The Cost of Addiction
Times are a bit tough economically. Housing prices have slumped. Massive job cuts. And let's not even talk about the stock market or our 401k plans. Not exactly the best time to invest in recovery. When the cupboards just about bare (or seeming so) treatment for addiction should take a bit of a back seat priority wise.
Unless of course we consider the cost that use has had in our lives.
Give this a try--should just take a minute:
Take the amount you drink or use each day and put a price to it. Let's take a moderate amount--say a six pack of decent beer each evening. Seven bucks a night. Forty nine bucks a week. One-hundred and ninety eight bucks a month. Maybe add a little for holiday months.
Begins to add up.
Now think of any meals you've cooked but not eaten due to drinking/using. Add that on.
Ever have a DUI? Need a lawyer? Have to pay a fine? Add that on.
Crash your car? Add that on.
Skip work due to a hangover or a drink? Add that amount on.
Ever need to see a doctor due to your use? Add that on.
Divorced due to use (even distantly so)? Paid court fees, lawyers, alimony? Add that on.
Ever break anything when drunk or high? Add that on.
Ever lost a job or job opportunity because of alcohol or drugs? Add that on.
Kids need some type of therapy because of your use? Add that on.
Spill stuff on your clothes? Carpet? Friend's clothes or carpet? Add that on.
Less productive at work? Add that on.
Seeking therapy to help with some kind of problem which really of course couldn't be your drinking (but your just so darned depressed and irritable all the time and not like you used to feel)? Add that on.
Using something to let you sleep, wake you up, douse the fire in your skull, get your stomache to stop wrenching around like a couple of sneakers in a dryer? Add that on.
Logic kind of fails, doesn't it. It doesn't matter what the economic climate is like, addiction costs; and the price is high. Whether it's your money, your dignity, your life--you will end up paying.
Comparably--treatment is a bargain.
If you or someone you know is paying the full price for their addiction, reach out. Help is available. Paradise recovery--the path to a new life awaits.
Unless of course we consider the cost that use has had in our lives.
Give this a try--should just take a minute:
Take the amount you drink or use each day and put a price to it. Let's take a moderate amount--say a six pack of decent beer each evening. Seven bucks a night. Forty nine bucks a week. One-hundred and ninety eight bucks a month. Maybe add a little for holiday months.
Begins to add up.
Now think of any meals you've cooked but not eaten due to drinking/using. Add that on.
Ever have a DUI? Need a lawyer? Have to pay a fine? Add that on.
Crash your car? Add that on.
Skip work due to a hangover or a drink? Add that amount on.
Ever need to see a doctor due to your use? Add that on.
Divorced due to use (even distantly so)? Paid court fees, lawyers, alimony? Add that on.
Ever break anything when drunk or high? Add that on.
Ever lost a job or job opportunity because of alcohol or drugs? Add that on.
Kids need some type of therapy because of your use? Add that on.
Spill stuff on your clothes? Carpet? Friend's clothes or carpet? Add that on.
Less productive at work? Add that on.
Seeking therapy to help with some kind of problem which really of course couldn't be your drinking (but your just so darned depressed and irritable all the time and not like you used to feel)? Add that on.
Using something to let you sleep, wake you up, douse the fire in your skull, get your stomache to stop wrenching around like a couple of sneakers in a dryer? Add that on.
Logic kind of fails, doesn't it. It doesn't matter what the economic climate is like, addiction costs; and the price is high. Whether it's your money, your dignity, your life--you will end up paying.
Comparably--treatment is a bargain.
If you or someone you know is paying the full price for their addiction, reach out. Help is available. Paradise recovery--the path to a new life awaits.
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