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The Downward Spiral
No one wants to be a drug addict or alcoholic but this doesn't stop people from getting addicted. The most commonly asked question is simply, how? How could my son, my daughter, my father, my sister, or brother become a liar, a thief, someone who cannot be trusted? How could this happen? And why won't they stop?!
The first thing you must understand about addiction is that alcohol and addictive drugs are basically painkillers. They chemically kill physical or emotional pain and alter the mind's perception of reality. They make people numb or "better". For drugs to be attractive to a person there must first be some underlying unhappiness, sense of hopelessness or physical pain.
A sense of hopelessness or Physical pain.
