The International Protection Center at the General Department of Narcotics Control in Dubai Police saved, from a distance, an addict recovering from a victim, once again, in the clutches of bad friends who appeared in his life again after a long absence outside the country spent in a clinic for treatment, and once he recovered and succeeded in folding A black page that lasted seven harsh and bitter months spent on drug use, vigilance and neglect, until he returned to the arms of the family in the state.
His father thought that the prolonged period of absence of his son in his twenties outside the state is enough to clear him from the memory of bad friends, until his son stated that they were waiting for him to drag him to use again on social media sites, as their only outlet to him because of the 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 from a distance, as part of a new method that enhances those who recover 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.
Brigadier Eid Muhammad Thani Hareb, Director of the General Department of Narcotics Control in the Dubai Police, said that a great responsibility rests with the family in protecting its children, especially those recovering from addiction, as they are obliged to double containment, care and control during the current conditions under the Corona pandemic, and not to hesitate to Contacting a protection center, and requesting 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 in line with the precautionary measures to prevent the emerging corona virus, and reinforces among the recovering users the need to change and arm themselves with the will and persistence, stressing that the decision to refrain from meeting bad friends must be stemming from the person himself and with his entire will, so as not to They yield to their temptations to return under the pretext of friendship.
Addiction "cripple."
For his part, Deputy Director of the General Department of Narcotics Control in Dubai Police, Colonel Khalid bin Mwizah, said that the young man who champion 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 that are family and socially broken up And dragged each other to abuse, until his father found out the matter, so he immediately sent him for treatment in a clinic outside the state, and was keen 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 Evil and addiction never tire of searching for it, and have reached it 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 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, in strengthening family relations and reviewing All relationships and the selection of the good ones.
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The director of the International Protection Center, Colonel Abdullah Al-Khayyat, said that merely the desire to end the relationship with addicted friends is not sufficient to eliminate their gravity, and that the recovered must have the strength and the audacity to tell them that he does not wish to communicate with them or meet them.
He stressed that this behavior on his part does not take place in a temporary and spontaneous manner, as some think, but specialists should be consulted to find out how to do this, and this is what the center adopted with this recovering young man, and his family was directed to the need to help him expand the scope of his normal social relations to end his relationship with friendships Old.
The young man lived an open and luxurious life until he became acquainted with a “shell” of bad friends.