Like most people I knew, I thought drug addicts were the kinds of people we see in doorways in neighbourhoods most of us try to avoid - people obviously strung out, often homeless and possibly psychotic. I didn't think my son could become addicted, but he had.
タグ: homeless, think, son, people

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The war on drugs is a joke. We spend $40 billion a year, and the proof that it's a failure is that any kid can get almost any drug they want in any city in America within half an hour.
タグ: america, city, war, failure
Nick spent his first years on walks in his stroller and Snugli, playing in Berkeley parks and baby gyms and visiting zoos and aquariums. His mother and I divorced when he was 4. No child benefits from the bitterness and savagery of a divorce like ours.
タグ: bitterness, like, baby, mother
You know, we think about addiction as a morally reprehensible choice, but addicts act crazy because, in a way, that they are.
タグ: way, think, crazy, you
Though addiction is a disease - a brain disease that's often progressive - addicts who relapse are often blamed.
タグ: disease, who, addiction, brain
Relapse is very dangerous. However, relapse can be a symptom of the disease. Sometimes there are multiple relapses before you get sober and stay sober.
タグ: sober, dangerous, sometimes, you
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