts lie and How to talk to an addict

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2020 3:43


Addiction is a horrible, painful situation for both the addict and their loved ones. Find out why addicts lie and how to talk to an addict. People typically start using substances because of losses. When someone they love dies or leaves them they obviously get very upset and turn to anything that will make them numb. All they want to do is numb the pain of the loss. It could also be the loss of a job or position or the loss of their lifelong pet, but it is the pain that makes them turn to a substance. Since that is not the correct solution, this ‘solution’ ends up becoming the bigger problem and actually causing more pain. Instead of allowing themselves to grieve and get past the loss they end up in more trouble. And the worst part is that because they don’t go through the grieving process they get ‘stuck’ in the loss. Their destructive actions lead to loss of self respect and dignity and make them use even more and so it becomes a vicious circle. Even study problems and learning difficulties lead some to substance use. That is still a loss, they fear the loss of a good future of being able to become the person that they really want to be and letting themselves and their families down. They may have already been put on some ‘drug’ by a doctor and labeled. This made them feel inferior and destroyed their self respect little by little. Made them feel less of a person, less able. Being labeled and given a drug also taught them that that is how you solve problems in life. So the next time they have a problem they turn to a substance of their choosing. Parents/people fail to see that a drug is a drug. They get confused by the terms ‘legal’ and ‘illegal’. However, the kidneys, the liver, the heart, can’t tell the difference between legal and illegal, where the substance was purchased, how it’s package and the individual that sold it. ALL drugs burn off vitamins in the brain and cause depression. Whether its drugs or alcohol doesn’t matter, what matters is that the substance they turned to ends up ruing their lives. The more they use the more they have to use, the more pain it actually gives them instead of taking away the pain. Their bodies get used to the amount so they always have to increase it and use more and more. When the substance ’causes’ more depression and horrible anxiety and mood swings and changes in personality, they seek help from a doctor, who then puts them on ‘more’ drugs. What they really need is real answers to life’s real problems. They need actual solutions, they need ‘life skills’, they need to know how to handle life’s problems and not run away from them. Is Addiction destroying your life and happiness, or the life and happiness of someone you love? Call now 877-801-5475 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Lettuce is a harmless plant - marijuana is not a harmless plant

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2019 4:02


The definition of the word drug is something that changes reality, alters perception and the way you think and feel, so by definition marijuana is a drug. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

One Persons Addiction Destroys an Entire Family

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2019 2:38


One Persons Addiction Destroys an Entire Family. Everyone is affected by the addict who is stealing and lying to the people they love the most in life. Please don't let it continue but also don't keep doing the things that haven't worked, it's not your job to be a drug expert, it's your job to be a parent or a friend or a spouse. Are you losing a loved one to addiction? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Overdoses up by 30% in the past 5 years

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2019 2:05


Know before you go. Know what the poisons will do before you put them in your mind and body. Yes, drugs are poisons to your mind, heart, kidneys etc... they will cause depression, anxiety, sleep problems and make you more irritable and giving you feelings of insecurity. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

More addictive drugs to fuel the drug addiction epidemic crisis

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2019 2:42


Dsuvia is the new drug that was approved by the FDA. It's a 1000 stronger than morphine. In the US alone an average of 115 people die from drug overdose DAILY! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Marijuana use and what to expect

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019 3:45


Marijuana use and what to expect from stronger and stronger versions of it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

FDA approves drug 1000 stronger than morphine!!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2018 2:39


At this time where the opioid addiction is at epidemic proportions the FDA approved a drug that is 1000 stronger than morphine!! The FDA actually gets paid a million dollars per drug by the pharmaceuticals to fast track their drug and get it on the market ASAP - not to test it for safety but to get it being sold. Well at least we now know who the FDA is really working for. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Drug Rehab. Google is killing off drug rehab programs

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2018 3:24


Drug Rehab. Find out how Google is killing off drug rehab programs. During this time of a huge crisis in this country which is the opioid addiction epidemic they are killing off rehabs and working for pharmaceuticals. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Drug rehabs programs that create more addiction

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2018 4:30


Rehabs giving addicts drugs, and addicting them to stronger drugs. They don't need more drugs they need LESS drugs. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Marijuana is now stronger than heroin.

