Seems like the English club naturally attracts psychologists, on the upcoming Friday, Geta will tackle a topic that I am very interested in: drug addictions. I have asked her to let's talk a bit also about less heavy drugs, more available to absolutely everyone at anytime, such as painkillers or prescription sedatives.
I believe that painkiller addiction and medication dependence is one of the most underrated health problems in our society, and it is so widespread. It goes completely unnoticed, there's no awareness on the subject.
I see it daily, people popping in a painkiller to ease the pain, and 5 minutes later another one "because the first one had no effect". Another day comes and another pill goes, and from here, the road to addiction is very slippery!
Where is our awareness on how addiction develops and how it gets dangerous?! With each pill taken, we are closer to developing a problem and with each pill taken we risk tolerance and strengthen the chances that the next one will work even less effectively, which means we will need to take more and more pills for the same effect. The cycle starts and it's easy to get powerless to stop it before we realise we have a problem.
Taking the pills unconsciously vs being aware of what you are doing and the dangers of it, I think is half the battle.
Drug Addiction, a fascinating topic in the club this Friday!
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