Why do some people choose drugs over everything- even you?
612381
i must agree with Andy.when people are under the influence of drugs they are unable to properly prioritize. in his mind there is nothing that comes before the need to get high. and until he makes up his mind to do something about it there is nothing that u can do except get tough! don't be an enabler by allowing him to be in and out of your life at his convenience. since he has chosen drugs, you hafta choose your child and your sanity and leave him alone until he has gone through a program and ATLEAST 6 months of sobriety. \np.s. remember that even if he does get clean, he will ALWAYS be an addict. consider that before u allow him back into your life.
112714
There are two reasons:\n\n1.  Nicotine (the drug in tobacco) is one of the most addicting drugs around.\n\n2.  Smokers build habits around their smoking.  For example, after eating, with their coffee, taking a break, etc.
366666
Yes, only the ones wich arent bad for me. And only every once in a blue moon. But theres nothing wrong with a little mushroom or peyote, despite what they might have you believe. Speed and other uppers are terrible stuff, I would strongly advise against it. And pot is just in the same group as alchohol with me, only every once in a while. Its killed far less people than alchohol, even far less than asperin. People are just cattle sometimes, follow the propaganda and not thinking for themselves. Thats the only reason good drugs get a bad rap. I will say some people shouldnt do certain drugs though, not everyone knows how to handle themelves. But at the same time those people shouldnt do alot of other perfectly legal things either, like driving a car or having children. Oh well I guess, I mind my own business with it and dont harm a single soul.
297869
I totally resent this question! ADD and ADHD destroys peoples lives! I am a sufferer and without my  medication I would be out of control! My brother has ADHD and because of this he has not a single friend! His life is ruined! without his medicane he would be destoroyed! And he's only 9! I'm only 13 too for petes sake!  And don't call it speed! These medicanes are legal cause people like you ruin it by taking it for your own amusement! Beside you know perfectly well why Marijuana isn't legal! My Dad smokes and its worst enough! Would you like to lose someone to something 50 billions times worser than that? This question upsets me very much! Your making a resourcfull helpfull medicane into an amusing drug that could be taken away to people who really need it!
321201
anyone who uses needs to get a life...drugs are only a crutch for those too weak to face reality. This world doesn't have space for drugged up losers. They don't call it dope for nothing..what a waste of time, money and a human life.
48270
Because it can make you feel emotions that you cant feel, but want to. Some people have nothing to feel good about,or they have things that make them feel a little good, but are not experiancing anything that makes them feel very good. Theres nothing that is good that they can get excited about, and they feel that life is not worth living, because they feel bad emotions much more then they feel good. When they take meth, they may feel good and they are excited about feeling good,and they feel more alive. Meth does this by screwing up the chemistry in your brain. If they stop taking meth they go back to a life that is mediocre at best, so they will want to get high on meth again. They continue to take meth and it changes their brain, so that they believe that have to get more meth, no matter what consequences will be suffered. This may sound crazy, but that's the deal an addict makes with meth. he trades his mental health for some good emotions.
668995
People are using drugs everyday. Caffeine is a drug, Nicotine is a drug, prescription anti-depressants are drugs... Some drugs are worse than others, I agree, but let everyone learn from their own mistakes.
595679
because they figure since they are natural that they are not "medicine" and therefore feel better about taking it.  some of the things i think are ok but some people fall for a bunch of crap.  some of the commercials and things you see out there i honestly dont know how anyone would buy them.  im a pharmacy student and work at the hospital and you always hear the docs ask where some patients find some of these meds that they are on, some arent even legal here in the us, they buy them from canada and other places and its ridiculous, most of the junk they buy is from the internet and we just sigh.
978084
Drug addicts and alcoholics suffer from a disease. This disease usually results in consequences which are socially repugnant. At some point, these people have an insight to the fact that continued indulgence in drugs/alcohol will not be tolerated and will inevitably destroy them and all that's around them (true)-they then make a choice to keep going or get help. It is hard to sympathize with them unless they try to change. A couple of outstanding features of addiction is incredible selfishness as well as an amazing capacity to manipulate others. If we hand someone the "Victim" label, they will most likely run with it and use it to their own end. The stats are bleak for recovery.
1016833
YES...someone I know very well is the user. He started at only 14 and HIS OWN FATHER WANTS TO KEEP HIM HOOKED. He lies about everything, even small things. He wants everyone to love him or hate him.He flirts with girls just to get their drugs.He abuses his family and friends until they leave him just so he can get away with doing whatever he wants. Even when he is clean for a few months, he picks at himself until he bleeds and has mood-swings with tantrums. He is selfish.His mom spoils him, even gives him money for drugs and she abuses him too.The saddest part is that he has a baby that he can't take care of for even one hour.
856402
You answered your own question----they run out, they act desperate.  Leading a 'normal' life doesn't have you running in desperation for an escape of drugs.  They can think it's okay, but so does an alcoholic, a gambler etc.  The drugs will eventually eat away at their lives.  Hiding an addiction always does--it's time they woke up and faced life as themselves-not behind the mask of something that make them feel good for a while.
1186476
Because they are addictive both mentally and physically. Your body is telling you one thing, but your mind is much more powerful than you think. Maybe you enjoy that lifestyle? Maybe everything around you reminds you of what you used to do when you were on these drugs? Certain things may trigger off a memory, a situation may remind you of when you did this...\n\nTry changing your environment, changing the people you hang out with, changing your lifestyle? It may be hard, but remember that this is your life, and sometimes we got to think about us for a change, and what we want, and what we have to do for ourselves!\n\nGood Luck!
256794
a lot of people have mental illnesses,their brain has a need to get high ,alcohol, dope, whatever feels up that emptiness,yes it hereditary.proper medicine will get those brain levels backto normal.you no longer feel the need to get high.
669647
I have tried just about every recreational drug out there(short of needles and pcp and heroin) and I can say that I have never had a bad time or experience from any of it. The problem with drugs is that so many people use them as a priority instead of for recreation. Work, relationships, and other responsibilities should always take precedence over drugs.
691656
well drugs can be meds and they can be just drugs. When people abuse them they are drugs. When they use them proper they are meds.
929940
It's easy to start, hard to stop, and some people think its cool so they do it to try and impress them to be cool too. So, its generally peer pressure that starts it and then that person finds out the benefits and ignores the long term damages, and keeps doing alcohol or drugs or whichever, until they are so addicted its almost impossible to stop before they die. Thats why when they go through a serious condition (heart attack) and are hospitilized, then told they have to stop its much more likely that they will rather than stopping on their own.
1040755
A lot of times people do drugs, excessive drinking, etc. to help with their "past" issues. (it makes it worse on them, they just do not realize it.)  it was a time when they thought they had it all together, and at the time, their friends would accept their weird, strange and sometimes stupid behavior, to the other people... they were just party buddies. No one really cared about them. In a sense when people "fall back", they are looking for the security that they once had.  For us that Love these people, they believe that we nag at them to start fights, Which in reality "we" know that the person is better then the "past", they just do not see it that way.