You Discover Your Child Is On Drugs: Should You Blame Yourself?

"Self Medication" is the term used for illegal drug and excessive alcohol use. People in emotional pain seek to find comfort in a substance that temporarily numbs the pain. Statistics show that the majority of inmates in jail are serving time for drug related offenses. So, why are we punishing people for being in pain? Marijuana has been recognized as medicinal, but still there are those serving time for using it. Perhaps the correct response to drug use and alcohol abuse is not punishment but counseling. Don't punish the drug pushers for selling it, they are only giving the people what they desire. If you drink alcohol or take drugs, the question is, why are you self medicating? What pain are you soothing? And if your child is doing drugs, who should you blame? Today Myeka Bevel guides us through an exercise that helps release emotional pain, anger and stress, to prevent the need and desire to self medicate.