Colonel Abdullah Al-Khayyat, Director of Hemaya International Center at the General Directorate of Drug Control at the Dubai Police, said that the support of the family is an important factor in recovering from addiction, pointing out that a Gulf mother of three girls was successful in her work, and was about to collapse completely and lose everything. She caused a fire in her home and raised a flight problem because of her addiction, but she survived her ordeal with the support of her husband, even though they were close to divorce at some point.

He explained that the woman was a diligent and successful employee in a bank, and began her journey with addiction without feeling, taking sleeping pills, believing that it provides her calm and relaxation, and help her escape the pressures of work and life, but gradually addicted, and can no longer live without her, So much so that she was taking 10 pills at once.

Al-Khayyat added that the woman's behavior changed completely, becoming more inclined to isolation, and spend most of the time in her room, and neglected her husband and children, and asked for a divorce to escape the glances of reproach and admonition, and whenever she ran out of drugs, she went to a doctor to spend.

He pointed out that things have become more complicated with that woman, to the extent that she lost the ability to control her actions, and raised a major problem during a flight, when smoking on a plane belonging to a global airline, and the company simply prevented her from traveling on her lines again, being She also burned her family's three-storey house, under the influence of grain, and underwent surgery as a result of a traffic accident.

Al-Khayat added that the consequences of the mother's addiction were reflected on the husband, who did not think that his wife was a prisoner of those drugs, until she confessed to him, seeking his kindness and saving her from her predicament. Search online for the best addiction treatment centers, encourage her to receive treatment, and travel with her to give her moral and psychological support.

He added that this story is inspiring for the students participating in the “Protect Clip” Award, which is available to students of colleges, universities and institutes of all nationalities within the country, and to national students who are abroad, where they seek, in cooperation with «Hamdan Bin Mohammed Award for Photography», to encourage young people to create Security awareness videos in 60 seconds, to raise awareness of the dangers of drugs, and win prizes worth up to AED 100,000.

Drug abuse

Colonel Abdullah Al-Khayyat, Director of Hemaya International Center at Dubai Police's General Directorate of Drug Control, warned of the danger of misuse of psychotropic drugs, painkillers or sleeping pills, pointing out that negative energy, tension and stress can be eliminated through sports and self-development programs. , Connect with trusted psychologists and friends.

He said: «hour of family dialogue every day is able to find solutions to the most difficult problems, and to bridge the distances between the couple and children, and the emptying of negative emotions and replace them with positive optimistic, and immunization of children from bad friends and deviation and crime, and direct them to what is good for them and society»

The successful employee became a prisoner of drugs, and reflected on her married life.