Addiction to drugs, alcohol, or even dangerous eating habits can be very frustrating to deal with. Whether you want help yourself or a family member, it can be difficult knowing where to start. If you’re trying to understand an addiction, a great way to start is by looking at the impact that environment has on an individual’s addictions. No man is an island, our behavior is influenced by where we are just as much as it is by who we are. A person’s environment plays an important role forming addictions and in the likelihood of relapse.
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Forming Addictions
In many cases, a person’s environment plays an important role in the formation of their habits and addiction. If a person has siblings or friends that encourage the addiction, they are more likely to become addicted. Spending time in a bad neighborhood, surrounded by people pushing or indulging in addictive substances, can spell disaster for individuals who otherwise would have been unlikely to form addictions. One of the reasons addiction spreads from generation to generation is that many don’t have the means to escape their poor environments.
Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation centers serve as a clean environment where people suffering from addictions can recover. It is a place where somebody who has built up a drug dependence can be weaned off the drug in a safe setting. It’s also a place where individuals are surrounded with support. They don’t have to worry about working and other daily chores, so they can focus on getting better physically and mentally.
Relapse
Environment plays a huge role in the likelihood of an individual to relapse. Many individuals show great progress throughout an inpatient rehab center stay, only to relapse a short time after it ends. This is because people go back into the same toxic environments that led to their addiction in the first place. Whether you want to prevent a child from getting mixed up with drugs or you want to make sure you or a loved one don’t relapse after a stay at rehabilitation centre, make whatever positive changes to your environment that you can.
drug addiction is irresistible, a good rehab is needed to help a person overcome it
ReplyDeleteThis is so helpful - indeed going back to nature is something going to be helpful for the long term.
ReplyDeleteThat is always my fear for my kids when they griow up.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure that addiction is a very hard thing to overcome if you don't have help from professionals, there are things we didn't noticed that we are getting addicted to use until one person would tell us about it. good thing there are rehab places that are willing to help and give those sickness a second chance to live life without being buried with their addictions
ReplyDeleteThe environment we live influences the lifestyle we lead.
ReplyDeleteThis is so true. How can you expect someone to change if you put him again in the same situation you found him in. A change of environment would do the trick and it will help clear mind and brings new perspectives as well.
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