One reason I usually hear from youngsters about drug use is the mere curiosity of it. I don't know about you all, but such reason i think is kinda lame and shallow... We may be young, full of life, hungry for fun and excitement and our curiosities and inquiries make us all different from the rest of the world. Seemingly, not so many people understand us. Yet, amidst these, we should have all the caution in what were getting ourselves in to. Trying out drugs because our friends told us to do and in our overwhelming desire to belong, we succumb to their persuasions. However, belonging and being secured in a group is the start of a battle of addiction. In deception, a simple curiosity and the longing to belong end up in a long and painful journey that leads to death and destruction.
Another reason I have observed, which may sound valid to some, is the use of these substances to escape the agony of reality. Much like alcohol, drugs are used to temporarily forget all the problems and struggles life throws you. While you enjoy the fleeting feeling of euphoria and extreme happiness, you do not realize that as the chemical effects slowly subside, you're back to the same life you were trying to escape from. Since you loved the artificial feelings of joy, you try it again and again until you 'll have that yearning that you can't just have enough. By the time you realize that 'the yearning' becomes an added problem to your existing shitty life, you're hooked up with it in constant desire and craving. The escape itself becomes a problem.
You may think that I can easily say these things 'coz im not in your shoes. Yes, probably, but, hey man, a lot more people had much worst situations than yours. And as I look at them, they did not end up being an addict or a pusher. They did not pay evil for evil. They made right choices that brought them to right doors and eventually the right kind of life --- a life that's not perfect, but truly joyful with reason and purpose.
Whatever reasons you may have, but USING DRUGS IS A COWARDLY ACT. Life may indeed throw us countless despair, but all these, i believe, are just to teach us. TO TEACH US ABOUT LIFE. We may not know what's ahead, but I'm sure there is HOPE, because we were MADE FOR A REASON. Take the first step, SAY NO TO DRUGS, SAY YES TO GOD, our Creator, who knows us well, cares and loves us much more than we will know and imagine.
Below, I have specified common substances abused and its effects. If you're someone who's enticed and deceived by the world to try out taking drugs, please THINK again. These drugs have therapeutic effects that's why some were used in certain medical conditions in the past. However, the bad effects of the drugs outweigh the good effects. These drugs are addicting which means they leave people who try it with psychological cravings. Further use cause tolerance. For those who are long-time users of illicit drugs, I want to tell you there is hope. If you're afraid of the withdrawal effects, please be aware that certain substances may be given by the medical specialists to lessen the withdrawal symptoms as you wean from the drugs. A lot of people can help if you want to be clean, but the decision should come first from you.
Another reason I have observed, which may sound valid to some, is the use of these substances to escape the agony of reality. Much like alcohol, drugs are used to temporarily forget all the problems and struggles life throws you. While you enjoy the fleeting feeling of euphoria and extreme happiness, you do not realize that as the chemical effects slowly subside, you're back to the same life you were trying to escape from. Since you loved the artificial feelings of joy, you try it again and again until you 'll have that yearning that you can't just have enough. By the time you realize that 'the yearning' becomes an added problem to your existing shitty life, you're hooked up with it in constant desire and craving. The escape itself becomes a problem.
You may think that I can easily say these things 'coz im not in your shoes. Yes, probably, but, hey man, a lot more people had much worst situations than yours. And as I look at them, they did not end up being an addict or a pusher. They did not pay evil for evil. They made right choices that brought them to right doors and eventually the right kind of life --- a life that's not perfect, but truly joyful with reason and purpose.
Whatever reasons you may have, but USING DRUGS IS A COWARDLY ACT. Life may indeed throw us countless despair, but all these, i believe, are just to teach us. TO TEACH US ABOUT LIFE. We may not know what's ahead, but I'm sure there is HOPE, because we were MADE FOR A REASON. Take the first step, SAY NO TO DRUGS, SAY YES TO GOD, our Creator, who knows us well, cares and loves us much more than we will know and imagine.
Below, I have specified common substances abused and its effects. If you're someone who's enticed and deceived by the world to try out taking drugs, please THINK again. These drugs have therapeutic effects that's why some were used in certain medical conditions in the past. However, the bad effects of the drugs outweigh the good effects. These drugs are addicting which means they leave people who try it with psychological cravings. Further use cause tolerance. For those who are long-time users of illicit drugs, I want to tell you there is hope. If you're afraid of the withdrawal effects, please be aware that certain substances may be given by the medical specialists to lessen the withdrawal symptoms as you wean from the drugs. A lot of people can help if you want to be clean, but the decision should come first from you.
7 comments:
youre writing has a right point of view for us youth of our gneration today in relation to that of drugs addiction.....you're observation in the society where ellicit drugs is abused where srtongly correct...i do agree in your statement per stament that drugs have the worst effect in our life...and body...lot of us students specifically who stayed in universities and good standard institutions made to use this thing for the sake of passing the exams or what so ever...but they didnt think what the real score is when taking this...they tot that it will help to enhance there mental capacity in terms of memory..insmoe and in a little while but not that long...it just only cause deteriortion of the brain fucntion by kill or drying up the brain cells making an abnormal impulses through out the body...iknow person s who engage like this before,but look at where are they now...some have recovered and have a new wonderful life but others are into jails and others failed to live....i hope this writing of yours in your blog will encourage other youth to motivate thier lost friend back in reality... and help in disimenating this information for the better of our community....where life is precoius even if its cold....
yeah... i wish a lot of people would be able to read this stuff... this blog makes sense!
first of all, i wanna thank God for shielding you the passion to touch the hearts of the people who reads this blog. and I wanna thank you for your willingness and whole-hearted concern to those individuals who are involved in drug-addiction and to those who are planning to be involved on it. Your article is fitted to the flow of our lifestyle nowadays. Young men and women, even adults, are not excempted, all may be tempted to take in excessive drugs; nevertheless, prevented.
and this simple article of yours is a vital move to drug prevention.
thumbs up for you Ms. Eden!=)
keen on being a catalyst for change!
i agree as to what you have posted here...some youths now were influenced by their peers that uses illicit drugs...maybe there are reasons behind this situations but we can help them through counselling...to let them realize that their problems can't be solve when they take that kind of drugs...
+there is still hope+
+there's God who'll take control+
+let God intervene your life!+
wOw!! what a concern you have for your fellow teens and am grateful to God for the life He used like yours that desires changes....
issues like this one is already common especially among teenagers but w/ the campaign you've made thru this blog, i hope and pray that God would use this tool to atleast open the eyes of those who are engage and turn away from it...
keep up the good wOrk for God's glOry!!
dAre to make a difference...
continue to be a bLessing!!!
gO CL!!!
i agree to what you've been advocating. I hope many individuals will be able to read your blog. "No to drugs, Yes to God"..if we love God, then we should not abuse our body because it is the temple of God.
God bless!!!
im blessed knowing somebody who still care for those who we thought have no chance to change..keep going..
awareness might as well change their lives..
may God bless you and lead you to the people who really need it..!!
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