5 Way to Avoid Drug Addictions
This post was written by Stefani via UN Volunteers
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Women
are often known to stress in their regular daily misunderstandings
and unpleasant situations. After all it is in our nature to differ from men,
coming from genetic predispositions to different way of thinking.
As a consequence, others imagine that because of this we are a weak gender, who are subjected to various
addictions coming from alcohol, drugs, pills and many others.
The truth of the matter is, every human being, whether male or female, faces challenges everyday and we may all sometimes give in to the temptation of taking a few drugs.
In this post I would like to give You some
advice and help You on how to avoid getting stuck in the huge aquarium of drugs.
1. Avoid Emotional Instability - The crucial thing is to avoid emotional
instability. A lack of self-confidence can lead to emotionally instability. A person who does not have enough confidence, even though their world be objectively perfect, they may not be able to realize the good in their environment and
circumstances under which they living. This can lead the person to be often elusive,
misunderstood, lost in translation and cut out from society because of they see the
world from a different angle.
If you are that kind of person, try
acknowledging the good things around you and make a point to appreciate everything that goes right and not only focusing on the wrong. Pay
attention to real values and give them a purpose. It sounds difficult, but it
is worth a try.
2. Take it Easy –
Life is the way it is, full of ups and downs, which means that you are always
going to face some disappointments one time or another. Often the things that can draw you to use drugs are some circumstances that are very hard to handle. It can be that
you lost someone close to you, that you lost your job, that you got divorced,
that you got a serious disease or you have gone through bankruptcy or are even depressed. There are
of course many other things that may bring us towards the edge where we see
drugs as our only solution.
As we cannot change the life as it is, we have to
take it easy and accept the things as they are. You also have to realize that
those bad things are not happening only to you, but thousands of others are
going through the same things as well, so hang in there because the bad won't last forever.
3. Avoid Bonding with a Drug User – We all know a famous quote: “You can tell who a man is by
his company.” What it actually means is that you are most likely to become
similar to the person with whom you are spending your time. It does not mean
that you are instantly going to be a drug user if you are friends with one, but
after a while you can start to accept this behavior as norm. In more serious cases you can also
fall in love with a drug user, which will bring you towards two different
options. One of them is to become one, because you love that person so you will
assimilate. The other option is to make a huge effort trying to bring him out
of this world which is very hard and stressful and also the success is not
guaranteed.
At the end better safe than sorry. So I would suggest you to take
care with whom you are spending your time.
4.
Be Careful –
My mother used to say to me at least thousands to times: “Be careful what you
drink, someone can easily put something in it.” I always though she was overprotective and that could never happen to me. However, it can happen, it
happens all the time. It happened once to a very close friend of mine. She was
careful, but clearly not enough. She was in a bad company and someone put
something in her drink which did not end well. She was in a rehab for a long
time, because of everything that happened that night, but she is now
fortunately good again. I have to say that she got out of it successfully, but
you should never even come to the same situation.
So I’m suggesting you to be careful, because that person can always be you.
5.
Don’t even Try it – Usually youngsters between 15 and 20 years of age encounter some social habits which are considered to be “trendy” of “cool.” It is not
uncommon for youngsters to try drugs for the first time just to be accepted as “cool” enough. That first try is usually not just first try, but it can become
your daily routine later and it is usually hard to get out of it.
My advice to
you is not to be curious at all regarding drugs, because trust me you are not
missing anything. Life is beautiful as it is, and you do not need a miracle
ingredient to make it better. Be yourself, because drugs can only make you
“cool” for a short period of time and miserable for possibly the rest of your life.
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This post was written by Stefani Marjanovic
About Author
Stefani Marjanovic, 24, lives in a small town in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She has studied International Law at the American University in Bosnia and this year is starting her Masters in Human Rights and Environmental Protection.
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IN HER OWN WORDS: " I lived outside my country few years, I also went on several exchange programs so I could say I’m very intercultural. I have seen many things, sometimes good, sometimes disappointing but it was after all a big lesson to learn. Thanks to a free summer and good will, I decided to be part of this amazing blog and to help and teach young women how to fight, how to grow, how to enrich themselves and become what they always dreamed of. I always wanted to help and was always eager about justice so I think I am exactly where I am supposed to be."
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