Why Are Drugs Such a Problem?
Channel: David George Brooke
Date: 2014-08-10

Hi, It’s That Gratitude Guy with today’s 2-minute gratitude video.

Why Are Drugs Such a Problem?

Be sure and listen for today’s Gratitude Tip of the Day.

Why are drugs such a problem?  In my opinion that is a very good question.  I have asked many people, and the most common answer that I get, is that people are not happy with their lives, and that drugs are a way to escape their reality.

If that’s the case, I’m pretty sure that drugs are not the best solution.  After all, how many times have you heard about a drug deal gone good?   Even the campaign, Just Say No, didn’t really address the core issue of why people were doing drugs in the first place.

Thoreau mentioned people leading lives of quiet desperation, so the real question in my mind is, what healthy alternatives are there to combat the stresses of life instead of turning to drugs?  After all, when the drugs wear off, the problems are still there, and in some cases compounded even more.

One of the best ways that I have found to counter the stressful aspect of life is to embrace gratitude.  When a person frames their life around everything that they have in their life, all of the blessings, all that they are fortunate for, there is less of a desire to look at what is missing.

Instead of escaping reality, one is able to embrace it, and focus their life on all of their abundance.  It really is a case of seeing the glass half full, and YES embracing gratitude keeps one focused on the half-full nature of life.

Try embracing gratitude and using a gratitude journal.  It works

Now, The Gratitude Tip of the Day…  By recording your gratitude intentions, (Gratitude Tomorrow – Right Side of Journal) your brain will subconsciously move towards doing things to accomplish that goal or desire. 

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