The Canyon

You probably never thought you’d end up like this - strung out, confused about your life direction, depressed, losing everything around you.  Drug addiction has taken you down a path of pain and deception.   Mental illness complicates your problems tenfold.  Sound like it’s all over for you?  Drug rehab can give you a second chance.

History of Mental Illness Risk Factor For Addiction

Let’s say you already have a history of depression.  You’ve experienced it in your teens, as a young adult, and briefly when each of your children were born.  You also did some pretty heavy drinking in college when your depression kicked in for a couple of years.  Although you’ve managed to stay away from alcohol for several years, your stress over the economy and your job has been mounting. 

Already you’ve gone to the bar two and three nights a week the past two weeks, getting that old feeling and the temptation to just drown your life in the bottle.  Your spouse knows where you’ve been and it feels like you’re walking on eggshells at home, trying to offer empty excuses and avoid a fight and more stress.  It’s all starting to swirl in a dark pit together - the drinking and the depression. 

The thought of going to a drug and alcohol treatment center has crossed your mind a few times.  But how can you just drop your life for two or three months??  The cost, the time away from anything you know, and you don’t even want to ask if it would be OK to be gone from work that long.  You’re not sure it’s worth all the hassle - it’s just going to come back again anyway, right? 

Depression and Addiction

Depression and addiction will make even normal stresses too much to bear.  Right now, if you are feeling a pinch from the economy or your job security, depression and addiction can really get out of control.  Mental health experts agree that many times addiction gets its start from a painful emotional pathway such as anxiety, depression, or trauma.

When the person’s coping skills get overtaxed by mental illness, they might look for a “quick fix” relief like drugs or alcohol.  The excuses get rolling about all your drinking, and pretty soon you have a full blown addiction.  The shame, the guilt, the sadness, all made worse by what you hoped would help you make it all go away. 

The situation described above can be turned around.  However, the thought patterns and emotions experienced in addiction and depression can extinguish the flicker of hope quickly.  Like an alien possession, your mind starts to turn on you.  It comes up with all sorts of negative thoughts, beliefs, and reasons for why you’ll life will only get worse.  This is no time to go it alone.

Drug And Alcohol Rehab Gives a Chance at a Healthy Life

Drug and alcohol rehab isn’t a perfect cure.  It does involve your willingness to let go and take a good hnoest look at yourself.  But it does work and it can make your life better than it is now.  Would you rather take a chance on drug rehab, or take a chance that you might have an impulse to kill yourself?  Take a look at drug rehab and get a fresh start.