Get Help to Help Yourself.
Addictions can arise for a multitude of reasons. Whatever you are addicted to be it tobacco, gambling or drugs the feelings in participating in these activities or can make you feel euphoric and want to make you use again. The user may want to feel like this again, thus repeating the actions and it becoming habitual. This is where addictions are formed. After the initial high the user will feel low or start to "come down" this is when they will feel like they need to be back on that high and find that they will need more and more to reach the same level. This is when they start to build a tolerance to the substance or activity.
Once this happens it can start to affect our everyday lives. Users may find that they are having increasing time away from work. Relationships start to suffer due to the fact that the addict spends more time chasing that "high" than spend time with their partners. Spending may increase and often users find themselves in serous debt. Often times this can cause people to hide away from their problems and bury their head in the sand allowing things to build up and of course look for something to cover up what is going on or to take their mind off of their problem. And so the cycle continues to spiral. Until it is out of control. Most dont even realise until they are too far in to turn around/ This is the point they need help.
Whenever someone gets like this, they really need to know that there is a way back. All addictions are treatable. Weather it being stopping smoking, gambling, gaming or hard drugs. There is always a way out and someone is willing to help. See your GP or look online for further advice on where to get help. This can take on many forms along with the mental aspects it is always essential for the addict to want to help himself first. Overcoming mental blocks can be a huge hurdle but can easily be broken down and is beatable with the right treatment. In our post here. There are some tips on how you can overcome addiction.
Once this happens it can start to affect our everyday lives. Users may find that they are having increasing time away from work. Relationships start to suffer due to the fact that the addict spends more time chasing that "high" than spend time with their partners. Spending may increase and often users find themselves in serous debt. Often times this can cause people to hide away from their problems and bury their head in the sand allowing things to build up and of course look for something to cover up what is going on or to take their mind off of their problem. And so the cycle continues to spiral. Until it is out of control. Most dont even realise until they are too far in to turn around/ This is the point they need help.
Whenever someone gets like this, they really need to know that there is a way back. All addictions are treatable. Weather it being stopping smoking, gambling, gaming or hard drugs. There is always a way out and someone is willing to help. See your GP or look online for further advice on where to get help. This can take on many forms along with the mental aspects it is always essential for the addict to want to help himself first. Overcoming mental blocks can be a huge hurdle but can easily be broken down and is beatable with the right treatment. In our post here. There are some tips on how you can overcome addiction.