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It can be very difficult to help people who have drug problems, since they usually are not very cooperative. Even if we are talking about something like smoking cigarettes (which as drug problems go, is far from the worst kind) people will tell you, "oh yes, I will give up smoking, but I have to wait for the right time; right now I am under too much stress and so I cannot give up smoking." And somehow, the right time never arrives.

So to help someone with a drug problem, you first have to help them to understand how serious their problem is, and how important it is for them to solve that problem. If drugs are the most important thing in your life, then you do not think that drugs are a problem; you will have all sorts of other problems, such as getting enough money to pay for your drugs, and the health consequences of using drugs, and perhaps a failing marriage, a failing career, etc., but those are the problems, not drugs. Drugs are what you want. Everything else can be sacrificed for drugs. A person in that state of mind is virtually impossible to help. Even when people are put in jail as a result of drug offenses, many people are able to smuggle drugs into jail, amazingly enough. It just never ends.

But if someone is sincere in their desire to solve their drug problem, then you can help. People need to find other rewarding things in their lives, they need to discover that true happiness does not come from drugs. You can help people to discover this. Help them to enjoy their lives without drugs. As the poet said, take the skinheads Bowling.

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