Things that we need to deal with

There are problems in our lives and our love ones lives

but how do we deal with those things

How has our love ones seen us handle pressures?

How are we handling pressures right now?

Listen there are things that you need to talk with some of your family about and show them how to get out of some of the mess they have seen you get into and how to overcome but there also needs to be understanding

we might self-medicate

The term self-medicating refers to attempts to deal with depression, pain (physical or emotional), or intense emotions with the help of drugs (prescription or otherwise), alcohol, and other substances, and without the guidance of a doctor. You don’t have to be diagnosed with a medical condition to self-medicate. You might be self-medicating just as a response to the pressures of everyday life.

Some Risk Factors for Self Medication

Risk Factors for self-medication include:

• Depression

• Bipolar disorder

• Schizophrenia

• Other mental illnesses

• Childhood trauma

• Intense emotional experiences

• Physical and emotional abuse

One thing these risk factors have in common is stress; many are stressful experiences or memories of stressful times, and many can be stressors or can be the things that set off the desire to self-medicate, to find relief.

addiction?

The four C's of addiction are a helpful tool in distinguishing between addiction as a mental health disorder demanding treatment and other types of addictive behaviors. The four C's are compulsion, cravings, consequences, and control.

What are the 5 elements of addiction?

Authors Sussman and Sussman (2011) conduct a literature search to determine the definition of addiction, landing on and further defining five common elements: (1) feeling different; (2) preoccupation with the behavior; (3) temporary satiation; (4) loss of control; and, (5) negative consequences.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has a national line that's free, confidential, and available around the clock at 1-800-662-4357

However in the mist of all the turmoil there is away out through Jesus Christ

John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”

Romans 10:9–10 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”

after you have done this God will fulfill his promise

9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

The Holy Bible: King James Version (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., 2 Pe 3:9). (2009). Logos Research Systems, Inc.

He makes you a new creature

17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

The Holy Bible: King James Version (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., 2 Co 5:17). (2009). Logos Research Systems, Inc.

now you are able to love one another because you have Christ in your heart

34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.

The Holy Bible: King James Version (Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized Version., Jn 13:34). (2009). Logos Research Systems, Inc.