Saving Your Family & Friends from Addiction

Saving Your Family & Friends from Addiction

Your friends and family are some of the most important people in your life, and you want to make sure you keep them safe! Right now in our country we have a problem with drugs, especially a certain class of drugs called opioids. These drugs work as painkillers and are very addictive. This is why they ruin lives. People will take these painkillers and won't be able to stop because of the way these drugs rewire your brain.

Painkillers aren't necessarily a bad thing, it's the way people abuse them that make them bad. Doctors actually prescribe painkillers to patients who have severe pain and give them instructions on how many to take each day. This is where people go off line. The patient ends up taking more than the doctor prescribed because they like the feeling it gives them. This is where they become addictive and the brain keeps asking for more, making these pills very dangerous for you, your family and friend's health!

When someone becomes so addicted to these pills to the point where they are buying them off the street, they are spending all of their money to where they can go completely broke. They decide to go to cheaper, street drugs like heroin that can kill you. This breaks apart families financially and socially and nobody wants that to happen.

The fact is that the disease of addiction can happen to anyone. You want to make sure you and your family stay clear of these harmful drugs because they can ruin lives. You can start by educating your friends about the issue and have them make the right choices. If you suspect anything about a family member or friend, talk to them, make sure they're OK and not making any bad choices.