There he is! Fleshless bones, all alone, no stamina, afraid
and ashamed to see the light, unable to deal with the trials and tribulations
that life is dealing him. He is hiding
in the dark, behind the closed door, exiting once in a while trying to fill the
holes, the empty spaces with substances. He is denying his growth, “It can
wait!” he says, “tomorrow! Yes tomorrow, I’ll leave the closet” but tomorrow
never comes because the feeling is so good and unaware that his surroundings
are caving in as he continues to fill the empty spaces, but there are more
empty spaces now than before so tolerance sets in and before he know it, he has
become a victim of addiction.

This skeleton in the closet’s pathway is leading to
addiction. There are three causes why many
people use a substance of some sort; “to feel good”, “to feel better” and “curiosity”,
also a fourth could be added and that is to “do better”. Although
there is no one particular cause that could determine addiction, there are some
causes that could contribute to addiction.
The psychological factor of a person’s biological make up such as
gender, ethnicity, developing stages and environment can be contributions. The
highest risk factor is on people who have a mental disorder; they are more
prone to becoming addicted than the general population.

Many people use substance to escape pain of some sort, pain
can be mental, physical or emotional, sometimes it is too difficult to deal
with certain aspect of life and many times people are not sure where to turn to
for help. The more someone who uses a
substance tries to help his/her self, the more they abuse the substance, it
would have to take sheer will and determination and some kind of motivation to
stop abusing substances, in other words, strength of mind and body, will
power. As humans, we always want to feel
good about ourselves or something, we all want to do better, the adolescents
and teens are always curious, and the people who perform physically wants some
sort of enhancement. Everyone, in all
wakes of life has one or the other above cause to use a substance.

Some people wonder that if they function normally while
using a substance, are they considered addicted? If you use a substance frequently, something must
change somewhere in your life, so you pay your bills on time, you take care of
your kids, you clean your house and so it is justified that your spare change can
go to a substance, maybe that spare change could go toward the kids or maybe to
something else. If you think you can
control your substance abuse, why abuse a substance? It is habitual and habits lead to obsession
which leads to addiction.

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