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To mothers who struggle
I’m a mother of two young boys and a drug addict. I’m 30 years old and I write this to you from a drug rehabilitation center because I completely lost myself along the way with excess amounts of drug use. I thought drugs were the only way I could deal with the loss of my children to a family member because of my drug use to begin with. It has been 8 long and painful years since my children have lived with me. I’m now finally in a place where I have taken steps to become the mother my... Posted by
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Feb 25th, 2010
Crystal meth also known as methamphetamine /metamfetamine /dextromethamphetamine, methylamphetamine/ N-methylamphetamine/ desoxyephedrine was first synthesized in a Japanese laboratory by Nagayoshi Nagai a 19th century chemist. It is usually in a crystal form.
It was first used in a commercial scale in world war two by the different military soldiers. It has two isomers; levorotary and dextrorotatory....
Crystal Meth; A Minefield!...
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Sandra on
Jan 29th, 2010
How can you outsmart a drug addict? It’s quite simply, you can’t. The measure which must be taken with drug addicts is the act of countermeasures. When someone is addicted to drugs they will find numerous ways to obtain their drugs and nothing you can do will stop them. You can however take some measures in protecting yourself as well as allowing the drug addict to understand set consequences of...
How to Outsmart a Drug Add...
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Sandra on
Jan 18th, 2010
How do you know you are in the presence of a drug addict?
How do you know if you’re a drug addict, particularly when it is a prescription medication, or how can you tell if you are in denial? The following is a list of several signs and symptoms of addiction:
Seek help today!
* With prescription medication, you may start doubling, even tripling your dosage, or take it closer together. This is...
Signs of a Drug Addict...
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Sandra on
Jan 15th, 2010
Every thing in this world is set up with certain boundaries and crossing those boundaries can result in negative impacts on us.
But in life few people get fascinated towards some things, and as a result they make the people addicted towards using them. Alcohol is one of those attracted things that make people get addicted towards it very easily. This article discusses about various aspects of alcohol...
Alcohol Addiction and With...
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Sandra on
Jan 13th, 2010
We were a happy family enjoying every day.
The joy we had was crushed when my husband and me where in an accident; our car was hit by a drunk driver, and my husband died on the spot. The lucky thing was my three children were not with us and I was not that badly injured. I was in the hospital for a few days. When I saw my children I smiled at them but I had lot of pain in me regarding how I am going...
The Deadly Crash...
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Sandra on
Jan 11th, 2010
Addiction is a kind of disorder or pattern of unhealthiness in a person.
It can be caused by several factors like psychosocial, genetic, nutritional, etc., but mainly because of the excessive usage of certain harmful substances like some medications, drugs, alcohol, cigars etc. Crystal Meth is one of such extremely dangerous and powerful man-made stimulus to which humans can get addicted very...
Is Crystal Meth an addicti...
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Sandra on
Jan 8th, 2010
Your loved one has been in a treatment program and is ready to return to the normal world.
What can you do to help his or her recovery? There are several things that may seem minuscule to you but are important in maintaining a successful recovery from drug addiction.
* The first few months, it is important not to run to the recovering addict with every little problem.
If you handled them during...
How to Help a Recovering A...
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Sandra on
Jan 6th, 2010
Substance abuse affects the body and the brain.
Since the brain is affected there are feelings of euphoria and depression. Over time, there is less euphoria and more depression. This is because the brain becomes so acclimated to the substance abuse that it needs more and more to have any of the “high” feeling, so depression is present more and more and for longer periods.
Substance Abuse and...
Depression and Substance A...
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