We will also discuss the correct ways to deal with stress in the next chapter. It is very unfortunate that so many people are not aware of the correct ways to tackle stress and are more likely to choose wrong ways to deal with stress in the following ways:

• Drinking alcohol excessively;
• Illicit drugs;
• Tranquilizers;
• Risky sex practises;
• Overspending;
• Violent behavior

Alcoholic people go through depression that is caused by stress. Alcohol is consumed by such people so as to “feel better” and get relief from stress and the related anxiety and depression which is caused by it. As a matter of fact they are self medicating. Rather than finding the root of their stress they take alcohol to cover their stress.

Alcohol can never help you alleviate anxiety; it only works as anaesthesia to the effects of stress. Sorry to say, consumption of alcohol only stresses you out and also enlarges your depression. An individual gets addicted to alcohol both psychologically and bodily. Alcohol shortens your life span and leads to liver diseases and heart diseases. And end up loosing your good friends because you always hang around with people who are alcoholics. In the long run, this is going to ruin your professional and personal life.

You are running on a wrong track if you think that alcohol will help you reduce stress in your life. Alcohol in no way should be counted as “cure”. If you do not stop this is what you will face in near future:

• DUI arrests;
• Being fired from your job;
• Your spouse leaving you;
• Your kids not having any respect for you;
• Financial issues;
• Health issues.

Taking alcohol is only a mask and in no way is a cure, if talk about getting rid of stress from your life. This also implies for illegal drugs and tranquilizers. A number of people go to a doctor for stress related problems and he will without any delay prescribe you a tranquilizer. A tranquilizer is even more addictive than alcohol and it is practically booze in a pill. Just like alcohol, tranquilizers have a propensity to build up a tolerance if taken a bigger measured quantity and the effect is the same as alcohol.

If used wisely tranquilizers could be very efficient. Like if an individual has lost someone a tranquilizer should be prescribed to this person for a short period. But tranquilizers should not be used for a longer period to cure anxiety and depression. The sale of tranquilizers should be monitored and not given out without a prescription. The sad part is these drugs are openly sold in our society.

A large number of people suffering from anxiety disorder or depression are captivated by these illegal drugs. Only difference between illegal drugs and alcohol is that alcohol is legal whereas illegal drugs are not.

A person performing unsafe sex practices, spending too much without any reason or if he has a violent behavior is surely mentally upset and these problems are caused by stress. In few cases, it has been observed that his or her condition could be a result of bi-polar disorder which was also called “manic depressive personality”. Such people are using money, sex, and violent behavior as a tool to take charge of their current situation because they are stressed out.

If you feel the symptoms of stress, never think that a tranquilizer is the ultimate cure. Your physician might prescribe you a tranquilizer right away but there are very few doctors who might advise you to “have a drink”. Tranquilizers are addictive and dangerous and can easily be misused.

Never become a self styled physician and prescribe yourself drugs and alcohol. They act as a mask on your condition but they can never cure. Such attempt might put you though worse conditions than your disease. The end result could be disastrous like in the case of Sam.

Sam for some reason lost his job which stressed him out and he decided to consult a doctor. Doctor diagnosed his condition as a “panic attack”. The doctor without any delay prescribed him an anti-depressant along with a tranquilizer to “take the edge off” of what he interpreted as a panic attack. The tranquilizer worked to take his edge off the panic attack with which Sam was really satisfied. Sam felt fine and he not even experienced a minor headache.

After he exhausted his tranquilizers he went back to the doctor to get prescribed some more tranquilizers. These pills and tranquilizers are not meant for a long term so the doctor refused to prescribe it the second time. Sam started begging and the doctor fell for his cries and gave him one more prescription. The doctor told Sam that it is the last time he is giving him the drugs and also advised him to stop taking pills.

Sam got addicted to these pills and he started taking more and more pills to get any effect at all. He was supposed to take one pill at a time but he started taking five. When he realized that he was running out of pills he consulted another doctor and got himself prescribed the pills again. He went to a different drugstore for a refill which made him feel better.

The next step he took was even better, “the world of online drugstores”. All the controlled drugs are available on the internet. Just by paying a little more bucks he had access to all types of drugs he wanted. He started ordering his favorite drugs and then he chooses to get other tranquilizers available online. He was like a kid in a candy store. It didn’t take much time for him to spend all his savings on his so called prescribed medication. He was having a time of his life so it never bothered him.

He clearly knew that consuming alcohol with tranquilizers is not good but he never cared about it. He was now taking seven pills along with alcohol. A time came when he couldn’t sleep without taking some sort of medicine. His life was all about taking more and more tranquilizers.

At one stage he decided to give up pills and tranquilizers but he could not because his body wouldn’t work. It was really agonizing for him to do so. At that point he decided to go back on the track and started taking pills again. It was very unfortunate that he did not think of consulting a doctor about his situation. Just like others he though that stress is not a major thing and he can deal with it himself. Moreover, aren’t the drugs legal, right?

One fateful night he took seven tranquilizers along with a drink before he went to bed. He felt dizzy and not realizing that he had already taken seven tranquilizers he took two more. He was found dead by his landlady the next day. He was just 26 years old.

Tranquilizer is not an answer to cure stress and same goes for alcohol, marijuana, heroine, morphine or any other drug. Risky sex practises and overspending also cannot provide you an answer. To eliminate stress we have to discover the actual source that is causing stress and overcome it with a healthy positive attitude.

The right ways to deal with stress

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