Drugs have an acute impact on your brain. They change the way that you think and also have chemicals in them that cause problems in the normal functioning of your brain. It’s important to study the relation between drugs and the impact they have on your brain because this is the essential part of recovery. Simply deciding to leave drugs does not work for anyone; you need serious help because your brain makes you want to crave drugs.

Drugs also change the way you behave. The need to consume drugs keeps on increasing the more drugs you use. The reason behind this is that all drugs have some sort of chemicals inside them that try to reduce your ability to think for yourself. This is how a person becomes an addict.

It’s all thanks to science that rehab has such a brilliant effect on people. Science has surpassed boundaries to understand the effect that drugs have on our brain and what makes people want to consume more drugs.

How do Drugs affect you?

It has always been a concept in society to think that people who are addicted to drugs are morally flawed in some way and do not have a place in society. Many people believed that all that you require to leave drugs is strength of character and those who could not muster enough strength to leave drugs did not have a place in society. 

Science has absolutely changed our perception towards drugs. It has been proven that it isn't strength of character that's required to leave drugs but rather rehab care and the right medication to counter the effect of drugs on our brains. 

Hence, we now know that addiction is akin to a disease. The use of drugs may be voluntary at first but soon people start using drugs even if they don't want to. It's a disease that destroys any sort of self control that you may possess. It has a dire effect on your health and it's almost impossible to get rid of drugs by simply saying no to them. 

Drugs also have a huge impact on health of people. It can be really disheartening for family members and other people who are close to an addict to see a change in their general behavior. This change in behavior is linked to the change in the functioning of the brain. 

Science has also found that there are various things that together contribute in the making of an addict. The use of drugs is perpetuated by the environmental factors and the mental health of a person. It's also through genetic disorders that people continue to consume drugs. This further proves that addiction is a fully fledged diseases and not just some moral flaw. 

Research in relation to addiction has helped people to get over their addiction. It has also helped them to continue living a good life even outside the rehab center. People are able to function better if they are allowed to go through a holistic treatment instead of a treatment that just includes social exclusion and moral resentment. 

How do Drugs Change the Brain? 
Drugs have a dire affect on the brain. The main aim behind any drug is to change the communication system of the brain. This is done by tapping into the communication system of the brain and changing the way that the brain communicates. This is done by the chemicals which are present inside the brain. This again shows how drugs are synthetically engineered to create addicts. It's not by coincidence that these chemicals tend to change the communication system of the brain. 

Neurons are what the brain uses to communicate with the rest of the body and even communication inside the brain is done by neurons. Neurons determine what your various body parts need and what function your body parts need to perform and when they need to perform that particular function. Drugs change the way that the neurons normally send and receive communication. In essence they hack into the neurons and change the way that they function. 

Most drugs try to replicate transmissions of the brain. They try to activate the neurons to communicate with the rest of the body even when there is no need to do so. Since, drugs are absolutely different from natural neurotransmitters it becomes impossible for neurons to behave correctly. This in turn leads to the neurons behaving in an extremely abnormal way and hampers proper communication by the brain. 

Other drugs try to destroy the communication channel with the brain. Many drugs increase the amount of transmissions being sent by the brain. This makes it impossible for the other body parts to understand what they need to do and what the brain in trying to communicate. This is why simple will power does not work. Even if your brain understands that drugs are harmful for you, it cannot stop the rest of the body from craving these drugs. 

How do Drugs Create Euphoria? 
A lot of people use drugs to get rid of depression. There are many drugs that increase the amount of euphoria that you feel at a particular moment. This makes it to easier for you to think and function. A lot of drugs are used by people who deal with excessive stress. Drugs tend to slow down your system and the working of your brain which in turns reduces your thinking capacity. 

Drugs tend to go after the rewarding system of the brain. When something great happens your brain is flooded with a chemical known as Dopamine, this chemical makes you feel good. Drugs target this system of the brain and force the brain to flood your brain with excessive amount of Dopamine. 

Dopamine is present in all the regions of your body that are related to euphoria, pleasure and other similar emotions. Whenever Dopamine is produced in your body, it makes you feel good. In the correct amount Dopamine is absolutely necessary and is good for your health. Dopamine is like a rewarding system. If you do something great then you will be rewarded with pleasure and happiness. 

Drugs, on the other hand, force your body to produce abnormal amount of Dopamine. This induces the feeling of euphoria that makes you want to use the drugs again