How do people become drug addicts?

One of the characteristics of nowadays and a significant cause of drug addiction and alcoholism - the widest expansion of various substances that can give a person a temporary pleasure. Some drugs can cause physical dependence (for example, opium, heroin, etc.), in which the body can not live without the drug, some psychological, but anyway, the termination of the use of these substances can cause withdrawal syndrome that is, the special psychological and physical condition of the body, sometimes leading to death. Use of certain drugs may lead to the development of tolerance, when the body becomes resistant to their effects, which require ever-increasing doses.

Reasons why people begin using drugs are different, but most often it is the desire to escape the doldrums, to leave the cruel and indifferent world, in its own artificially created paradise. It is not accidental that in most cases these are young people who see no other way out of their problems. One reason for initiation to alcohol and drugs is "bad family”, where education is provided either by only one parent, or where there are this atmosphere, down in the house: lack of emotional closeness and trust between family members. Mostly juveniles are beginning to use drugs from families in which children and teenagers are left for themselves.

Adults are so busy clarifying the relationship that they don’t have enough time for the child. However, this is not the only reason. There are drug-addicted families where one or both parents suffer from alcoholism or drug addiction. The probability of initiation to bad cravings for children from such families is increased by twice. Children of drug addicts is not only very early attached to the narcotic effect, but also begin their lives with drugs of the most severe forms of drug addiction - the use of household chemicals. But no less dangerous for initiation to alcohol and drugs other minor conditions in the family. Where child is watched over and supervised, monitored his every move, not giving the slightest opportunity to show independence. These children make even those actions which they understand "wrong", "no good", simply because they can not refuse.

Now, let’s speak about “normal” families, where parents just drink sometimes. In this case, child associate alcoholic drinks on the table with the atmosphere of celebration, fun in the house. Connection with that drinks seems attractive, as it helps to become more like a father and his friends - strong, brave, adult. This is the first their acquaintance with alcohol. Of course, not necessarily that it will inevitably lead to the formation of drug dependence. The problem of drug abuse in recent years is not just youth, but also teenage problem. Today, every second student aged 13 to 15 years at least once was proposed to taste drugs.

Approximately one third of them took advantage of this proposal. One of the factors for the early initiation to drug addiction - age psychological features of children and adolescents. The most disadvantaged in this respect are children and adolescents with unstable type of character, as well as striving to be the center of attention of others. For the sake of popularity they are ready to make even those actions that their soul does not approve. An introduction to drugs for them often has no independent significance, and is used in just for "their own glory." And teens can highly exaggerate their drug experience, portraying the experienced addict in order to attract attention.