Do you have any personal accounts of drug addiction?
963502
Not me, but I have known many. I have known physicians, including four surgeons, nurses, a lawyer. I have known many others, but I used these professions to say that drug addiction afflicts many people from all walks of life. Unfortunately, there is nothing that you can do. He/she must decide for themselves that they want  to try to beat the addiction. This mostly comes later than sooner.
346223
First hold a seance with a ouiji board and 2 of your closest friends.\nThen go to your back yard, find a branch that looks like the letter Y and grab the stick with two hands, one on each fork of the Y\nUs this branch as a divining rod to conjure up random drug addicts at the mall...\nDrug Addicts most often look the same as you and me, that's the scary part, most drug addicts in america hold a job, go to church and having children.  You most often cannot tell a drug addict from appearances only.  Alcoholism is also considered a drug addiction, as is addictions to pain killers,
141763
lol...what kind of a question is this...i'm sure everyone knows someone who abuses illegal drugs, it's just that some of the people that abuse illegal drugs don't go around telling everyone. Contrary to what the media portrays, there are many illegal drugs that don't make you act like a total idiot and only other people who have done the drug or people who have been around others doing the drug a lot would even know they were on it.
546640
No,I don't think it's an addiction. I think it's an obsession, kinda like you feel like you have 2 by it.
239092
I walked into the wrong hotel room-they thought I was the  stripper they had ordered-I ended up doing that and more-don't tell though-I ended up in full hooker gear and woke up nude in a dark alley...shows where a life of drug abuse will get you- Stay off the crack cocaine kids! I went into rehab after that and then ran away with my psychologist-step-brother Chuck..he has taught me to love life 24/7..drug free.
255358
nope i don't do drugs. I have seen what it has done to people and i don't want that to happen to me.
191089
Experimenting with drugs which led to addiction which led to more drugs which made me steal, lie and cheat. the best thing I've ever done was I got myself out of it!
1156914
i woke up and started drinking at 7am before i went into work pissdrunk.  while on my lunch break i removed my syringes from my lunchbox and shot some heroin into my limp veins.  then i smoked some pot to calm me down.  when i got off work i drove to the ghetto, bought some crack, smoked it, and had sex with a prostitute without a condom.  then i killed a bum.\n\nall in a day's work.
1054241
Well, I'll give you my whole story, if you care to listen. As a child, I never had any friends really, my home life was perfect but I was never really happy. At age 14, I realized that I was different from most kids, at the same time feeling the need to be accepted. There were several times when I was babysitting where my curiosity got the best of me and I brought home with me some controlled substances from the house I was keeping. Usually, it was simply a water bottle with some liquor I had taken, and once I actually found a massive pile of cannabis buds in a basement (I had been investigation and leaking sound). After several sessions of experimentation with Alcohol and Marijuana, I knew that I loved to get f*cked up. I still had no friends at this point, and therefore had no method of obtaining street drugs. I was a crafty kid though, and quickly taught myself how to extract codeine from over-the-counter pills, and learned that dextromethorophan cough syrup was a hallucinogenic-dissociative-anesthetic. At age 15, I began to meet people at my high school who were able to obtain tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana from illicit sources. \n\nAt this point, I was drinking occasionally on weekend, smoking cigarettes whenever I could get them (several daily to almost a pack each day, depending on availabilty) and smoking pot several times a day. I would usually smoke a joint before school began, in the woods right beside my high school, smoke at joint at lunch, and skip a class or two (or three, or four) and smoke a joint then, too. \n\nThen came methyphenidate hydrochloride, better known as Ritalin. A good friend of mine (also my pot dealer) had a large quantity in his house, so I often helped myself. Getting spun was a whole new level of getting wrecked. I did this on and off for about two years, while at the same time also induging in marijuana and alcohol at an increasing frequency. \n\nBy 17, I was smoking pot every day, several times a day, drinking between 4 and 7 days a week (to excess I might add). I had tried ecstacy several times, tried methamphetamine, and tried several pain killers and sleeping pills. There was only one thing left... the white devil, cocaine. \n\nCocaine is what has affected me the most... I have a collapsed nostril for god sakes. A year and a half of sniffing coke several times a week, in addition to all the Ritalin, Percocet, Valium, etc. that was going up my nostils, was eventually enough for the right side of my nose to basically.... let go. It's been almost two months since these nostils have inhaled the devils danfruff, but that is only one goal achieved.\n\nI currently am and alcoholic, drinking 6-7 days a week; I smoke pot every night (can't sleep wth out it... or barbituates). I can deal with my junk fiends (for opiates: Percocet, Morphine, OxyContin, etc.) somewhat, but I still at this point use junk for a week or two out of every month. Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (also known as Ecstacy) is another love affair of mine, using 4 or 5 times a month. \n\nThe main reason that I begain this lifestyle was probably my depression and lack of self confidence - self esteem. My need for acceptance. It has, however, over time, developed into part of who I am. Who I feel I deserve to be. \n\nIn regards to your last question, what could prevented the addiction, I have one answer for you... nothing. To tell you the truth, if anyone had tried to stop my downward spiral, I probably would have done worse, just to spite them.\n\nIf you have any further questions, I would love to be of assistance in answering them, and I invite you (and anyone reading this) to contact me at  <<bradley1287-suffocate@yahoo.ca>> or ICQ#57096972.
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Sure I have, Everyone i know has at some point or another. It's called Dry Snitching. Most of the time it's done without you even realizing your doing it. So don't feel bad your not alone.
688606
i am a recovered abuser. no aa or na or anything like that. just pure will power. i knew i wanted to live and had to quit to do it. been clean for almost 15 years.
723811
Drug addiction is a tragedy. A few of us do overcome it but the majority don't. Very sad for your friend. My sympathy.
949130
Yes but only temporarily.  Then you return to a much bigger problem........DRUG ADDICTION.
1180245
I found one through the NA website www.na.org   Also, I'm a recovering addict ( 23 months clean ) feel free to contact me any time.
702473
Are you really asking this? On here?  Isn't there a category for "Drug Dealers and USers"?
835502
i take it that you are a pothead ???? your use and possession of drugs do effect me my family and anyone else that may be out on the street with you while you are high...drugs are also a major part in crime which also effects the everyday innocent person!it will also effect the person that you will steal from when you have no other way to pay for your habit and yes it will happen deny it now but it will it always does!
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No, but I've sold my share of meth. I don't think you can deal without using though, I just have never seen it happen.\nI didn't put selling drugs before people I cared about, but definitely put using before my family and friends. \nDon't sell drugs though, thats stupid.