If you...
a) agree that people are popping too many
pills in this world, or
b) want to sleep better yourself, or
c) you just have an interest in helping
people improve their lives then I invite
you to read on%u2026
When I was working as a family doctor, and
now as a counselor, one common issue
people have is trouble sleeping.
They can%u2019t get a good night%u2019s
rest.
When they come to me I offer them stress
reduction, sleep hygiene, hypnosis,
meditation among other self help methods.
But like it or not, many people want to
pop a pill.
Sleeping pills are in fact a growth
industry. Over the past decade the sales
of prescription sedatives, much of which
is sleeping pills, has doubled to $4
Billion in 2006 in the US alone.
The prediction is for an explosion to $5
Billion in the US by 2010. The rest of the
world is following this frightening
trend.
Even worse, remember that this is just on
prescription pills. The dollar amounts are
WAAYY bigger if you add in all the
non-prescription sleeping pills, potions,
sprays, etc, etc.
Most people worry about the side effects,
but here is the real issue.
These pills are not recommended to be used
longer than 2-4 weeks!
Yet whether prescription medication,
natural, herbal, alternative or whatever,
people end up taking them for months,
years, and sometimes the rest of their
lives!
This is unforgivably horrendous.
But what can be done?
It%u2019s easy to just say
%u201CDon%u2019t take the pills%u201D, but
that message won%u2019t stop this
pill-popping avalanche.
People take sleeping pills because they
want sleep and the pills work.
If they used them short-term it would be
okay, but people don%u2019t.
Many people end up taking them long-term.
They don%u2019t want to, but if they
simply follow the instructions on the
packet and pop a pill each night for 2-4
weeks they find that when they stop the
pills, more often than not, their sleeping
problems come straight back.
They don%u2019t even have to be physically
addicted to the drugs, it%u2019s just that
they haven%u2019t broken their habit of
poor sleep.
So they go back on the sleeping pills
again.
What do you think about sleeping pills?
Are you addicted too?
