Hepcat wrote:
fubarthepanda wrote:
Hepcat wrote:
What a stupid, stupid waste. All she had to do is stay off the booze and dope and she would have had a charmed existence. But she threw it all away for the drugs.
Unfortunately, that's easier said then done sometimes.
I've done it. All that's needed is to be positively determined not to conform, to rebel against your peers. Strength of character, perversity, call it what you will, but that's what's needed.
I've got friends who've done it and those that didn't.  Once you get into the heavy stuff like crack cocaine, it definitely becomes a harder road to walk.  The physical dependency issues alone are enough to kill someone.  But it's definitely a great accomplishment in that you've been able to personally overcome it.