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Really bad panic attacks and drug addiction?
A little over a year ago I got super bad attacks and was prescribed benzos Xanax, Klonopin, Valium, Restoril, etc. In a short time I started abusing them. Majorly. Enough to be in NA now. But today I was in the car and started to get a major panic attack to where I could barely drive. So I took two Valium and smoked some pot. But now I am afraid for tomorrow that I will have to go to a far away ER just to get some more because I have been blacklisted nearby. And I don't have a psychiatrist that would ever in his right mind Prescribe them to me... But the anxiety is so bad I don't know what else I could do and still be able to leave my house.. What should I do?

Do severe threats help with drug addiction?
my boyfriend keeps threatening me with horrible things to make me stop doing drugs. I really want to but i keep relapsing..ive been addicted to all range of opiates from codeine to morphine, well everything besides heroin and my love of amphetamines. I really do try and stop. He says its just will power and nothing else. He's threatened to kill himself if i do anymore drugs or to hurt himself severely. He's already hurt himself a few times quite severely. This doesn't seem to help me though, even though for some reason he thinks it does help. It truly makes me want to get more drugs and make me do more of them. Or is he right about this? Is this really the way to make me stop taking drugs?

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Does eating candy help get over a drug addiction?
I saw it in a movie once where this girl in rehab ate candy when she had a drug craving. Does it actually help, or did the director make it up? The reason I'm asking is because my friend has decided not to do drugs anymore and I want to help him as much as possible.... Please let me know.

Cigarettes and drug addiction, please help!!?
I'm 17 years old, I have been smoking cigarettes since I was 16. My dad has smoked my whole life and my mom quit when I was about 9 and is now a marathon runner. I had a really bad drug addiction problem last year and convince my parents that cigarettes helped me take the edge off when I was craving drugs. So they started buying them for me but limited my intake to about 3 5 cigarettes a day. The cigarettes did keep me away from drugs for a while bit then I fell back into it. I was court ordered to go to an inpatient rehab for 30 days. On my way to rehab my dad smoked a whole pack with me. When I got out of rehab I was willing to stop using all drugs but I still wanted cigarettes. My dad was reluctant and said that he didn't want to " enable" me any further but that I could have maybe 1 2 a day if I got really stressed. Unfortunately I had a lapse on alcohol 3 days out of rehab. I don't understand why I drank because I really didn't want to, but I found the keys to the alcohol cabinet and the opportunity just presented itself. I felt the worst guilt of my life for a week after that. My dad decided after my lapse that I am no longer allowed to smoke. I'm just really frustrated. He says that there is no clinical reason for me to still want a cigarette since I quit at rehab but I was forced to And they allowed it for a year but now all of the sudden it's not ok? I have left all of my other addictions and cigarettes are the only thing I have now.. He says it's all in my head. He gave me an electronic cigarette which contains waaaay more nicotine but he says it won't kill me like real cigarettes will.. I'm just frustrated, and I feel like my parents won't hear me out and understand my frustration. I sent my dad an email with nicotine free cigarettes that I would like him to buy me since I had to quit my job because I feel like maybe it's just the habit of smoking I'm holding onto and not so much the nicotine. He hasn't even glanced at it and I sent it weeks ago.

What is the alcohol or drug addiction process?
What are the specific steps someone should take if they know of a person who is a drug addict or alcoholic. explain some of the treatment programs available to addicts.how does an alcoholic or drug addict affect family members?

Can someone overcome there drug addiction at home without going to rehab?
My daughter has been taking drugs for a while now and I really want her to get help. But she refuses to go to rehab and I can't force her because she's 19. But she has agreed to stop taking them. But can you come off drugs successfully at home ? What do I expect while helping her through this ? How can we do this ?

IS having a drink addiction the same thing as having a drug addiction?
I'm just curious because this guy that killed himself in his room had a drinking problem and was suffering alcholoism. His wife didn't care about him, neither did the people at work. His wife cheated on him. So, I found the book he was reading and inside the book it had the 12 principles of AA, its so depressing.So. I'm curious is AA the same thing as drug rehab? Explain.

Questions about drug addiction?
Anyone that has any questions about drug addiction feel free to ask and I will answer your question to the best of my ability but please leave your email address so that I can respond to you. Thank you.Well I have to be able to get a hold of the person asking the question.I am not trying to do that, I am just trying to help people get some answers, and if you do not have a question please, do not post here.

