Gone In A Puff

I am engaging in this because I have immense stress is quite popular and people often engage in toxicities to reduce stress. People at a very young age indulge in smoking, drinking or doing drugs use substance abuse as a coping mechanism. They start terming even the smallest inconvenience in their lives as stress which gives them an upper hand to indulge in it. We often notice them getting impatient and only relaxing when they have that one drag of smoke or one drink to cool down their nerves, till then they become all jittery. They start behaving as though their life depends on that one last cigarette or that one drink. This toxic behaviour usually seeps into adulthood and as one enters the work-life it becomes even more hectic and the substance abuse almost doubles. It is especially harmful if the person is not very good at handling stress it might lead to uncontrollable abuse of drugs and ultimately early death. They even start to distance themselves from others because they like to surround themselves with their favourite kill instead of surrounding themselves with people. It becomes very difficult for others around them to handle them and makes it even more difficult to make the person understand the harmful effects of it. Having too much alcohol as we know ruins the liver, smoking ruins the lungs and drugs ruin overall everything. They know all these facts but do not bother to make it right, they again give the excuse of having too much work pressure or having to meet deadlines just so they can engage in substance abuse. It is also the surroundings that matter. Once a teenager witnesses her father smoking to reduce his work pressure she comes to link that as something which she would engage in too if she finds herself facing stress. One has to be very careful as to what influence he or she is causing in the surroundings but their behaviour might trigger destructive behaviour in others. Once a person indulges in any sort of abuse he makes others vulnerable too it may be physically or even mentally. A person will function very differently from someone who does not give in to substance abuse.

People should be provided with counselling about this as it harms the person at such extraordinary levels that it might become difficult to get that person back if they have gone to levels unreachable. Even medical assistance would become difficult and that usually results in the death of the person. No one wants to die like this even though they might say it but deep down no one would want to get cancer or heart failure at a young age and see others living their best life. How to handle stress should be taught regardless or your age, as it benefits everyone.