When I was a child, I was educated in a private school run by the nuns. They not only taught me the ABCs, they introduced me to the spiritual life. To be sure, it was a spiritual life reduced to…

If you have ever lived with a chronic alcoholic, then you know what it’s like to have a shabu addict in your family. The impact of a heavy drug user is similar to that of an alcoholic. Arguments abound. Conflict…

Every day we read about the drug problem in our society. Pushers getting busted. Users arrested. Crimes committed under the influence of drugs. Lives lost and families ripped apart. Yet, the drug issue is over shadowing a much deeper problem…

The greatest challenge facing the addiction therapist is to motivate the addict to want to change. The addict may be a victim, but he is a willing victim. He like his dope and when he enters rehab, it isn’t because…

We have treated addicts who used drugs for some 25 years. All of them began using in high school. All of them began by dabbling with drugs. They did not become addicts overnight. But because they were not turned around in their youth, when the problem was still manageable, they sank deeper and deeper into the hellhole of addiction until their lives spun totally out of control.

One of the obstacles to the rehabilitation of the drug addict is the lack of desire. By the time the addict gets into serious drug use, drugs have become an integral part of his life. In fact, he has built a whole new lifestyle around his drugs.

While the family of the addict struggles with what to do with him, here are some points to consider

Treating drug addicts is not an easy task. It is not as simple as prescribing medication and then waiting for it to take effect. There is no magic pill that you can give the addict that will effect a quick cure. Perhaps someday, but for now we need to do it the long, hard way.