Any form of addiction can wreak havoc on a person’s life. Drug addiction is one of the worst addictions to have. It can bring all the aspects of a person’s life – personal, psychological, social, mental, emotional, and financial – to ruin. Here are two eye-opening facts about drug addiction.
It can happen to anyone.
Some people believe, much to their peril, that if they consume drugs occasionally rather than frequently, they can somehow skirt addiction. They think that only weak people can become addicts, people who are unable to deal with their problems. But what they don’t consider is that dangerous drugs like cocaine and heroin can get a person hooked after one usage.
It can create and worsen a number of health disorders.
Drug addiction is a disorder. It can lead to other illnesses, particularly mental ones. There are four major mental disorders. First are anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The second kind of mental disorders that arise from drug addiction are mood disorders like depression and bipolar disorder. Then there are personality disorders. Paranoia is a common personality disorder. The last category and arguably the most serious disorder group are psychotic disorders. Schizophrenia is a terrible psychotic disorder, which can be caused by drug abuse.
NTL Group’s BrainRecoveryTM focusses on underlying cognitive brain functions allowing the individual to return to a normal productive life without encountering the same detrimental relapse cycles. It works to re-balance the brain and break relapse cycles. And overseeing this program and other NTL Group’s NeuroEngineered Services is Dr. Curtis Cripe, director of Research & Development. For more on drug addiction and recovery, follow this Twitter account.
It can happen to anyone.
Some people believe, much to their peril, that if they consume drugs occasionally rather than frequently, they can somehow skirt addiction. They think that only weak people can become addicts, people who are unable to deal with their problems. But what they don’t consider is that dangerous drugs like cocaine and heroin can get a person hooked after one usage.
It can create and worsen a number of health disorders.
Drug addiction is a disorder. It can lead to other illnesses, particularly mental ones. There are four major mental disorders. First are anxiety disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The second kind of mental disorders that arise from drug addiction are mood disorders like depression and bipolar disorder. Then there are personality disorders. Paranoia is a common personality disorder. The last category and arguably the most serious disorder group are psychotic disorders. Schizophrenia is a terrible psychotic disorder, which can be caused by drug abuse.
NTL Group’s BrainRecoveryTM focusses on underlying cognitive brain functions allowing the individual to return to a normal productive life without encountering the same detrimental relapse cycles. It works to re-balance the brain and break relapse cycles. And overseeing this program and other NTL Group’s NeuroEngineered Services is Dr. Curtis Cripe, director of Research & Development. For more on drug addiction and recovery, follow this Twitter account.
