People who use drugs to cope with life do so because of what the drugs do to them. Most drug addicts have experienced pain from something that happened to them in the past and the drugs have, for a short time, made that pain go away. Once they realize that the drugs make them feel better is when the abuse begins.
Most drugs do a great job of taking reality out of the user’s mind. They feel free once the drugs start to take effect. They don’t care about the past or any of that pain that has haunted them and they feel invincible living in the moment. The only problem is that each time the addict uses the drug, he needs to use even more to get the same feeling.
What drug addicts don’t understand is that drugs don’t eliminate the problem, they only increase it. The reality of life never disappears, it is only masked and distorted due to the effect of drugs. To overcome this life full of pain and wounds, you don’t have to turn to drugs to relieve yourself, but face life head-on. And this is what drug rehab centers do so well.
Drug rehab centers are there to help the addict get over his physical addiction to the drug or drugs. They then confine the individual to learn that drugs are, in fact, not his best escape, but only a temporary release that makes his own situation worse. The true relief from the pain that haunts them is to see the past for what it really is, something that happened before and is now out of everyone’s control. Once they realize that they can’t change something that has happened, they can learn to live life from that moment on.
The goal of drug rehab centers is to educate the addict about his illness so that he can understand how to control his mind and eventually learn to live a productive life. They hope to instill in them the confidence that whatever goal they set out to achieve can be achieved no matter what their situation is or where they come from.
Drugs are an ugly escape from reality that give the user an invincible feeling for a short period of time. Drug addicts can also change, but first they have to know their situation and then want to make the change.