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How to Get Over a Drug Addiction. Face yourself and your addiction. There's hope, but it rests
on how serious you are about being healthy. You will need Emergency care Detox drugs Doctor
Other addicts Outpatient therapy and counseling. Once you've admitted you have a problem, seek
immediate and ongoing professional medical attention. Step 1. Enter a clinic or emergency
detox facility to receive immediate and consistent inpatient care to stop your drug abuse and
avoid committing slow suicide. Step 2. Undergo detox under a doctor's supervision to withdraw
safely. Through stepped-down doses of other substances with less severe side effects,
you can get clean without relapsing. Step 3. Ask for help from friends or family members
who have suffered addictions. Use their experiences and advice rather than trusting your own judgment,
which is liable to be skewed and unreliable. Don't buy into the myth that this has to be
done alone or that you are weak if you need help. This is the kind of thinking that enables
drug abuse in the first place. Step 4. Attend outpatient therapy sessions to prevent relapse.
Build a new and healthier network of friends and recovering people who can relate to you
and who will support you. Step 5. Start individual or family counseling with a drug rehabilitation
specialist to get help developing coping skills and alternative behaviors. Work on communicating
better with loved ones. Accept that some family members or friends may have their own problems
or addictions and are not ready or able to help. Step 6. Conquer your problem first.
Make recovery a priority. An unhealthy and self-destructive person cannot love anyone
else before they learn to love themselves. Step 7. Request information from a doctor
regarding a 12 step support group meeting in your area. Join the group, and attend sessions
every day to face and conquer your chronic disorder. Did you know Illicit drug use in
the United States among people in their 50s increased almost 75% from 2002 to 2008.