Why do people take drugs?

[admin]

Why do people take drugs?

People take drugs because they want to change something about their lives. Here are some of the reasons young people have given for taking drugs:

• To fit in
• To escape or relax
• They are bored
• It makes them seem grown up
• To rebel
• To experiment

They think drugs are a solution. But eventually, the drugs become the problem.

Terrifying as the consequences of drug use are, and as hopeless as they can seem to the addict, there are solutions to the drug problem.

Just growing up and living in the modern world can be emotionally draining. But talking problems over with a friend or a minister or trusted family member can work wonders. Simply taking a long walk to look at the objects in one’s environment until one is able to focus one’s attention outward and feels relaxed will also help.

And for the person you may know who has a drug problem, there are solutions that work. Narconon, a drug rehabilitation program that utilizes the methods of L. Ron Hubbard has one of the highest success rates of any such program. As hundreds of thousands will attest, those addicted can free themselves of this tyranny and face life with renewed vigor and hope.

The real answer, however, is not to take drugs in the first place. Difficult as it may be to face one’s problems, the consequences of drug use are always worse than the problem one is trying to solve with them, since drugs rob life of the sensations and joys that are the only reasons for living anyhow.
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[historyofmadness]

I took drugs because I liked the way they made me feel. I didn't like the way I felt until I was high. Euphoria is a very attractive alternative to frustration.

[CD BUCKBERRY]

CD BUCKBERRY, I tok drugs to fit in,or peer pressure,to do what my judge father did not want me to do.But most of all to get away from the reality of things and life.The more out there in La La land I got the more happy I felt I thought.Boy was I wrong it led to a destructive deadly life of abuse and stealing,conning people,treating people and my family like ****.It took 35 years of active using to come out of it.Even 4 heart attacks,b quadruple bypass surgery did not stop me.I have pacemaker defribulater in me now .It took all that time for me to find the rooms of N.A.,they saved my life.I will celebrate 4 years clean on January 10 ,2009.Do service in N.A. keeps you here.Keep Coming Back,it works if you live it.

[Miss Rizzo]

In my case...

• To escape or relax
True.
• They are bored
Somewhat true.
• To rebel
True.
• To experiment
True.

And of course, to feel good. Not just good, not just high, no just carefree... but powerful.