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Addiction treatment how to know you're ready

If the person is addicted to alcohol or illegal drugs and feel that the addiction taking over their life negatively, affecting their existence, preventing them from working to their fullest, being unproductive at home, or having empty interactions with family and friends, there is definitely a problem.

If that person steals, double crosses people like a snake, or even kills people out of desperation because they are mentally gone, just to get their fix, that shows a real problem exist.

And if that person’s body is gradually deteriorating, becoming physically weak, and their minds is slowly slipping away from reality till the point they fall in the bathroom and break bones requiring metal

stilts to be surgically implanted from being drunk, almost killing themselves, that is a surefire sign they need some real help.

So, how to determine whether a person is truly ready to stop drinking alcohol and abusing illegal drugs?

When they read this article and decide they want to change for the better.

Sat Down & Reflected On Life

If a person over obsess about overcoming their addiction, but cannot seem to bridge the mental gap or get over an invincible hump, no matter what they do, they want to change.

Maybe they tried to use sheer willpower and go at it alone on their own and that did not work. Maybe they tried to attend church and ask God for help; got saved, baptized, and went through the holy rituals just to end up in the same drug and alcohol induced stupor they were once in. Sometimes they find themselves in an aimless boat simply rocking away with the waves going nowhere. Do you know why that happens? They did not talk to God the right way because deep inside they do not want to change. They love the feelings of getting high above God.

Or, maybe they cried and cried again over the phone to a family member or close friend talking about how they want to change and they sound so serious, but then hangs up and abuses alcohol and/or drugs once again just to feel better. So you see, this is a never-ending cycle that constantly tricks the mind to staying addicted to alcohol and drugs forever, unless the person makes a conscious choice to change.

But it does not have to be this

way!

One behavior pattern that shows a person is ready to change is if they sat down in an isolated place and reflected on their life.

Admitted That A Drug Addiction & Alcohol Abuse Problem Exist

AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) meetings teach people who the first step to recovery is admitting to having a problem.

Just like fish swimming in the water they cannot see, the alcoholic cannot see their addiction neither because they are also living in it engulfing their bodies. They are completely engrossed in an altered state of reality deemed to be normal. It feels comfortable and content having a warped worldview in a happy place, and only when they sober up, because they have no money to buy drugs or alcohol, is when they start thinking deeply about their addiction problem. Sometimes they get so desperate they start doing nefarious things for money just to feel ‘normal’ again. And this hurts them more than anything. So, saying, “Hey, I have a problem” is first major step to showing they want to

change.

The Family Is Telling Them They Are Not The Same Person

If family members are telling them to lay off drug abuse and alcohol addiction because they have become an evil person, this is a clear sign change needs to happen immediately. People tend to say or do stuff they would not normally while high or drunk, and only after the high or drunkenness wears off is when they realize the irreversible damage that has already been done, such as going to prison because of a horrific DUI accident that have taken the life of another person, cursing out long time friends and trusted family members because they are not in their right state of mind, getting fired from a really good job that causes them to drink more out of depression, or, even worse, abusing kids, spouses, or even the pets and forgetting about it the next day.

It Doesn't Feel Good Anymore

It was sexy and cool to consume cocaine in the 80’s because movie like Scarface popularized the ‘sniff’, until people started dying in large numbers from drug overdoses.

The man behind the counter at the liquor store encourages the person to buy more liquor although the community has a comedy ‘roast’ of the person’s deteriorated physical looks.

After permanent brain damage sets in from long-term drug abuse and alcohol addiction, which creates psychosis, delusions, paranoia, and mental health issues that throws the body’s equilibrium out of balance where the person is blaming others for things they did not do, start seeing things that are not there, and hearing voices that do not exist, is when having these delusions does not feel good anymore.

Ready To Seek Professional Help

If the person seeks professional help at a detox center for recovery, they are ready to change. Suffering from withdrawal symptoms is extremely uncomfortable and sometimes physically painful, but the person has to go through hell to get to heaven. The drug rehab centers and alcohol rehab centers have trained staff on-site 24/7 who will help ease the pain. The staff is empathetic to uncomfortable feelings and might have been drug or alcohol addicts themselves; truly understanding what the person is going through. Moreover, the facility will replace the substances with vitamins and minerals so the body can properly heal and enter a natural detox stage. Furthermore, getting into a sauna and sweating out the impurities, talking to a group about problems, and doing fun activities like playing ping-pong or pool will mentally keep the mind stimulated away from thinking about drugs or alcohol. If that person is open to seeking help at a professional detox facility, then they are ready for a real change.