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2018 3:53


Marijuana started at 3% THC (THC is the active ingredient that makes people high) Now a day the THC content is up to 98%. Countries in Europe have classified marijuana a hard drug at the level of 16% THC. What young kids are using here is stronger than the classification for heroin. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Are you giving up on someone you love who is addicted?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2018 3:51


The reason people fail to help the person they love who has an addiction problem because they don't know what to do. Call now to get help 1-877-801-5475 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Question

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2018 0:12


What is addiction? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

What keeps addiction going

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2018 3:01


Why do people do the same thing over and over again when they don't want to do it at all. They get high/drunk then the next day they experience shame and regret. Then they do it again and then they do it again and can't stop this constant 'replay' of a bad situation. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Is it a disease? Is it hereditary? Is it in the mind?

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2018 2:47


What is addiction and what causes it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Why addicts won't ask for help?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2018 4:02


What makes you think that the addicted individual is going to tell you the truth? They will always cover up in order to protect the people they love. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

COLD Turkey -- nothing could be colder and more painful

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2018 2:56


COLD Turkey is not the way to kick the habit! In fact nothing could be colder and more painful. There is a way to do this right if you know how. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Methadone, suboxine, vivetrol etc... Doctors lying to your face for profit.

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2018 3:50


The body does not know the difference between legal or illegal drugs; the kidneys, the liver, the heart, your blood can't tell the difference where the drugs were bought, how they are package and who sold it. Drugs are drugs. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Marijuana - Is it a drug? Is it a harmless plant? Is it both?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2018 4:58


Legalizing marijuana would bring great profit to many people, just like legalizing alcohol has done. Alcohol comes from very harmless plants such as potatoes, barley, oats and rye. It is legal. How many people can you name that are helped by regular alcohol consumption? How many people can you name that die from longterm alcohol use? All substance come from 'natural' and harmless sources. By definition marijuana is a drug as it alters reality, perception and the way you react to life. Science tells the truth whereas drug dealers are lying to you for profit. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Rock bottom -- What does that mean?

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2018 2:52


Why wait for rock bottom? Rescue your loved one from their addiction nightmare now! Don't wait until it's too late by taking bad advice such as this rock bottom theory. The person that tells you to do this doesn't have any workable answers or solutions so this is what they tell you to do. But it's you who doesn't sleep nights wondering what is happening to the person you love after you kicked them out of the house. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

The Chemical personality

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2018 3:22


What is a chemical personality and how it develops. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

2 different ways people get addicted

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2018 3:27


The 2 different routes that end up with the same addiction issue. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Why and how addiction develops

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2018 3:30


The basic reason that a person starts using substances. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

The addicted brain

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 2:22


The addicted brain; another lie that psychiatry tells you in oder to give you drugs and get you addicted to legal substances. Don't fall for it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Chemical Imbalance -- lies that psychiatrists tell you

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2018 2:58


Chemical Imbalance or rather the lies that psychiatrists tell you in order to get you hooked on drugs. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Interventions - what to do and what not to do

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2018 3:24


Interventions - what to do and what not to do when setting up an intervention for someone who is addicted and you can't seem to get them to go to a rehab program. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

You are not responsible for your loved ones addiction.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2018 2:50


You are not responsible for your loved ones addiction. They are responsible for their own condition in life. We know how to help you to help them. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Are you losing a loved one to drug or alcohol addiction?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2018 5:27


What is addiction. Get the facts on how to solve this real life's problem with real solutions. Call now 1-877-801-5475 People typically start using substances because of losses. When someone they love dies or leaves them they obviously get very upset and turn to anything that will make them numb. All they want to do is numb the pain of the loss. It could also be the loss of a job or position or the loss of their lifelong pet, but it is the pain that makes them turn to a substance. Since that is not the correct solution, this ‘solution’ ends up becoming the bigger problem and actually causing more pain. Instead of allowing themselves to grieve and get past the loss they end up in more trouble. And the worst part is that because they don’t go through the grieving process they get ‘stuck’ in the loss. http://www.drugaddictionhelpline.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Effective Help for Drug and Alcohol Addiction

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2018 2:32


Latest episode of What is Addiction --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

Rehabs - good ones, harmful ones and ineffective ones

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2018 5:51


The very first episode of What is Addiction! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/drugaid/support

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