[Stu]

Originally Posted by Stu

Absurd. ''Taking addictive substances is a choice'' is an oxymoron. Once addiction to a drug like Heroin takes hold your body demands it or it will get very, very ill. It's possible to quit ... it's always possible to quit ... but your psyche also changes and deludes you into thinking that taking drugs is the best option. That's why it's called addiction.

Think about that for a moment. I hate to sound patronising but it's so, so hard to understand unless you have been there. Your mind changes. Your very own mind. You suffer damn near hallucinations. Delusions. Physical and mental cravings telling you that you need drugs. Neurological quips that can override that small voice of sense.

Surely you also see the folly in saying she had a huge amount of money so she could have quit? A huge amount of money also means easier and faster means to get drugs.

I absoloutely agree with you on her family though. From what I understand they played a huge role in pushing her to drugs and keeping her there.

I hate to quote myself but to think of a good comparison :

Imagine a schizophrenic person trying to convince themselves that the voices in their head are just that. Voices.

That's what hardcore drug addiction is. The worst of it. How come schizophrenics cannot just choose to be sane?

Drug addiction at it's worst is a mental illness.