Heroin addiction is a personal struggle that many describe as the
biggest monster they ever have had to deal with. Heroin is like most
drugs in that it starts off just being something that the user does
from time to time. They start off by just doing it in private or the
company of peers and don't realizing that they are about to change
their life for the worse. Once a Heroin addiction has taken hold there
are very harsh consequences to the body and mind. Heroin is an opiate
drug that first reared its ugly head in 1874. It is a crystallized
white powder that steams from morphine and has an extreme addiction
rate. This addiction becomes so overpowering that people who become
dependent on heroin are willing to do whatever it takes to obtain it.
The strong addiction to heroin does not only hurt the addict but also
their family and friends. Someone who is addicted to heroin is not in
their right mind when consuming this life threatening drug, and their
actions can easily break up families.
The number of reported heroin overdoses each year is very high -
being a factor in 164,000 emergency room visits across the US in 2006 -
because of the drug's high toxicity. Even though this drug has such
obvious debilitating effects, like other opiates, once addicted it is
hard for an individual to stop using it. One of the reasons for this is
because the effects of withdrawal are so intense that many would rather
stay using this dangerous drug then to feel the withdraw pains that
come with trying to detox from it. The discomfort and anxiety of
withdrawal can set in as little as 6 hours after discontinuation of the
drug, contributing to the vicious cycle of dependency.
The rest of us can only wonder how family and loved ones feel when
they see someone they love losing a battle to a drug that is taking
over their life. Heroin is so harmful that it can effect many different
parts of a person's body. The heart, lungs and brain can very much be
damaged permanently and given that these are such vital organs, if
there is too much heroin in a person's system it can easily prove
fatal. A narcotic like heroin does not just take over the body but it
also does terrible psychological damage and that is where people choose
their addiction over there family, friends, job and life in general.
Ironically heroin is a pain medicine derived from morphine but the
problem is that it ultimately brings the user more pain than it
relieves. No one wants to see someone that they love throw away their
life over a drug. It's even worse knowing that this drug can
potentially kill them on any given day without warning. The sad thing
is that without proper help, heroin addicts have a very slim chance of
ever kicking their addiction. If family or friends cannot get a heroin
addict into some form of rehabilitation center then an addict may not
ever shake their problem. That is why loving someone with a heroin
addiction can be painful because you usually cannot help them if they
are not willing to help themselves.
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