Narcotics Anonymous
Group
Code 00154846
You
may be hooked emotionally and psychologically. You may have a physical dependence,
too. If you're addicted to a drug — whether it's legal or illegal —
you have intense cravings for it. You want to use it again and again. When you
stop taking the drug, you may have unpleasant physical reactions.
An
estimated 19.5 million Americans over the age of 12 use illicit drugs. Many other
people abuse or are addicted to legal substances. Marijuana is the most commonly
used illicit drug. While not everyone who uses drugs becomes addicted, many
people do. As many as 19,000 people die of drug-related causes every year.
( Mayo Clinic)
Drug addiction involves compulsively seeking
to use a substance, regardless of the potentially negative social, psychological
and physical consequences. Certain drugs, such as narcotics and cocaine, are
more physically addicting than are other drugs.
Breaking a drug addiction
may involve support from your doctor, family, friends and others who have
an addiction, as well as inpatient and outpatient treatment. |
