Stages of Chemical addiction

Stages of Chemical addiction

Drug use is different for all people. Basically there are four main stages of chemical addiction.

• Experimentation
• Regular use
• Drug Abuse
• Drug Addiction

Experimentation

Experimentation is a stage in which the person start taking any chemical/drug voluntary without any negative effects on his body or brain. Some people may also take it as a prescribed medicine by the physician to over come any physical or psychological illness without his desire. At this stage chemical do not produce any problem until it reaches to the next stage regular use.

Regular use

Some people may enter into the next stage of chemical addiction that is regular use. In this stage some negative symptoms are appeared and risk of the drug abuse increases by the passage of time. Users can stop taking drugs at this stage.

Drug Abuse

There is a slight difference between drug use and drug abuse. At this stage people use drugs regularly that's why it become more risky and more negative symptoms are appeared. At this stage user can not easily stop himself from taking drug.

Drug Addiction

Some people enter into the last stage of addiction in which addict depends on the drug and can not live without it. His body develop tolerance as time passes and he has to increase the dose of drug. Whenever he try to stop himself from taking drug or take low dosses of drug his body shows some withdrawal symptoms. His personal, professional and social life is effected badly.