Addiction To Alcohol And Drugs – How To Prevent It
If God the creator had wanted humans to smoke He would have added a chimney as part of human features, and gills to stem excessive drinking habits. Smoking and alcohol is out-rightly bad and should be avoided if one possesses one tiny good sense. Addiction to alcohol and drugs is a consequent of taking in too much drugs and alcohols. The body is made-up of many cells working together to produce a structural frame work for different human functioning. A group of cells produce tissues, groups of tissues produces systems, and systems organs. Examples of tissues are: tendons, cartilages, blood, skeleton etc, for system there is: digestive systems, circulatory systems etc, and for organs: skin, ears, eyes, mouth, nose, reproductive organs, kidneys, liver, lungs etc. These structures work in harmony to enable the body to function properly. Unfortunately, these human structures are fallible especially if they are not cared for. What can impede the smooth running of the human structures, and the consequences? Addiction to alcohol and drugs is one of the human evil inventions that corrode these structures making them so sick that they are unable to carry out their respective functions. What constitutes alcohols and drugs? These and more will be discussed in this article, read on.
Alcohols and drugs
Alcohols are chemical elements that are added to drinks like beer, wine etc and drunk for leisure, while drugs are medicinal substances prescribed by health practitioners to fight ailments like: cancer, diabetes, asthma, malaria, fever, etc. When drugs are diagnosed by certified professionals and taken according to prescriptions, does not constitutes an addiction, but if it is taken without certified professional (Doctors) prescriptions, and thus taken without paying any mind to the right dosages, it constitutes an addiction. Alcohol and drugs addiction goes hand in hand they both affect the human structures rendering it very sick and useless.
Why alcohol and drugs causes addictions?
The evil about alcohol is that it appears harmless initially but when left uncontrolled leads to very harmful consequences. Due to the deceptive appearance of alcohol people are overcome and with an amount of ignorance and social influence they become alcoholics and drug addicts. In today’s society, alcoholism is given lip service, even encouraged by all, everybody take part in the share of alcoholism craze, the media shamelessly flaunts company’s promotions of alcohol products and deceiving people by ending each advertisement with “drink responsively” advise. The question is considering the workings of alcohol and drug is it possible to drink or use drugs responsively? With the increasing numbers of alcoholics and drug addicts, it is clear that the declaration is a euphemistic way of saying: drink and get drunk. The fact is no one who engages in the act of drinking can effectively drink and become responsible. Although, there are number of people who have over a period of time successfully maintained a sober countenance where drinking alcohol is concerned, but when push comes to shove this same people are seen borrowing strength from alcohol and drugs. While the other set of people simply do not care about their out-look, and having very weak grip over their decorum give in to the spirit of alcoholism and thus are swayed and tossed to and fro by the spirit of alcoholism and drug addiction. Examples of drugs are: opium, cocaine, heroine, and other very strong narcotics. What are the effects of addictions to alcohol and drugs?
The effect of alcohol and drugs
Alcohols and drugs contain stimulant that gives false: joy, strength, alertness etc, some drugs have been known to contain the opposite, that is, instead of stimulating, they depress example: anesthetics. If this goes on for too long the body structures takes to these elements making it addicted to it. When this happens, foreign bodies are introduced into the body, the structures become sick leading to breakout of cancer: cancer of the lungs; brain, others are: depression, negative character display, withdrawals, and eventually death if not stopped, how to do this read on.
Prevention Of Alcohol And Drug Addictions
Education
If people know for sure the risk behind addiction to alcohol and drugs maybe they will be reluctant about getting involved in the first place. The society is not doing well in this regards, organizational institutions should come out to offer information about the dangers of alcohol and drugs, and companies producing these drinks and drugs should either be stopped or the destructive element in alcohols and drugs removed.
Self restraint
You also have a part to play in overcoming addiction to alcohol and drugs and one of such is to apply wisdom – never get involve in the first place.
Peer pressure or company of friends
Choose your friends with care, if you want to overcome the addiction of alcohol and drugs, and that goes to avoiding it too.
Addiction to alcohol and drugs can be prevented if one wants to. However, the condition in the society makes preventing and overcoming alcohol and drugs a difficult task, but with wisdom and self will you can achieve it.
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