Showing posts with label alcohol abuse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label alcohol abuse. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Wrong Message

The media plays a big part in endorsing materials such as beer and icons are also one of the prime reasons for the spread of it towards the teens. The yuppies and teens see such acts of partying obviously with drinking and drugs on television shows or movies and see it as something cool to do. And that’s what they try to follow for it brings them great joy for being able to do what their favorite icons do. It turns out that it causes some of the teens to do things exaggeratedly which results in alcohol abuse and drug addiction.

Though peer often is the reason for these wrongful acts, the message they get from TV and theaters is as strong as it. That’s where they would get the ideas and they would try to finds ways to do it in whatever means and more often than not they would succeed. Because of the delicateness of the bodies of these teens and other yuppies, they can’t get the hang of the effects of alcohol and drugs which may lead to various complications and accidents. When the toxicity of the substance takes effect on the central nervous system of the body then our body’s normal function will deteriorate for example the vision, speech, gait, judgment and reflex and to the extent that it will paralyze the body. In this case we should consider going through some drug and alcohol intervention to guide and help us in diminishing and hopefully vanishing this kind of vice.

Going through an intervention on ones own will is the best choice to make for someone with substance problem. It may be in a rehabilitation center, clinic and hospital or just at home as long as you full admit yourself to the program then things would go smoothly. Any crisis can be worked out and be solved with pure dedication on helping oneself get well again.

Making it a point to understand the message we get from the media and making the young ones understand it also is a must. We should not let their minds get polluted to avoid any further problems.

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Supreme Intervention

As the number of people getting involved in drug and alcohol addiction arise, so does the people who try to give them intervention. As long as there are people who make and distribute these harmful elements in this world, trying stop the spread is highly impossible but we can try our best to minimize it. Drug addiction is very rampant in all continents of the world which could cause a global alarm because it’s one of the reasons why there is an increase in crime rate in our society.

But there are still people who don’t give up in the battle of stopping the spread of drugs. People who devote themselves in taking care of the drug addicts by teaching them and guiding them in their ways. People from different professions can be a volunteer and serve as councilors to those who ask for their help, and they would gladly give it with little or no return. Intervention programs are set as guidelines to be followed by the patients and aid as well to ensure a positive outcome in the underlying agenda.

These individuals that are eager to help are showing the world that there is always hope even in the worst case scenario. Their work should be recognized and be supported by other people. We should make them as our role models in our community at least for them to help our community get better and safer, dedicating their time to give crisis interventions to individuals and family who badly needs it.