PRESCRIPTION DRUG ADDICTION CAUSES

Is prescription drug addiction caused by bad parenting?

How about character flaws?

Does prescription drug addiction mainly befall the lower classes and the more poorly educated in society?

Read these 2 scenarios about prescription drug addiction pulled from the actual case files of a prescription drug addiction counselor. You decide.

Scenario One:

June could be considered a spoiled brat growing up, where if she whined long enough, (which was her second best talent), anything she wanted she would get.

However, her best talent also visibly shone through—from a very early age she was an impressive pianist, which came easily to her.

It seemed she would have a great future ahead of her as a performing artist, having already won many awards and competitions, even scholarships, at the tender age of 13.

Her delighted and proud parents pandered to her at every turn, contrasting to the somewhat more stoic treatment her two older brothers received.

Boys are supposed to suck it up, as everybody knows. Being older, her brothers were also expected to do more, be more independent, require less.

When puberty brought her monthly periods along, she used her usual tactic of whining about her discomfort, not letting up until her parents finally agreed to send her to a GP who prescribed pain pills. The instant relief June felt was exactly what she desired, and more.

She began using these pills more and more frequently, not because of any actual major physical ailment, but because she really liked the feeling they gave her.

Over the next year she became quietly withdrawn. What her parents didn't realize was that her use of the pills had spiraled out of control. Her grades bottomed out, her photographic memory was shot full of holes, where she could no longer flawlessly and easily play from memory. In fact, she was not even interested anymore in performing. She took up a whole new interest in writing poetry—about death.

She committed suicide at the age of 15.

What a tragedy.

Scenario Two:

John always excelled at school, sports, willingly took after school jobs, worked hard to get into university, and graduated in the top 10% of his class.

He landed a dream job shortly afterward, as a sports arena developer making above average income and loving his work. He married a wonderful girl and within 6 years were blessed with three lovely children. A dream life, and he worked hard for it.

Things took a turn however, when he injured an elbow playing weekend soccer. A prescription of pain pills left John with a new problem after his elbow healed—he did not want to stop taking the pills. In fact within 6 months he found it difficult to sleep without them, to get going in the morning without them, to get through the day without them.

He could go about 4 hours before whole body pain and black depression would come back in on him. Eventually he was buying pills off the internet, off the street, and working hard at keeping his over-use a secret. What wasn't so secret was his poor performance on the job, which got him fired; his neglect and lack of interest in home life, which cost him his marriage, and his disregard for keeping his bills paid, which cost him his beautiful home.

After losing everything that had at any time meant anything to him, all John had left was an addiction to prescription pills.

That was the new driving force in his life.

What a tragedy.

What leads to prescription drug addiction?

There is a common thread between these two quite different scenarios relating to prescription drug addiction. And it's not character flaw, and it's not bad upbringing, or any other such thing.

The common thread is that addiction to prescription drugs can ruin anyone's life, indiscriminately. Prescription drug addiction is not prevented by good upbringing, or building good character. Prescription drug addiction can however be prevented by finding alternative treatments which are not addictive.

You can find out more about prescription drug addiction, its treatment, and alternative ways to address health and mental health issues at www.alternativetomedscenter.com

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