Quote Originally Posted by Mike41793 View Post
He already went to prison for what im assuming was a drug related offence. He got out and was clean when she married him. HE made the concience choice to start using again (if he is). I completely disagree with you. If hes using again she should leave him bc clearly he's chosen the drugs over her. Did you miss the part where she hasnt eaten in 3 days so he can buy drugs?! I have never used hard drugs so i really cant give a view from that perspective but i dont think drug addicts are "sick". At some point in their life they made the CHOICE to use drugs. No one forced him to smoke or snort or inject the meth. He chose to. Now hes choosing to let his wife starve so he can have drugs.

Without it harming me at all i REALLY wish there was some way to get myself addicted to something just so i could prove that i could quit and never touch it again. Imo its all just about willpower.
What you've said here is a prime example for why I stated earlier "no one can understand an addict except an addict". It doesn't make sense to anyone, even to ourselves. We do things we would have never even considered possible when the battle of the addicition is being waged. Its a mental illness; a brain disorder regardless of how the person first became addicted. Once that person is addicted, the disease never leaves you.

Think of it as getting meningitis or something if you must. No one really cares how you got the meningitis, just that you now have it. No one says "well, that poor sod shouldn't have been in a place where there was a disease! Screw him!"

Addiction should be looked at and dealt with in the same way as any other disease.

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