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I would love to hear from people who did not use AA or other popular methods of "treatment" to beat an addiction. Is will power a possible method? Tell me your story, please. Thanks!!

Drug addiction can be hard to control. Many people have lost jobs, homes, and loved ones simply because they could not beat thier drug habits. I recommend you find some help. I found a site that has addiction information and a directory of addiction treatment clinics so you can help. http://www.addictionselfhelp.com

Good Luck

2008-08-26 20:55:11 by Claire Standish

I have heard of stories of a lot of grown-ups and middle-aged men getting addicted to heroin. I wonder if this is because they are old already. Does age really matter when it comes to getting addicted to drugs and alcohol?

Yes, age does matter when it comes to getting addicted to drugs and alcohol. Contrary to what you indicated, though, teenagers are more likely to become dependent on drugs and alcohol, rather than middle-aged individuals. This is because teenagers are still undergoing developments in their brain, and alcohol and heroin can impede growth, causing long-term and even permanent damages. According to a research ran by the National Institute on Alcohol Use and Abuse, those who start drinking before even reaching the age of 15 are actually four times more prone to developing alcoholism than those who start drinking at age 21.

2007-05-28 02:07:42 by levin j

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I need to make up a story about a alcohol addict can any one please help?
LOL im not addicted to alcohol im only 14.. i have to write an essay for my health class... i have to create a person and make a story for that person... Like i started like this :
My name is Nico Perez. I am 23 years old. I am an alcoholic addict and its very hard to stop. Every night I drink about 6 bottles of beers and a small shot of vodka. Every morning I wake up drunk and I can’t even stand up and go to the bathroom without falling or walking into a wall.

Wow FTW!, Alcohol addiction can be extremely serious. Many people have lost jobs, homes, family, friends, and loved ones simply because they could not break thier alcohol habit. I suggest you find some help. I found a site that has addiction information and a directory of addiction treatment centers so you can help. http://www.addictionselfhelp.com

Live strong

2009-05-27 05:32:20 by Wow FTW!

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The grammar and spelling may be terrible (i apologize).
I have been thinking about this for some time now. I am now 27 and over the last 7 years have experienced way too much drug and alcohol incidents. I'm trying real hard to hit the key points of why I think the last 7 years of my life would interest anyone enough to read. From grade school until I graduated high school, I remained the most straight edge kid you ever met. I Even graduated high school being on National Honor's society and was near the top of the class. I was an athlete and came from a middle class family, but the whole time I was dealing with an alcoholic father on the weekends. He was a good father most of the time, but did not handle drinking so well. For that reason, I did not have a drink until I was almost 21, but did start doing drugs at age 20. I have been arrested 7 times for alcohol related incidents and yet I have held down a very respected professional job for three years now after graduating college with a 3.2. I have friends that are millionaires and friends that have literally lived on the street. I have a daughter that was born when I was 25. I have dwelt with addiction problems since I can remember. Starting early with being addicted to being perfect in everything I did, which then turned into playing basketball, and then right before drugs, I was addicted to sex. To try and quit one addiction I just start doing another more often. Every time I quit doing drugs, I start drinking more or becoming addicted to sex again. I discovered online poker which became my worst addiction of all. To this day I am paying back over 6000 in credit cards used to play online poker during college. I am in the process of going through my 2nd DUI which may result in the losing of my job. I have dwelt with being put in a psych ward twice and have been given the diagnosis of Manic Depressant (Bi Polar) and having generalized anxiety since I was 18. I fight off abusing drugs for months at a time only to end up going back or becoming a worst alcoholic again.
I am looking for a way to make everything bad and dumb I have done be helpful and meaningful some way.I think that maybe If I wrote a book telling my life story so far, that it might be able to help some people. I have experienced a lot of life in a few short years that people who are lucky only have to watch in movies. Also, because of my profession, it is ridiculous that I am the person that I am. I know its wrong and I feel bad, yet I still do dumb things. I was the youngest person to ever be voted "employee of the month " at my job. Yet, I've had to deal with all the guilt of the bad things I keep doing. My book would focus on having three goals: to entertain, to educate,and to help: either those people about the make the same mistakes I did, or to help their families to understand the mind set of someone with an addictive personality.

The book would include sex, drugs, over coming them, and how to deal with them, . I am not sure if there are many books out there like this. I know a lot of people have lived WAY worst lives, but most of the ones that I know, never finished college, are behind bars, are have passed away.

I have managed to get a good job, do it well, yet I still deal with the addiction issues and am still figuring out how to stop.

Thanks for your time and I am fine with criticisms, but the real question I am asking is if you think this is a book worth writing to be read. I am also going to be pursuing a career as a speaker to younger children and teens about my life and ideas to stay clean.

From what you say I think your book would help many people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. Follow your dreams and write the book. I wish you lots of luck.

2009-05-31 23:13:43 by A

From what I've read, psychologists are better off getting at least a Masters degree, and many, including my own psychologist who I just stopped seeing, earned their PhD. The Addictions Counselor probably needs a bachelors or a Masters tops to find work in a hospital or another center. The required degrees are basically the same though. I want to become a Drug and Alcohol Addictions Counselor because it would be more fulfilling to save lives that to listen to everyone's sob stories, which is usually helpful to them, but just not as fulfilling for me. However, I typed in "Adult Psychologist" in New York and it says they earn 108,000...and Drug and Addictions Counselors, who seem like they should be in higher demand, only earn 51,000. What is up?

Yes, psychologists (Ph.D.) earn more. Drug and Addictions Counselors may come out of various programs, pure counseling (outside of psychology). You can also hold a position like this with a master's in psychology. If this is what interests you do it. You can read about careers in psychology at apa.org There is also info on salary for all types of psychologists. Salary also varies depending upon who you work for. Government agency, independent, hospital, etc. (psychologist/professor)

2009-06-16 23:40:45 by Ian B