DRUG!!!!
Drugs are chemicals that change the way a person's body works. You've probably heard that drugs are bad for you, but what does that mean and why are they bad?
A drug is any chemical you take that affects the way your body works. Alcohol, caffeine, aspirin and nicotine are all drugs. A drug must be able to pass from your body into your brain. Once inside your brain, drugs can change the messages your brain cells are sending to each other, and to the rest of your body. They do this by interfering with your brain's own chemical signals: neurotransmitters that transfer signals across synapses.
If you've ever been sick and had to take medicine, you already know about one kind of drugs. Medicines are legal drugs, meaning doctors are allowed to prescribe them for patients, stores can sell them, and people are allowed to buy them. But it's not legal, or safe, for people to use these medicines any way they want or to buy them from people who are selling them illegally.
Many people hear stories about others who have been harmed by drug abuse, who have died from overdose, who are permanently injured or dead because of a drunk driver or other drug-related tragedy. Yet these same people feel like it couldn’t possibly happen to them, so they experiment about drug abuse and test their limits anyway. Drug abuse and overdose in America is at epidemic level. Prescription drug abuse specifically is classified as an epidemic by the federal government.But no matter the percentages, you have to ask yourself if you really want to be in the statistic of those sent to the emergency room or who perished from drug or alcohol abuse. Is that the club you want to join? Because as soon as you start down that road, you up your chances. Life is adventurous enough. Why experiment with the human misery about drug abuse?
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Recognizing the misconceptions and misinformation about drug abuse is a good start. Knowing the facts is the next logical step. Making the choice to skip the “hit that won’t hurt”, ignoring peer pressure, refusing to get in the car with a drunk driver, taking his keys away, and other sensible actions are the results of education and wisdom.
5 common effects of Drug Abuse
1•It Hurts You Physically
First and foremost, drug abuse is very literally harmful to your body. Depending on the drug of choice, abuse can lead to lung and cardiovascular disease, stroke, various kinds of cancer, HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis B and C, to name a few.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
Unfortunately, these aren’t only consequences that come from long-term use. For example, using just once can result in a fatal overdose, brain damage, and/or infect someone with diseases that will stay with them for the rest of their life.
The whole notion of pain, and how every individual experiences pain, is up for debate. We don't know how another person experiences pain - physical pain or psychic pain. Some of these clinics where assisted suicide or euthanasia is practiced, they call it 'weariness of life.'..The effects of unresolved trauma can be devastating. It can affect our habits and outlook on life, leading to addictions and poor decision-making. It can take a toll on our family life and interpersonal relationships. It can trigger real physical pain, symptoms, and disease. And it can lead to a range of self-destructive behaviors.
2•It Hurts Your Job
No matter the type of drug you take, abusing that drug can have serious consequences when it comes to landing and maintaining a job. In the short term, impaired judgment and lack of sleep from drug use can make you perform poorly the duties you’d otherwise excel at. In the long run, desperation from addiction can lead to stealing, lying, excessive absences, and other undependable behaviors that an employer will find unacceptable.
Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching.
Many times, the decisions we make affect and hurt your closest friends and family the most. I have a lot of regrets in that regard. But God has forgiven me, which I am very thankful for. It has enabled me to forgive myself and move forward one day at a time.
3•It Hurts Your Mental Health
In addition to impacting your physical health, drug abuse can also take a serious toll on your mental health. Depression, anxiety, paranoia, hallucinations, delusions, and insomnia can all stem from drug abuse; or, if the person already had mental health problems before using the drug, those problems are often exacerbated by its use. In some cases, these issues can’t be reversed once a person discontinues use of the drug.
Your mental health is a priority. Your happiness is an essential. Your self-care is a necessity.”
Sometimes, mental illness is terrifying because you feel like you've lost control of your mind and nothing makes sense. It's like watching yourself on autopilot and having little to no control.Emotional pain is not something that should be hidden away and never spoken about. There is truth in your pain, there is growth in your pain, but only if it’s first brought out into the open.
4•It Hurts Your Finances
Simply put, drugs cost money. The more you abuse a drug, the more of it you need to get the same effect, and therefore, the more money you need to spend to support the habit. Combined with the aforementioned detriment drug abuse can have when it comes to maintaining a job, persisting with this habit can have serious negative impacts on your financial future.In addition to the deceit that commonly accompanies drug abuse, detrimental personality changes can arise, too. Having a short temper, lack of patience, decreased interest in others, and self-serving habits are all prevalent behaviors stemming from drug abuse that can negatively impact your friendships.
It's good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven't lost the things that money can't buy
It’s not how much money you make, but how much money you keep, how hard it works for you, and how many generations you keep it for.
5•It Hurts Your Freedom
Difficulty with finances, keeping a job, and mental health problems are all issues that can ultimately land a person in jail. Whether it’s by pursuing unlawful means of financial gain, committing crimes due to paranoid delusions, stealing from others to support a habit, or any other of the myriad ways drug abuse can contribute to criminal activity, each of those paths leads to the same place—jail.
To enjoy freedom we have to control ourselves.
For to be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.Freedom is the will to be responsible to ourselves.
