The dangers of Drugs
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Most people are familiar with warnings about drug use and the danger of
drugs, but in spite of all of the information on television and in the classrooms, the
truth about the danger of drugs is many times lost in the attempts to create fear around
taking drugs.
Generally speaking, all drugs are alien to the body and create the same physiological
effects as taking a poison. Since they are not a food source, the body reacts to drugs by
attacking the substances and doing all it can to remove it from the blood stream.
Immediately after taking the drugs, adrenalin is pumped into the system to increase the
activities of all of the organs that will eliminate these substances; the lungs, liver
and kidneys in particular. If the ingestion of drugs continues and the blood
levels of the drugs continues to increase, the body will then slow down all of its
functions in an attempt to keep these poisons from reaching the brain. At this time,
the cleansing organs are still working on getting the drugs our to the body and, since
this process isn’t as effective as needed, the body pushes these substances into
dormant fat tissue.
Click on image top enlarge * This process lowers the levels of drugs in the blood stream and gives the body ability
to retrieve and metabolize the drugs at a latter time. Persons that use drugs daily
will become saturated with these substances in their fat tissue and if they try to
stop using, the body will retrieve these stored drugs which causes drug effected feeling
long after a person has quit taking them. This is the reason behind many
relapses. Just when the recovering person is doing well and not taking
drugs, he begin to start exercising in an attempt to restore his physical strength.
However, to his amazement and the disappointment of those around him, he is defeated by
relapsing to drug use.It is this phenomenon that has been the basis behind the
idea that addiction is a chronic and progressive disease.
Click on image top enlarge * The body recognizes the danger of drugs by responding to them as it would any poison.
Besides drugs being poisonous to the body, the effects they have on the personality and
character of the person change lives forever and could be considered even more dangerous.
Click on image top enlarge * First of all, one’s personal moral code is violated when they take something into
their bodies that changes their ability to choose between right and wrong. Continual
violation of one’s morals will cause a lowering of self-esteem, which leads to
a lowering of one’s self-expectations and goals and, if this process continues,
it will lead one on a downward spiral, which will make the use of drugs a necessity.
Click on image top enlarge * The person cannot face themselves and the things that they have done to themselves
and other. Everyone is familiar with the minor and major crimes caused by those on
drugs, but it is hard for most of us to realize how difficult it is to reverse these
inner personal changes once a person has been living a drug-using life style for some time.
All drugs are taken to relieve pain and discomfort, so when a person decides to change his
life and live without drugs, he is continually craving a drug that will make this
transition less painful, and, more often than not, the person fails in their attempt to
stay drug free.
Click on image top enlarge * This cycle becomes even more difficult when the drug user is a youth and hasn’t
yet developed a comfortable and predictable decision making process. Therefore,
the real danger of drugs is their ability to hijack lives, at shockingly early ages,
leaving a person to face a lifetime which is much more difficult than it would have ever
been without these circumstances. If left unchecked, drugs will destroy the potential
of our youth and our society.
Click on image top enlarge * If you are looking for a treatment program for a loved one whose potentials are not
being fulfilled, it is imperative to investigate the program’s ability to repair
this character damage through a process of helping the person to confront their “
crimes” and to find personal forgiveness.Without this component, the chances
of staying off of drugs are very slim.
Click on image top enlarge * In the 35 years of inspecting and certifying treatment programs, the biophysical programs
do this process better than any other modality of treatment.
* Drug Rehab Solutions is grateful to Oregon Narcotics Enforcement Association for permission to reproduce these images.
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