Having an addiction can scar a family and leave charred relationships in its wake. Most people dealing with addiction have done it for most of their lives, and have no intention of stopping, or even realize that they have a problem. Denial is normal in such situations. Because they deny that anything is wrong, the other party in the relationship begins to question their own habits. Growing up with an alcoholic father, I spent most of my childhood questioning myself. I did not understand why he would forget to pick me up on Sundays, or wh

Addiction has ruined many lives. Not only the addicts, but the families and friends that watch them slowly disappear. To witness a loved one slowly poison their body to death is a horrible thing to have to see. To know that there is nothing you can do about it besides leave them to poison themselves alone, and hope that they will see the light. Luckily, there are a few who realize that what they are doing is detrimental, and will get help. They are they few that we cling to for hope, and for support. Maybe someday they will get better, maybe they will see that they are hurting themselves and others, and then again, maybe they will not.

Besides crushing families and relationships, addiction can also ruin a life financially. Addictive items cost money. And lots of it. Cigarettes go for about $3 a pack now, and imagine the tab that a daily dose of $12 cases of beer can do to the average income. People lose their homes and jobs because of addictions, and can end up in financial ruin. Jobs that addicts tend to have are low paying, low responsibility ones. Just enough to buy more supplies, and maybe food. If they do not have jobs, then they rely on loves ones to keep them afloat. My boyfriend would empty all the pockets in our pants, and dig through the car; just to scrape up enough change to buy a tall can, to at least give him a buzz. I was the sole breadwinner out of the two of us, and when times got tough, he would continue to mooch off of anyone he could. We were starving and broke, but somehow he found enough mo

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