Every once in a while, events in our lives disappoint us and make us sad. Having lost someone very important could lead one to say “I feel so depressed.” People would utter that depression feels like a black curtain of despair coming down over their lives. In our lifetime, it is quite normal to feel depressed on a certain point but chronic depression appears among people who are not able to recover from the normal cycle of sorrow. They are those individuals who have not coped up from stress.

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A narcotic sedative which slows down the activity of the central nervous system is called an opiate drug. Opiate drugs lessen pain and stimulate sleep. Like every drugs prescribed by physicians, this drug gives benefits to our body. Yet, when taken abusively can lead to addiction.

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At the age of 17 I realized the hard way that I had a problem. My parents had enough. I was confronted head on by family, about my addiction to booze and meth. I foolishly thought I was hiding it well. But that mistake comes with being young, dumb, and addicted to drugs. Fortunately I had parents who cared enough to pay attention to my actions and who I was hanging around. My parents are also both recovering alcoholics who know the brain scrambling effects of abusing your body and mind for too many years. They did not want the same life for me.

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Even felt like eating another slice of that chocolate cake you had fifteen minutes ago? Sometimes, we eat more than what we need. We eat not only to be full and to satisfy our physical needs. More often, we eat because it makes us feel good for a moment. We eat because it is our way of running away from the negative emotions we feel. We eat when we are depressed. We use food as ourrefuge, a sort of security blanket amidst our insecurities towards the world.

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