What should be done by people who turn to addictions to end pain ?!


Question: Especially if they are prone to do it when highly emotional and sometimes they think they want to use too much and die, but they don't really mean it.

I'm asking to know the best way to help someone in that situation.... Do not say call an ambulance. This is something that just happens to them sometimes and they get over it. Want to know how to expediate that process and end their craving for substances in the first place.


Answers: Especially if they are prone to do it when highly emotional and sometimes they think they want to use too much and die, but they don't really mean it.

I'm asking to know the best way to help someone in that situation.... Do not say call an ambulance. This is something that just happens to them sometimes and they get over it. Want to know how to expediate that process and end their craving for substances in the first place.

The obvious way would be to experience the pain. There's no unnecessary suffering in that choice.

There's no sense in escaping what is going to have an impact on you, one way or another.

Addictions are a fool's way to handle pain, I must say. It's infinitely wiser to FEEL IT FULLY.

If they are using illegally obtained drugs to treat pain, then they are doing that for an excuse. They are addicts and the pain is their excuse. They need to do two things. One join Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and see a doctor about what causes the pain in the first place.

The ending of the addiction and the cure of the pain is the only thing that can help this situation.

They need to learn to make friends with their pain. Now I don't know how bad a case this is, I'm assuming this is a normal functioning healthy person who lapses sometimes when things get rowdy...

Life is not about being happy and free from pain, life is about experience. Its more rewarding to master ones Fears and pain than to be mastered by ones fear and pain or to try to avoid them which is impossible, its like trying to run from your own shadow..
Your friend needs to become a warrior, and the enemy is self.
Self is not to be conquered, but understood. Your friend needs to learn to master her fears and pain. Let that be the next addiction, a relentless striving to attain mastery of self.

Plus your friend should probably be the one asking this question, you need to be careful not to burden yourself with the problem of others, there's no greater misery.

I have personal experience....once you get the drug in your system...you need some intervention...family crying and friends can't do it...I have a stepson on drugs, a soninlaw, and friends who are doing drugs....they have lied, stolen, trouble with the law etc...you name it...family crying...torn apart..ruined get togethers,,,lost custody of kids...lost their homes...etc,,they took drugs to forget their problems but created bigger problems...go figure....we all have problems in way or sort...but do we do drugs???? it's called tough love...pull up your big pants and take responsibilty...it starts with you taking that 1st drug...just don't start..money problems will always be there...there's alight to the end of the tunnel...most drug users have to hit bottom 1st before they'll realize they used up all their resources...how sad...don't enable...DON'T ENABLE....don't lend money,transportation, car,etc,...DON'T ENABLE....they know how to play the sorry act real good...you want to expediate...don't enable...make them walk...make them go to work..no excuses...it just isn't sometimes they crave either...who are you fooling....???

they need help to handle their problems in other healthier manners..there are alot of reasons for pain...mental and physical....the addiction is only the cover up...my brother died an alcholic....he was one of those guys who came home from Viet Nam and got spit on....unless you have been thru this type of thing it is hard to explain....his family just fed him the booze so he was out of the way..his wifes boyfriend came to get a clean set of clothes out of the closet...the day we were there to bury him...

Hello. I am a social worker and i see this alot of time and they are just crying out for help. They want to end there life but in the end they don't. Just be there and tell them what they have to look forward to in life and what they have. You just have to stick byside the person. If you need anymore help just email me. Take care and good on you for caring so much. :)





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