Addiction

Drug addiction doesn’t just effect the addict

People who do drugs can be good role models, not in the most common sense, but they can be. Sometimes it can be a role model of what not to do, but there are life lessons to be learned from a drug addicted person as I have experienced this myself.

While it was difficult, and I was young, there were still life lessons that were learned from it. Good and bad.
An addiction is an illness. They aren’t ‘junkies’ or ‘criminals’ or ‘trash’ most of the time, addicts are trying to better themselves, no matter how much people don’t want to believe that. People want to shut addicts away from society, pretend they don’t exist and that nobody loves them. Often times, people when they see a drug addict, they turn their nose up at them, instead of looking at them with caring eyes, thinking about what drove them to that point.

They aren’t trash.
They aren’t worthless.
They are loved.

They were drove to this point, or sometimes they just wanted the experience.

They didn’t want this
They’ve heard ‘you’ll become addicted.’ But in the moment, none of that mattered. When you’re drove to the point where you hate your life so much that you’d risk it so much just to escape, the addiction doesn’t even matter.
Because the addiction isn’t the needle piercing their skin.
The addiction isn’t their nose burning
The addiction isn’t the burn of their lungs
The addiction is the escape.
Addicts have said they liked the way it felt. They liked the burn of the nose, throat or lungs. But they just like where it’s leading. They know that after the burn, their paradise comes. Where their heart doesn’t hurt. They don’t feel guilty. They forget.
They just want to forget.
They aren’t trash.
They aren’t worthless.
They are loved.