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Saw this on Facebook today. Harsh but true.
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 714451" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My older daughter was steeped in drugs, but quit because her personality is basically not lazy, angry or unmotivated. She got sick of the drug life, so she said.</p><p></p><p>She worked at Walmart in high school while using drugs and went to Cosmetology School and got A's then worked while on meth and coke. A high functioning drug user.</p><p></p><p> I think personality traits help or hinder quitting. If addiction is a disease, and I call it an illness, it is 100% dependent upon the sick person to put an end to this disease. Professionals can assist and offer help, but there is no antibiotic or medicine to cure it. So it is different in that our help doesnt help (often it prolongs it and makes it worse) and even doctors cant do it for them. This makes it very frustrating.</p><p></p><p>I think others often dont see it as an illness because addicts often hurt others by stealing, assaulting, abusing, getting into car accidents, even killing for drug money. It is hard for people to feel sympathy toward those who do crimes that hurt society. It is different from diseases that are not associated with crime.</p><p></p><p>This is a unique problem on many fronts. Drug addicts are not nice people while they are using.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 714451, member: 1550"] My older daughter was steeped in drugs, but quit because her personality is basically not lazy, angry or unmotivated. She got sick of the drug life, so she said. She worked at Walmart in high school while using drugs and went to Cosmetology School and got A's then worked while on meth and coke. A high functioning drug user. I think personality traits help or hinder quitting. If addiction is a disease, and I call it an illness, it is 100% dependent upon the sick person to put an end to this disease. Professionals can assist and offer help, but there is no antibiotic or medicine to cure it. So it is different in that our help doesnt help (often it prolongs it and makes it worse) and even doctors cant do it for them. This makes it very frustrating. I think others often dont see it as an illness because addicts often hurt others by stealing, assaulting, abusing, getting into car accidents, even killing for drug money. It is hard for people to feel sympathy toward those who do crimes that hurt society. It is different from diseases that are not associated with crime. This is a unique problem on many fronts. Drug addicts are not nice people while they are using. [/QUOTE]
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