The Road Out Blog

Putting off an intervention and detox rehab on a drug addicted friend or family member is the biggest unkindness of all. To let the addict continue to worsen and become more addicted does more damage than could possibly result from a failed intervention. 

Allowing drug abuse to continue as before, with the drug abuser digging a deeper and deeper hole to hide in; watching this process without arranging an intervention or taking ANY action, only gives more power to the drug and more permanent damage to the addict.

All drugs of abuse, but especially the more addictive drugs set up in the mind of the addict an entirely new set of priorities, desires and very selective attention spans. While a normal person is alert to responsibilities and required activities, even as basic and eating and sleeping, the addict is following another set of commands

The drug addict is running on automatic, in a very real way. What you say and what they hear is not the same. Normal communications are filtered through the altered perceptions of the drug haze and come out differently, sometimes completely different.