What Does The Addict Have To Gain By Quitting
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What Does The Addict Have To Gain By Quitting
People are often more motivated by what they stand to gain. So, if the prospects of avoiding these consequences is not enough to motivate the addict to quit, lets look at what he or she can gain.
•The respect of friends and family... and self respect too!
Anyone who has gone through drug addiction or abuse has experienced the shame and loss of respect and stature that being an abuser can bring. Family members avoid you; you are excluded from many aspects of your friend's or family's lives. Addicts are treated differently, and this gets more obvious the longer their addiction continues, the more disappointments friends and family experience.
But when the addiction is handled, this process will begin to reverse itself. Looking into the eyes of loved ones will begin to get easier. Don't expect it will change in a week, or be completely repaired in three months, but you'll enjoy an increasing respect that comes from accomplishment.
•Longevity
The day a person quits smoking tobacco or marijuana; stops abusing alcohol or any other harmful drug, his or her life expectancy begins to improve. This is a proven fact and not in question in any scientific circles. Abusing drugs increases the risks of developing any of a long list of diseases that can kill the user.
The good side of that coin is that the very day drug use stops, life expectancy begins to improve and although it will take a long time to approach the expected years of someone who never used, chances of a long life increase daily.
•Financial recovery
The cost of abusing drugs is not just the price of buying the drugs. An addict can only continue for so long in their job or business when drug addiction is present. Regardless of the drug, the addict's abilities are damaged by addiction and continued use.
Business relationships are destroyed A reputation of unreliability breeds a lack of trust in any field of work. Quitting drug use makes it possible to rebuild those vital aspects of business and begin to develop new relationships and alliances. Even just holding a job is possible and the money will start to flow again.
•Purpose
When drug or alcohol addiction is a part of life, it's hard to think in terms of the future. Usually just getting through the day or having something ready for the morning is about as far ahead as the addict thinks.
When you get that monkey off your back you'll find that looking farther ahead is possible again. Constructing a new life is finally possible and as long as you stay clean, that new life is likely to become a reality.
To actually have a purpose, a long-term goal that is worth achieving can be a powerful motivational force in your life; a force much more powerful than the urges to get high USED TO BE.
Article Source: What Does the Drug Addict Have to Gain By Quitting?
•The respect of friends and family... and self respect too!
Anyone who has gone through drug addiction or abuse has experienced the shame and loss of respect and stature that being an abuser can bring. Family members avoid you; you are excluded from many aspects of your friend's or family's lives. Addicts are treated differently, and this gets more obvious the longer their addiction continues, the more disappointments friends and family experience.
But when the addiction is handled, this process will begin to reverse itself. Looking into the eyes of loved ones will begin to get easier. Don't expect it will change in a week, or be completely repaired in three months, but you'll enjoy an increasing respect that comes from accomplishment.
•Longevity
The day a person quits smoking tobacco or marijuana; stops abusing alcohol or any other harmful drug, his or her life expectancy begins to improve. This is a proven fact and not in question in any scientific circles. Abusing drugs increases the risks of developing any of a long list of diseases that can kill the user.
The good side of that coin is that the very day drug use stops, life expectancy begins to improve and although it will take a long time to approach the expected years of someone who never used, chances of a long life increase daily.
•Financial recovery
The cost of abusing drugs is not just the price of buying the drugs. An addict can only continue for so long in their job or business when drug addiction is present. Regardless of the drug, the addict's abilities are damaged by addiction and continued use.
Business relationships are destroyed A reputation of unreliability breeds a lack of trust in any field of work. Quitting drug use makes it possible to rebuild those vital aspects of business and begin to develop new relationships and alliances. Even just holding a job is possible and the money will start to flow again.
•Purpose
When drug or alcohol addiction is a part of life, it's hard to think in terms of the future. Usually just getting through the day or having something ready for the morning is about as far ahead as the addict thinks.
When you get that monkey off your back you'll find that looking farther ahead is possible again. Constructing a new life is finally possible and as long as you stay clean, that new life is likely to become a reality.
To actually have a purpose, a long-term goal that is worth achieving can be a powerful motivational force in your life; a force much more powerful than the urges to get high USED TO BE.
Article Source: What Does the Drug Addict Have to Gain By Quitting?
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