- Around two million Americans are addicted to opioids. Yet many more have overcome their opioid problems. A large national population study found that almost all of those who once met criteria for prescription opioid-use disorder achieved remission during their lifetimes — and half of those recovered within five years. Although heroin and street fentanyl are more dangerous, most of those who avoid fatal overdoses recover from addiction.
To improve the odds, we need to recognize and champion recovery — and the wide variety of forms it can take. In media and pop culture, when recovering people are seen at all, one type usually appears: someone who goes to rehab and then abstains from all drugs by relying on 12-step programs like Narcotics Anonymous.
In fact, other recovery journeys are more common. For example, nearly half of those with prescription opioid addiction are able to recover without formal treatment or self-help participation.
if properly treated, then addiction can be eliminated. but still the topic of drugs is very scrupulous. I have a friend who has been smoking marijuana since the age of 13 and is not going to quit. although he already has a serious relationship, he doesn’t see a problem in it.
I agree. With proper treatment and therapy, addiction can be overcome, regardless of what it is. I think it's only a matter of finding the right treatment for it. Do you know that there are therapists who uses virtual reality now to treat patients battling with addiction? It's not the alternative to medication, of course, but it's being used to help them get better, along with their pills. What do you think about it?