What can be done to help someone with a drug addiction?
These days almost everyone has a friend or relative with an addiction problem, what would you do to help them?serenityranch.ca

Why is having a habit of lying sometimes worst than a drug addiction?
Some of you all can't help it...I know I told my share of them...but some of the ones I've heard don't make no sense at all.

For those in recovery from alcoholism or drug addiction how many AA or NA meetings do you attend a week?
Also do you like them. I am new to sobriety almost 4 months in. I enjoy going to meetings I attend daily. I am just asking others.

Struggling with drug addiction and in desperate need of help! Please help!!?
I have been struggling with a drug addiction for over a year now. It all started with marijuana which led to ecstasy which led to pain meds which led to cocaine. Before drugs, I was always the " good" girl. I was heavily involved in choir, drill team, and HOSA. But all of that changed. I was hurt by so many of the people that I let my happiness depend on. I had a lot of bad influences in my life and ended up hanging out with the wrong crowd of people. I went to truancy court for skipping 18 days of school over the course of the 1st semester.. out of 179 days I was present 161. My judge court ordered me to go to an inpatient rehab for 30 days. The rehab really helped me a lot and dramatically changed the way I think. I realized that none of the people I hung out with were true friends. They were all " using" friends.. No one has even called to check on me or anything. Anyways, my judge also put me on the type of house arrest where I can't go anywhere without a parent. I truly believed coming out of rehab that I would never use again. 3 days out my dad accisentally left the keys to the alcohol cabinet out and I drank. I HATE drinking. I'm not sure why I did it, I guess the opportunity just presented itself. Needless to say I told my dad about it immediately because I drank more than I intended and I was crying the whole time until I blacked out. I felt the worst guilt of my life for a week after that. I'm a 17 year old girl who's grown up without ANY necessities, my family loves me SO much. And while in rehab I realized that it wasn't worth it to me to use drugs if it meant losing everything including my family. I haven't had any cravings since I drank and I've been sober for about a month now. The arising problem is that my parents put me in a sober recovery school to be away from all of the bad influences in my life, but there are still people who use there and cheat their bi monthly drug tests that we all have. It's a huge temptation.. I realize that drugs will be everywhere I go and I have to learn to say no.. It's just so hard. I wish this hadn't happened to me. I lost all of my real friends so long ago and I have so little trust from my family. At times I feel as if I've overcome this disease but other times I feel very week. The only thing I still really crave are cigarettes which I was allowed to smoke befor I went to rehab but I'm not anymore. I just want to be ok. I don't want to live like this anymore. Sure, things are slowly getting better, but too slowly. I'm still young, and I want to turn my life around. But it's not easy. People think it's so easy, as simple as just " not using" but it's hard to understand unless you suffer from this disease. I would really like some advice or maybe even someone to talk to when I'm going through a rough patch. If you read through my whole question thank you, it means a lot

Health Ledger drug addiction?
I have an essay due on health ledgers drug addiction and i can't find enough info.. help?Typo.. Heath

Please Help.....? Drug addiction...?
Please help me. I have someone very very very close to me who has a drug addiction. It's crack cocain. He's smoking it. He does it multiple times a night... And i don't know what to do. He has a house and a wife and kids so if he goes to rehab to get help, he won't have the income to keep his kids in their home and they would have nowhere to go, we've already went over this option. I've tried talking to him and he does want to quit, he honestly does but he says that it's the hardest thing to understand...that he can say thats hes going to stay clean but by the time night time rolls around, he wants it again. It's a never ending cycle. And i know that i said he has kids, but don't think this is actually putting the kids in danger, he only does it at night after the kids are in bed and asleep, and then he gets up every morning and works 10 hr days 6 days a week at his job. The kids are doing fantastic in school and they know nothing about what is going on. The house is always like crazy clean because his wife is like OCD about it. So the kids are just fine... So the question still remains, what can i do for this person? It hurts me so bad to see him doing this. I'm to the point where i just want him out of my life and to never talk to him again. And i have talked to him about it, almost daily and it is hurting him just as badly as it is hurting me if not worse. No, it is not my husband, or anything like that. Just a close friend. So please only serious answers here, it hurts to even talk about it, i don't want hurtful answers here too. This is a serious question. Please help me help him