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A Doctor
If you have got a drug or alcohol problem, a doctor may be able to:
- Help you to understand what's happening to you.
- Explain how you can begin to overcome this addiction.
- Refer you to some sort of community help.
- Refer you to a day-care or residential treatment facility.
- Offer you short-term medication to help you cope with withdrawal symptoms.
But don't 'con' the doctor just to get some pills that you think will make you feel better. That won't help you. That'll only strengthen the power of your addiction. It'll make things much worse.
The first step in overcoming drug or alcohol addictions is to stop taking them. Your doctor is one form of support that you can use to help you to stop.
For anyone who's concerned about the drug or alcohol abuse of a family member, your doctor may be able to give you details of what help is available in your area for people like this. Then you'll have some information which you could use to encourage the person you care about to seek help.