... not that i'm the most sympathetic to people stupid enough to do something like heroin.
It's not really "stupidity". It's utter desperation, the symbol of people dealt nothing in life and have no stake. People from broken homes, with broken minds; neglected and disenfranchised from society. The institutionalised signs of success - wealth, property, education, family - are distant and unimaginable dreams. With no finances, no emotional support and a weakened psyche; what can someone do but retreat into the easy euphoria of a hit? Those of us not addicted like to imagine that we're special, we could resist the draw; but somehow I think in those circumstances, resisting the downward spiral is futile.
What?
I'm a recovering heroin addict. I did it because I thought it looked like fun.
I think you're being just a little--just a little--dramatic.
^ Seriously. No need for overwrought expressions of empathy.
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