Overcoming Crystal Meth Addiction: An Essential Guide to Getting Clean

Overcoming Crystal Meth Addiction: An Essential Guide to Getting Clean

Steven J. Lee

Language: English

Pages: 352

ISBN: B009K41FI8

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


In Overcoming Crystal Methamphetamine Addiction, one of the few books to address the topic for a general audience, Dr. Steven Lee, MD, a psychiatrist who specializes in crystal meth addiction, offers a complete guide to the drug, its effects, and how to overcome it. Based on extensive scientific and social research and drawing from his professional experience, he covers everything from the definition and history of crystal meth to the physical and psychological effects; from dealing with the addictive personality to helping a friend or family member cope with it. He focuses on understanding rather than outright condemnation of the drug, and empathetically covers all of the crucial questions: What is crystal meth? How is it made? How does it affect the body? How do you know if you're addicted to it? How do you stop using it? What if you don't want to stop? If you are going to use CM anyway, how can you minimize the damage? What if you quit but slipped and used again?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

usual routine was to masturbate while watching pornographic videos for a couple of hours. Then if he still felt sexual, he would go to a bar to try to pick up a woman for sex. He was curious about smoking because his friends recently changed from snorting to smoking, and they said it was so much better. Because Kevin became so sexually preoccupied just from snorting, he wondered how he would feel smoking meth, but was terrified of embarrassing himself in front of his friends. They didn’t become

going through an arduous period of physical, emotional, and mental changes. Your loved one may need your help now, more than ever, to get through the depression, moodiness, and agonizing cravings of quitting. Spend time together and show how important it is to you that this person is trying to clean up, and engage in activities that do not involve drugs or alcohol. Remind each other what your interpersonal bond is really about and enjoy each other’s company in a meaningful way. You are literally

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scoff at advertisements that demonize the drug and portray it as all bad. I take the approach that there are both good and bad aspects to crystal—people start using it regularly because something about it indeed feels good. Acknowledging the good experiences of meth is important because they exist, and a program that doesn’t recognize this wouldn’t hold much credibility for you. If you have to stop using it, there is a mourning process of saying good-bye to this intimate but often destructive

feel judged and uncomfortable about their drug use. Justin started with just doing crystal on his days off from work, but | within a month he was smoking every day again, and soon his paranoia and hallucinations returned. Fortunately, he recognized what was hap-pening to him, especially when he started hearing voices again. He still | had the telephone number of the drug treatment facility he had gone to after prison, and he called his old counselor. Justin returned to rehab. During his second

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