AHS Views

For seven years I was addicted to drugs and today I can honestly say I no longer struggle with addiction. But when I speak with clients and family members about the subject, they often find it hard to believe that anyone can really overcome drug addiction. I assure them that there is such a thing as a successful drug rehab program, but there’s a lot of information out there saying drug addiction is a chronic, incurable disease.
 
It’s unfortunate that a number of studies have been done to try to reaffirm this information. The most recent was done by the University of Melbourne. The researchers explain that after someone has been on drugs for two years, parts of their brain are dysfunctional. And, consequently, getting off drugs is difficult and relapse may be uncontrollable.

I know several hundred former addicts, including myself, that will tell you that stopping drugs is a matter of choice and that with successful drug rehab you can get and stay off drugs permanently. If I believed that I suffered from a disease that I could never recover from, I never would have gotten off drugs in the first place.

The more this information is forwarded, the more addicts are negatively affected and reluctant to go to drug rehab. Why go through that when you ‘know’ it’s impossible? Believe me, it’s not. I am living testimony, and I’m not alone.