Here’s an unusual story about one man’s heroin addiction. He started with speed, which he quit taking because he knew it would kill him. But, after he stopped, he couldn’t sleep and had anxiety attacks. Had he gone through a good drug detox and drug rehab program at that time, that might have been the end of it. Instead, he decided to use a little heroin.

“One day I met this heroin user and asked him all about it – it was all because I wanted to sleep and I wanted relief from the anxiety attacks,” he told the Esperance Express. He got much more than he bargained for. His life became a living hell. His heroin habit eventually cost him everything he had – his habit reached $400 a day, he lost his job, his family and his friends.

He tried drug rehab several times and also got involved in a methadone program. What none of this programs did was find the deep-seated problems that drove him to drugs. When he finally found one that did that, he turned his life around.

If you know someone with a drug problem and want to help them, make sure you really check out the drug rehab programs you’re considering. Only by getting to the root of the problem can you be sure things will turn around.

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