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Best Videos on Overcoming Drug Addiction

Want to see what’s out there to help you or a loved one with their drug addiction? Do you feel that something that can be heard and seen will also be “felt” by the one in trouble?

Even if the troubled person is you, get the facts, the reasons to quit, and the opportunities to get high on life, through the instruction that only these online videos can give:

Watch this short but powerful video about how a father overcame his drug addiction. Find this “Drug Addiction Video” at: allaboutlifechallenges.org.
This three part series, “Overcoming Addiction” at YouTube.com offers expert help and gives you a sampling of what pain was caused within one family and how they turned the pain around through healing.
“Overcoming Drug and Alcohol Addiction” is provided by Dailymotion.com. Kristina Wandzilak talks about her struggles with drugs beginning at the age of 13. She, and her mother, Constance Curry, discuss how they got through the “nightmare.”
In “Overcoming the Crystal,” a former meth user discusses his choice to rehabilitate because of his quickly spiraling health. See it on: Vimeo.com.
This “Overcoming Addictions—the Big Sis Show—Episode 56 Part 1” video by Vimeo.com offers help through Big Sis, a woman who struggled with multiple addictions, including drug addiction.

Though overcoming drug addiction is considered by everyone to be a daunting and seemingly imporssible task, it yet can be achieved with the right help, the right direction. Peruse the above videos to get the help you or a loved one needs.

What Constitutes Drug Abuse? How do you know if you have a Drug Problem?

You drink; do you drink too much? You take doctor prescribed drugs for your hip pain and feel the dose is too low, you use over the counter drugs to help your body out, you may have even experimented with hard drugs, and wonder, “How much is too much?”

Get the information you need here:

The informative videos from “5min.com” entitled, “How to Know if you are Addicted” has you take quizzes to find out where you stand.
At “queendom.com” a 29 year old female asks, “How do I know if I’m addicted to prescription meds?” and gets her answer, including questions the person can ask themselves.
Do you feel like you are not the “addictive type”? That you won’t get addicted if you pay attention to what you are doing? Maybe you don’t take drugs frequently, or feel as if you are in better control than most. Check out this question and answer from a teen at: about.com under the heading, “Teen Life Q&A—Drugs and Addiction, will I be an Addict?”
This “APA 7” test is excellent. Whether you are addicted to heroin or pot, or one of the many over the counter varieties, these questions will get you thinking about your own personal drug use. Find it at HubPages.com under the heading: “Am I Addicted? Take the APA 7 Questions Test.”
Can you become addicted to over the counter drugs? Get the help you need at: “blurtit.com” under the question, “Can You Become Addicted to Over the Counter Medication and is it Safe to do so if you are Bipolar and Take Prescribed Medication?”
What about cough medicine? See this informative Dateline NBC video, “Addicted to Cough Medicine.”

Knowing if you have a drug abuse problem comes in many forms and from many individuals—including yourself. If others have been concerned, if you feel as if you “might” have a problem, or if your business and personal life is somehow mixing more than it should, it might be time to check your “potential” drug problem—and see what you can do about it.

Staying in the Boat—How to Avoid Drug Relapse

Been trying to overcome a drug problem? Keep relapsing into old behaviors? Find yourself struggling to stay on top of the waves?

You’re not alone. Many drug abusers find themselves in the same boat—without a paddle. But what if you had one, a paddle, I mean? What if there was some help to keep you in the water, and in the boat?

Good news.

There is.

Make new friends. I know, I know, it’s hard to get rid of the old ones, but do it. Find someone with a similar hobby (other than drinking), take a class, and make room in your life for your family.
Go out to family restaurants—forgo the bars. Take along friends that will help you stay sober.
Attend AA Meetings. Get involved with others who are struggling and wanting to make a change in their life.
Try counseling, even if the counselor is someone who wants you to heal and isn’t a professional. One on one time with a motivating person will help you to continue your newfound journey. Perhaps the counselor is God. Call on this person when you are feeling the need to relapse.
Keep a journal or diary. Record your thoughts. Get it out on paper so that you aren’t tempted to live it in person.
Watch your stress level. Do some meditation when you feel your stress going high. Give yourself a candy bar instead of a drug.
No more secrets. Share what you are feeling and doing with those who understand.
Take care of yourself. Eat right, get enough sleep, and make time in your day to enjoy nature.
Keep positive. Forgo listening to those voices that bring you down. If a negative voice is your mother, take a break. Make phone calls and visits only when necessary.

Be honest with yourself. The best way to avoid another drug lapse is to make sure you are doing all you can do to prevent it—and that means no secrets from yourself either.

Curb Your Addiction

If it’s time for you to give up your daily cigarettes, you’re in for a pretty rough road. There are many people who have accomplished this goal, and you can too. There are lots of different products out there designed to help you kick the habit, but which ones will work the best? Here’s a list of a few to try out.

Electronic Cigarettes

First off, electronic cigarettes are one of the newest ways to kick your smoking habit. It’s basically a small cartridge that looks just like a regular cigarette, but it produces a nicotine/water vapor that you inhale just like smoke. This allows you to take in the addictive nicotine (which you will slowly wean yourself off of), but you won’t be taking in all the tar and other chemicals that are in regular cigarettes. Electronic cigarette starter kits are also very affordable, and sometimes even cheaper than buy normal cigarettes.

Hypnosis

Hypnosis is another fairly new method to curb your smoking needs. You are basically put under hypnosis by a trained professional, and by the power of suggestion, your need for cigarettes is reduced. The trials on this haven’t been completely conclusive, but there are thousands of people out there that have used this method to successfully quit smoking.

Patches and Gums

Lastly, there are the different nicotine patches and gums sold over the counter. These, like electronic cigarettes, deliver the addictive nicotine to your system without all the other harmful chemicals from the actual cigarette smoke. Gradually you lower the level of nicotine you consume, and you eventually stop completely. This method has again worked for thousands of people.

Just Do It!

Whatever method you decide to go with is a step in the right direction. You will never know which method will work for you unless you try some of them out. Who knows, your experiences may be able to help friends and loved ones down the road.

Are You An Enabler?

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So you have a loved one coming home from the hospital. They are coming back from a difficult battle with drugs and alcohol. You are happy to see them coming home but you are also worried about their progress once they get home. As an outside observer you can understand that many problems they face trying to get sober from inside there own life. You see the pitfalls and you are worried they will do something that they end up regretting. Could it be that you are part of the problem?

It’s a tough thing to think of. It’s tough to think that you could even be thought to be part of the problem but the truth of it is that there are more than a few enablers in an addicts life. Many assume that the enablers are those that will do drugs with them or go buy drugs for them. While these are certainly tell tale signs of an enabler it doesn’t make it the only kind of enabler in the world.

Any enabler is anyone who will do anything that might impede someones quest to remain free and sober. While the ultimate blame does and will always fall on the addicts themselves that doesn’t mean at all that there isn’t blame to be passed around to the rest of the family, or those that would make it easier for a loved one to do drugs.

The biggest sign of an enabler is they are too willing to listen to an addicts reasoning. They will accept the reasons why an addict has a relapse or is caught using regularly again. They mistake unconditional love and figure that undying support equals unconditional love when it is often the vehicle to enable. Watch these signs in yourself and figure out if you are part of the problem.

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