Friend with problems?!
Question: I have a friend who drinks a lot. He drinks to do almost anything, before he goes to school he drinks sometimes, and to go to a movie he takes a flask with him to drink. Whenever he goes to do anything he drinks, he also has an obsession with looking up the effects of drugs. He even ate a ton of Nutmeg simply because he heard it caused hallucinations. What should I do, he has an obsession with doing anything to change his mental state. Any ideas as to why he is so dependant on these drugs to get by?
Answers: I have a friend who drinks a lot. He drinks to do almost anything, before he goes to school he drinks sometimes, and to go to a movie he takes a flask with him to drink. Whenever he goes to do anything he drinks, he also has an obsession with looking up the effects of drugs. He even ate a ton of Nutmeg simply because he heard it caused hallucinations. What should I do, he has an obsession with doing anything to change his mental state. Any ideas as to why he is so dependant on these drugs to get by?
I think you have put your finger on it when you say that he wants to change his mental state. He may be depressed, bored or just curious. It's a plus that he looks up the effects of drugs, hopefully from a medical source, as some can cause permanent damage on first try. As his friend you could try to get across to him that frying your brain is a no return situation and encourage him to continue researching his obsession. If he can get hold of a good medical book that goes into detail about the side effects and other reading that gives first hand or family acccounts on the effects of different drugs on the mind and body. A family member of mine started experimenting in his early twenties with whatever he could get his hands on. He's now forty and hasn't worked since stuffing up his health. He lives in supported accommodation for people with mental health issues and shuffles around on a walker. Not a glamourous lifestyle, he's doing it hard. Good luck to your friend and you for being so caring.
Addiction. Get him to rehab, then a mental ward.
hes a ********, fool or idiot.
he is traumatised over something, and believing in assumed concerns, rather than understanding the truth.
extremely addictive personality? Some people seem to think and act like they are invincible and so do stupid thing after stupid thing almost to prove the point that they must be invincible.
As for his drinking - sounds to me like he is an alcoholic and to be honest there is not alot you can do for him - you can tell him about your concerns but to be honest he probably wont listen to them or he will listen but not take any action
Perhaps he is an alcoholic. Alcoholism is a disease which not everybody understands. It sounds like he has rather more serious problems though and needs help. Very often people with these kinds of problems have to realise they need help and have to want to do something about it. It's sad, but that's the truth of the matter.
He definitely has a very big problem. He needs help. The problem is how are you going to get that help to him. Maybe you can talk to a counselor in your school or someone that can help him, without making him feel that you betrayed him. His parents someone in his family. You need to do something quick before he gets really hurt and ruins his life.
Does his family know about his problems?? I think he needs to see a psychiatrist or even his GP, def a professional.
Your friend is on a slippery slope, soon he will be doing the real thing to get high. I advise you get him to look up the negative effects of drugs and alcohol on the body and brain and I'm sure he will have a different perspective.
I think he needs to see a GP urgently
use reason (persuasion), and use force only if necessary
He is so afraid of life that he needs to see it through the haze of drink or the euphoric effects of drugs. If you are able to identify what it is about life that scares him so, then maybe there is an answer to his problem before he starts down the slippery slope of drug dependency. Good Luck!
may be some thing confusing or lack of confidence. if u want to know want going in his mind or what thing hurt to him try to emotionally black mail if u succed to make him emotional try know what wrong with him.other wise he shouldn't teel to any one
he simply has an emotional disorder, he needs to feel good, and secure,support you mate and encourage him to do other things, other than that get him incarcerated
I started my chemical dependency at the age of 9. In my opinion we use it as a mask so we don't have to face life as it really is or to hide from something. I had a self esteem problem even though I came across as a overconfident person. I was told since I was young that i was no good and that I would never amount to anything. I was near death when the lord took hold of my life and after 30 plus years of chemical abuse I am free of it. I always was high or drinking and thought that it made everything better, but now I found another life and I know that I can accomplish my dreams with the strength of the lord in me. Pray for your friend and give them encouragement. Everybody can overcome extreme problems through Jesus Christ.Take your friend to church. Take care, Robert
He's not going to stop until he gets it out of his system. He'll eventually get tired of it, of course by then he may be an old man living in a cardboard box under a bridge, but it'll pass. Toodles!!!!!!