Posted by utopizen on December 1, 2002, at 0:33:13
In reply to Re: rx. for speed addiction?, posted by linkadge on November 30, 2002, at 16:04:29
Many states and health insurance providers will pay for the cost of rehabilitation services, which would typically include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (talk therapy).
Typically, long-term abuse of a drug is associated with a person's coping skills in areas beyond simply evading drug abuse. This is frequently coupled with living a difficult life.
While CBT can not make living problems go away, it can help you to learn how to cope with life's problems in a way that allows you to think of coping strategies not including drug abuse.
And as far as meth addiction goes, it's a bad drug, but you must remind yourself of who uses it and why. It's not the drug the media makes it out to be. It doesn't randomly knock on people's doors and insullfate itself up people's noses without their consent. People choose to take the drug, knowing it has a high addiction rate.
It is not a drug one enters into after filling out a pro/cons listing...
On a related note, I have tried Desoxyn in doses higher than prescribed, received euphoria, and did not repeat this later on. In fact, I still have 10 pills in my dresser, enough to get very, very high. But I choose not to take them, waiting to use them for finals as prescribed instead. I've never had depression, lead a promising future, and have a good family.
Obviously the fact that Desoxyn is impossible to snort or inject may have something to do with its lesser abuse potential, but it's still pure meth, and it hasn't sold my soul to the devil like CNN said it would.
So don't worry, you can overcome this drug, you don't need to feel like you can't until scientists invent the next methadone. It's not as bad as heroin, as bad as it is. It really isn't. There's so many people who did it in the 60's who haven't touched it in decades, including at least one on this board alone.
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