Reply #73: Now METH Heads .... [View All]

I was once associated with an institution that had a high number of addicts (of various types) and hence had a number od treatment programs for them. During that time I learned a great deal about the psychology of addiction and addicts themselves. I even attended some AA meetings because I was curious.

One of the interesting things I learned that unrecovered addicts do (and saw them doing) is a kind of "false pride" that they are not in fact addicted to something far worse. Alcoholics would look down upon cocaine addicts as being out of control and cocaine addicts would shamefully scorn all those crackheads in the street and point out how they were so much more in control. You would see such thinking frequently in people who were not along a path t recovery.

The thing is though that whether it be alcohol, pot , meth or cocaine - it's all the same thing. If you're out of control then you're out of control and it doesn't matter what substance you are using. Someone addicted to marijuana is just a drain on family friends and society as any speed freak or crack head out there. No difference. No difference at all. Not one.

Again, I am NOT against the prohibition of alcohol or marajuana (although I do support prohibition of stronger recreational drugs). The thing is - if you NEED a substance to get along in life then you are out of control.