Substance Abuse

[Spiritlite]

Within 6 months a friend of my husbands is now addicted to Meth, been in jail over 6 times and his mother, father, brother, sister, son, friends, coworkers have ALL offered him help and he will not take it. He is now in jail because he was caught with meth and resisted arrest, keeps getting out and has lost his home, car, and yes his friends and family now. He still refuses help, and that is his choice. He has not hit rock bottom yet, so no, no matter what you cannot force or push someone who is addicted to get help unless they want to....
Spiritlite.

As some have already said, I believe it is up to the individual to want it. All you can do is be there and offer support and love. And also as athribirstan has put so well, always remind them how good life can be without the addiction.
I am an ex-alcoholic who prayed heavily for help to give up the grog and I was answered with a medical condition that now prevents me from drinking - however without my addiction I would not have had all the experiences that have made me who I am today. I am fortunate to have good support from friends and family which helps me immensely, and I am learning to love reality - so to heal someone from their addiction, no I don't think so, but to help them heal themselves when they are ready, most definitely yes

I was a former hardcore drug user, but once I got in touch with my spiritual side. The addictive behavior seemed to go away. I've learned that there always seems to be an underlying factor to all addicts. Avoiding abusive childhood experiences. Wanting to escape their emotions. With addicts they avoid their feelings by altering their state of consciousness. I don't know what your beliefs are spiritually or religiously, but you have to do some deep digging within yourself. Medititate and ask your sunconscious mind why I am an addict. How do I solve it. For me it all stopped when I changed my attitude towards life. I got in touch with my positive side. Spirituality helped me find that. Focus on why you are falling in these addictive patterns. If you focus on something long enough more information on the subject will be revealed. Best of luck to you man.

[forevergirl]

Originally Posted by moke64916

I was a former hardcore drug user, but once I got in touch with my spiritual side. The addictive behavior seemed to go away. I've learned that there always seems to be an underlying factor to all addicts. Avoiding abusive childhood experiences. Wanting to escape their emotions. With addicts they avoid their feelings by altering their state of consciousness. I don't know what your beliefs are spiritually or religiously, but you have to do some deep digging within yourself. Medititate and ask your sunconscious mind why I am an addict. How do I solve it. For me it all stopped when I changed my attitude towards life. I got in touch with my positive side. Spirituality helped me find that. Focus on why you are falling in these addictive patterns. If you focus on something long enough more information on the subject will be revealed. Best of luck to you man.

I wish you all the best...your post made me really cry.

Originally Posted by moke64916

I was a former hardcore drug user, but once I got in touch with my spiritual side. The addictive behavior seemed to go away. I've learned that there always seems to be an underlying factor to all addicts. Avoiding abusive childhood experiences. Wanting to escape their emotions. With addicts they avoid their feelings by altering their state of consciousness. I don't know what your beliefs are spiritually or religiously, but you have to do some deep digging within yourself. Medititate and ask your sunconscious mind why I am an addict. How do I solve it. For me it all stopped when I changed my attitude towards life. I got in touch with my positive side. Spirituality helped me find that. Focus on why you are falling in these addictive patterns. If you focus on something long enough more information on the subject will be revealed. Best of luck to you man.

This is be far the most helpful response I've gotten. To help heal addiction, I need to understand more about the process behind it- most certainly not people telling me it's not possible. Anything is possible as long as you don't close your mind off to it. This gives me a lead on what to focus on, for instance, the block/ wall they've created to block out the emotions or experiences. Thanks.