It is hard to disagree that providers try to do their best to avoid being judgmental when helping their patients. While it is rather easy with some clients, it can be challenging to forget about personal assumptions and attitudes when working with people with different addictions. Unfortunately, providers can sometimes use stigmatizing or biased language, which can hurt their patients. In this paper, I will talk about my beliefs about persons with addictions.
To begin with, I think that there are numerous severe reasons why people become addicted or use substances. First of all, mental illnesses and conditions like anxiety, depression, ADHD, and bipolar disorder may force patients to become addicted to alcohol, drugs, or smoking. Additionally, some traumatic events may be so unbearable for a person that they need to feel better, and substances seem a great option. Genetics and negative examples shown by close relatives also increase the risk. Finally, it is known that famous people and celebrities like musicians and actors use drugs and alcohol to have more energy and get distracted from their everyday activities and the attention they receive. Therefore, in my opinion, the main reason people get addicted is related to the desire to forget about the problems of this reality and feel differently. Since these substances act on the production of certain hormones, the body gets used to it and requires an increase in the dose of alcohol or drugs.
In my opinion, all addictions are challenging to recover from. It does not matter if one is addicted to chocolate, drugs, the internet, coffee, alcohol, or smoking. If it is a real addiction, the help of a professional and a comprehensive approach is needed to heal the physical and emotional states of a person. I think that recovery always begins when one recognizes and acknowledges the existence of their addiction and appeals to the socialists. Further, the person must follow all the recommendations despite the desire to surrender, psychological and physical resistance, and a short-term deterioration. After successfully passing these stages, the patient becomes much better, their body removes the remaining substances, and the state returns to normal. According to my observations, a person who, for example, gets rid of addiction to cigarettes is afraid to smoke one again since there is a great chance of becoming addicted again.