Understanding Drug Use
Some people try drugs merely out of curiosity or peer pressure and use them once or very occasionally. Athletes even do drugs in order to improve performance. Some people use drugs to treat an injury and abuse follows. Yet others may feel stressed, anxious, depressed or that something is missing in their lives, so they use drugs to fill the missing part or alleviate the discomfort.
It is a fine line between drug use and drug abuse. However, there are signs to identify “Use, Abuse and Addiction”.
Drug Use
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Occasional or regular use without negative consequences
Drug Abuse
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Occasional or regular use
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experiencing problems in one or more of the following areas, relationships, work, school, physical, mental, emotional, legal or financial
Drug Addiction
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A strong desire to use drugs regularly and to use more after beginning
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Experiencing problems in one or more of the following areas, relationship, work, school, physical, mental, emotional, legal or financial
Treatment (individual counselling)
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Assessment - the severity of your problem
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Enhance / create motivation to cgange
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Create and achieve recovery goals
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after care / relapse prevention