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Drug Addicts- Prescription Pill Drug Abuse: How to Deal With an Addict Adult, Friend, Family Member, Teen or Teenager Who is Addicted to Medications

Patricia Pain

Drug Addicts- Prescription Pill Drug Abuse: How to Deal With an Addict Adult, Friend, Family Member, Teen or Teenager Who is Addicted to Medications

language ( June 2, 2014)
How to Deal With A Person Addicted to Pills – Prescription Drug Abuse
Prescription pill addiction is a growing problem in the US and also in other places around the world. This addiction can take a hold of many different types of people. This may be affecting your adult child, teen, son, daughter, sibling, sister ,brother or any other family member. Learning to live with an addict is not an easy thing to do. It is our hope that after reading this book you will have the tools you need to deal with the person in your family that has an addiction to drugs.

Patricia Pain, the author, writes in such a way that you won’t be wasting your time sifting through a bunch of useless content. You are going to get straightforward helpful tips to help you find emotional support through this difficult time in your life.

Here Are a Few Things From the Book How to Deal With a Prescription Drug Addict


A drug addicts actions reflect on to everyone else within their family. Their actions affect their spouse, children, parents, grandparents, siblings, and other close family members and friends. In the instance of your child being addicted to pills you may feel responsible like in some way you caused them to become a drug addict.

A child's drug addiction may cause fighting between other members of the family. Siblings may feel neglected by the parents and feel angry at their addict sister or brother. The siblings may become protective of the parents and try their best to get the parents to stop enabling their sister or brother.


There are support groups within your community that can help you through this difficult time. You are not alone in this struggle there are many other families that are dealing with an addict. Most of these groups are anonymous meaning that they will not spread what you have talked about together outside of the meeting. This can be a safe haven for you and your family to talk about the things you are dealing with, without worrying of others being judgmental.

Here Are A Few Signs That Someone is Abusing Prescription Drugs
  • Very small or constricted pupils / Or droopy half closed eyelids
  • Change in mood or personality traits
  • Change in diet or lack of appetite
  • Different or unusual sleep
  • Social changes such as new friends
  • Weight loss
  • Asking to borrow money or having financial issues



As you can see after reading this book you will have insight into how to take care of yourself through this difficult time. You will know where you can find outside help and what steps to take to take care of yourself through this process.


tags: addiction, prescription drug abuse, how to help a drug addict, addicted to pills, child addicted to drugs, teen addicted to drugs, how to deal with a drug addict kid son or daughter , support for family, support for parents dealing with an addict
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