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Recently, we had to do an intervention for a friend of mine, one of my best friends.  Unfortunately, although we were all recreational drug users, our drug addiction problems never spiraled out of control in the way Mike’s did.  Always, a wonderful person and fun to be around, Mike became a whole different person.  So much so that for a little while we were thinking that he might be on steroids or something.  In any case, that was not what was happening, we think that what was happening was that he was becoming frustrated because he felt his life slipping away, and was too out of control to do anything about it.  He actually lost his girlfriend and his job in the same week.  He did get a new one of each eventually. 

When we did the intervention to tell him that drug rehabilitation seemed like the best answer for him at this point, he agreed.  I told him how concerned I was for his safety and well being, and how above all else I wanted my friend back.  Other people said similar things to him, but on TV you always see the person getting angry about the intervention or running off, not Mike.  I think he knew that he needed help and that we all loved him enough to tell him so.  He agreed to enter a local program to try and get the help he needed.  The counselor at the intervention remained a helpful support for all of us.

Well, Mike did go to drug rehab and we all supported him and visited him as we had promised.  It was really good for all of us because we all stopped using drugs because of Mike and now we have fun the clean and sober way.  It is scary that drugs can grab your life and take hold that quickly.  One minute, you are thinking that you are totally in control and just a recreational user, and then before you know it you can’t live without them.  Both illegal and prescription drugs can have this affect on your life, so when at all possible stay away from both, if you do this you surely can not become addicted.  Especially if you know that you tend to become addicted to things easily or have a family history of people who are addicts, then you need to be especially careful.  Don’t worry being sober is actually more fun, you know who you are and what you are doing and why.