New Study Shows Considerable Spike in Prescription Drug Abuse
Updated: 2010-06-29 22:36:14
“The abuse of prescription drugs is our nation’s fastest-growing drug problem,” Gil Kerlikowske, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, said recently. Sometimes it feels like we are constantly talking about the dangers of prescription drug abuse, but according to the latest statistics, people either aren’t getting the message, or they don’t care. [...]

Addiction has a lot of ups and downs - plenty of drama to go around for all. As miserable as this can be for everyone involved, it does provide for a lot of excitement and intrigue. So now that you have been to drug treatment and have been sober for a while, you have noticed your mood dipping somewhat. Things just seem to drag on, you wonder what the point is half the time. You are wondering if you've traded one form of misery for another.
You know all you need to know about staying sober, and really - those people at meetings annoy you. You don't really need to keep going to those anymore since you've got it handled. And why should you stop seeing your old friends? They know you can handle it when they drink in front of you. Your drinking wasn't that much of a problem in the first place. You could probably even drink one or two and it wouldn't make any difference. You know who that is in your mind speaking to you? Arrogance, and he doesn't care a bit about your sobriety.