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We meth addicts will stop when the pain of continued use exceeds the fear of withdrawal.
What does that mean?
It means that meth is usually a lot of fun at first. It feels good. It makes life so exciting and seems to have nothing bad about it. Meth, in the beginning, has no negative effects that seem to be linked to reality for the user. Almost everything is wonderful, depression leaves, energy increases, weight decreases, sex drive often increases, boredom leaves, and euphoria is as close as a baggie.
For many of us there is nothing negative at all when we first start using. So we keep on using. We think, If some is good, then more is better. Within a short period of time, a few days, maybe a couple weeks at most, we find that we get very fatigued and irritable if we havent gotten off (used meth) recently.
The answer seems simple, just use more. This continues, and the dependence upon the sparkly white crystals increases. Gradually, the central nervous system starts to make biological changes. The brain and the components, neurons and things like that begin to make changes in our physiology. That means that we become more and more dependent upon the drug. This dependence is real. It is not imaginary or fantasy. The psychology, emotions, physical endurance and strength, cognitive abilities, and many other factors become increasingly dependent upon the presence of the methamphetamine molecules in order for the person to even come close to doing anything that resembles, Normal.
The beginning stages of addiction can manifest themselves in as little time as a month. After that, it gets more and more intense. Chemical dependency, addiction, strung-out, spun, tweaked, and many other terms start to have more serious implications. As time goes on, the severity increases until the user has to make changes in lifestyle that hamper any attempts to escape from the slavery of addiction. A vicious circle of getting more, becoming more tolerant (dirty), depression, sickness, loss of decency, mental illness symptoms and so on.
Finally, and this could be months, years, or decades, the pain of continued use becomes too much to bear. The pain of being a slave to a drug is so brutal that it often seems worse than death. It is at this point that the addict reaches a bottom. The conditions may include divorce, bankruptcy, homelessness, jail, HIV, HVC, liver, kidney and heart disease, schizophrenia, stroke, and many more heinous consequences too numerous to mention in this post. The addict considers getting clean or withdrawal. Herein lies the problem.
The user is too dependent on meth to withdraw. Many addicts will tell you there is no feeling of despair, no amount of depression, no emotional torment that even comes close to the brutal and tragic feelings of withdrawing from meth. It is way too fearful to even consider.
You know about the proverbial irresistible force meeting the immovable object? That is a meth users dilemma when faced with the prospect of withdrawal.
What does that mean?
It means that meth is usually a lot of fun at first. It feels good. It makes life so exciting and seems to have nothing bad about it. Meth, in the beginning, has no negative effects that seem to be linked to reality for the user. Almost everything is wonderful, depression leaves, energy increases, weight decreases, sex drive often increases, boredom leaves, and euphoria is as close as a baggie.
For many of us there is nothing negative at all when we first start using. So we keep on using. We think, If some is good, then more is better. Within a short period of time, a few days, maybe a couple weeks at most, we find that we get very fatigued and irritable if we havent gotten off (used meth) recently.
The answer seems simple, just use more. This continues, and the dependence upon the sparkly white crystals increases. Gradually, the central nervous system starts to make biological changes. The brain and the components, neurons and things like that begin to make changes in our physiology. That means that we become more and more dependent upon the drug. This dependence is real. It is not imaginary or fantasy. The psychology, emotions, physical endurance and strength, cognitive abilities, and many other factors become increasingly dependent upon the presence of the methamphetamine molecules in order for the person to even come close to doing anything that resembles, Normal.
The beginning stages of addiction can manifest themselves in as little time as a month. After that, it gets more and more intense. Chemical dependency, addiction, strung-out, spun, tweaked, and many other terms start to have more serious implications. As time goes on, the severity increases until the user has to make changes in lifestyle that hamper any attempts to escape from the slavery of addiction. A vicious circle of getting more, becoming more tolerant (dirty), depression, sickness, loss of decency, mental illness symptoms and so on.
Finally, and this could be months, years, or decades, the pain of continued use becomes too much to bear. The pain of being a slave to a drug is so brutal that it often seems worse than death. It is at this point that the addict reaches a bottom. The conditions may include divorce, bankruptcy, homelessness, jail, HIV, HVC, liver, kidney and heart disease, schizophrenia, stroke, and many more heinous consequences too numerous to mention in this post. The addict considers getting clean or withdrawal. Herein lies the problem.
The user is too dependent on meth to withdraw. Many addicts will tell you there is no feeling of despair, no amount of depression, no emotional torment that even comes close to the brutal and tragic feelings of withdrawing from meth. It is way too fearful to even consider.
You know about the proverbial irresistible force meeting the immovable object? That is a meth users dilemma when faced with the prospect of withdrawal.
