In this article, reseachers are now saying that addicts can recover. They say that to recover, an addict has to admit to being addicted. They state that there are many things that can cause an addict to fail.
I want to call bull on this. I think some addicts can recover, depending on the drug of choice. My mom is a meth addict, and my sister is a crack addict. I don't see either of them recovering. My mom has overdosed, and was actually dead for a few minutes. Yet, as soon as she got out of the psych ward, she was back on the drugs. I also think that if they relapse, that isn't recovering. Recovering would be not doing the drugs anymore. Period. As I have watched my mother and sister's lives get worse the longer they live, I feel my hope that they will ever quit the drugs dwindle. I hate that I can't make them stop. The only thing I can say positively is that I will never touch any kind of drugs.
Is there any link to this story?? I believe drug addicts can recover if THEY really want too.
ReplyDeleteThe link is in the word "addicts" in the first sentence of the first paragraph. I am not trying to argue someone else's beliefs. Based on the experience of the mulitple drug addicts in my life, I don't think they can recover. To each their own opinions.
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