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Drug Addiction

A child left motherless. A father left childless. When someone is using drugs, death is always close. In an instant, life is lost. Smiles fade. The sparkle in a person’s eyes dims forever. We don’t grow up thinking we’re going to become drug addicts. And we certainly don’t imagine that our last breath will be because of a drug overdose. Drug addiction doesn’t have to end in death. With treatment, turning away from drug use can lead to a new beginning. Discover it at Lighthouses, Christian Transitional Restoration Homes (941)348-5901where recovery and restoration are possible.

Drug Addiction: An Addiction That Destroys Lives

Think you can handle your drug use? Well, have you depleted your savings? Have you stolen from a loved one to feed your addiction? Have you sold something important to you? Under different circumstances, would you risk losing the trust of your family and friends for money? Substance abuse won’t make you the life of the party. It won’t give you courage. It won’t make you more creative. Drug addiction only suppresses your real self. To others, a drug addict may seem like a different person, but an addict’s real identity is still there, restrained, waiting to be freed.

So how does someone get to that desperate point? Anyone is vulnerable to developing a chemical dependency to illegal or legal drugs, particularly if there is a family history of drug dependence. A heroin or cocaine user is no less addicted than a person who’s hooked on pain killers. Because one drug is purchased on dark corners and the other is purchased in well-lit pharmacies doesn’t mean that one substance is less harmful than the other. The mind-body control that these drugs exact is the same, and that is addiction.

Drug Addiction: Step 1-Change Your Addictive Environment

The more drugs (stimulants or depressants) are used, the more the body craves and needs the substance to produce certain physiological responses and to function without withdrawal symptoms..

Entering into a protective and supportive environment is step one of your recovery journey. Lighthouses, Christian Transitional Restoration Homes (941)348-5901 is a program designed to deal with the typical stressors in the patient’s life, including those at home or work. This is to prepare the future recovering addict for the real-world situations they will need to face when they leave the program.

At Lighthouses, Christian Transitional Restoration Homes (941)348-5901, you’ll remember that you’re not defined by your drug addiction. Become the mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, and friend you always imagined yourself to be.