How does drug use become a drug addiction? We all use drugs in our daily lives. Drugs are useful handy substances that help us keep going during cold and flu season, balance blood, brain chemical ...the beneficial uses goes on.

Drug use becomes drug abuse when you use drugs other then they are prescribed or intended. You can abuse drugs without being addicted to drugs.

When you are addicted to drugs your physical and mental body is relying on those drugs to function "normally". Without the drug your body experiences cravings and withdrawal symptoms.

Drug addiction can be a need for a sensation associated with the drug use, a need that begins to consume a person’s mind, inhibits the ability to rationalize clearly, and becomes the very reason for which that person lives and thrives. 

Drug addiction can effect anyone at any age or station in life, it is not reserved for the established criminal, or wandering souls. 

Drug addiction and alcoholism can begin with only a few “tries” and doesn't’t necessarily mean that someone who “uses a lot” is a drug addict . Drug addiction can affect anyone who gets caught up with the wrong substance too many times. 

How to Recover From Drug Addiction

Drug addiction can be something that appears at first to be very hard to recover from. You might think that you are going to be fighting a losing battle, but in reality, there are many different treatment options for you when it comes to dealing with a drug addiction.

How to Get Information on Drug Addiction

When you or someone you know is dealing with a drug addiction, your first thought might be that you would like some information about drug addictions and about the negative effect that drug addictions have on families, friendship groups, and society as whole.

How to Get Help for Drug Addiction

Never give up on someone who has a drug addiction, no matter how terrible their addiction might seem, or how far gone they might appear to be - there is always help -if you know where to look.

A Societal Misconception About Drug Addiction

Too often, it is believed that “all a drug addict or substance abuser needs is a little encouragement, some willingness to change, a few behavioral changes … and addiction problem solved.”