The International Protection Center at the General Department of Narcotics Control in Dubai Police saved from a distance, a drug addict recovering from a victim again in the clutches of bad friends who appeared in his life again after a long absence outside the country he had spent in a clinic for treatment, and once he recovered himself and his health and succeeded in Turning a black page that lasted for the bitter and bitter seven months he spent on drug abuse, vigil and neglect, until he returned to the arms of the warm family in the country.
His father thought that his son's 20-year absence for a long time was enough to clear him from the memory of bad friends, until his son told him that they were waiting for him to drag him to use again on social media sites, as their only outlet to him because of his son's commitment to stay at home under the current conditions imposed by « Corona », so that the father and son immediately seek protection from the International Protection Center, which provided psychological and moral support remotely as part of a new method that enhances those recovering from addiction the strength of will, persistence and confidence in their ability to confront bad friends and feelings of fear that may backfire if they control them.
The Director of the General Department of Narcotics Control, Brigadier General Eid Muhammad Thani Hareb said that the family has a great responsibility in protecting its children, especially those recovering from addiction, as they have to double the dose of containment, care and control during the current circumstances under the Corona pandemic, and do not hesitate to communicate with the International Protection Center In the General Department of Narcotics Control, for more psychological and moral support on how to deal with emergency situations and to benefit from Article 43 of the UAE drug law.
He added that the center provides free remote consultations that are consistent with the precautionary measures to prevent the emerging corona virus, and reinforces among the recovering users the need to change and arm themselves with will and persistence, stressing that the decision to refrain from meeting bad friends must be stemming from the person himself and with all his will so that he does not acquiesce Their temptations to return under the pretext of friendship.
Addiction "cripple."
For his part, Deputy Director of the General Department of Narcotics Control in the Dubai Police, Colonel Khalid bin Muweza, said that the young man, the hero of this incident, was 23 years old, and he was living an open and luxurious life, and he got acquainted with a “shell” of young people who belong to families who are socially and socially disjointed. The other of them to abuse, until his father found out about the matter, so he immediately sent him for treatment in a sanatorium abroad, and was careful to change his son's communication numbers so that bad friends could not find a way to him, and the father and the rest of the family members took turns to travel to visit him periodically, but friends of evil and addiction They did not tire of looking for him, and they reached him through Social media after returning to the country in an attempt to influence him to come out with them and exploit him financially.
He added that the young man felt a kind of appreciation and love in light of his family wrapping around him to support, support and protect him, which encouraged him to recognize them for the emergence of bad friends again through the digital space, pointing out that this incident reflects the importance of investing the period of staying in homes due to the new Corona virus «Kovid 19 », in strengthening family relations, reviewing all relationships and selecting the right ones.
Thoughtful style
To that, the Director of the International Protection Center, Colonel Abdullah Al-Khayyat, said: The mere desire to end the relationship with addicted friends is not sufficient to eliminate their gravity, but the recovered must have the strength and the audacity to tell them that he does not wish to communicate with them or to meet, stressing that this behavior on his part does not It is improvised and spontaneous, as some think, but specialists should be consulted to know how to do this, and this is what the center adopted with this recovering young man, and his family was directed to the necessity of helping him expand the scope of his normal social relations to end his relationship with old friendships.