Do you sympathize with people struggling with Drug addiction?
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Sometimes… depends from case to case and the drug that got used.
Statistically, people with mental issues or people who went through trauma and stress are more likely to use drugs as a coping mechanism. It makes them feel better faster, even if it’s just for a short moment. These people need help not punishment. Unless they committed other crimes to support their addiction or hurt other people.
It’s a different thing with those who sell it. Very often they have their middle man who are at parties, campus, you name it and are pressuring people or trying to convince people to try it out. It’s a whole chain that lives from peoples addiction.
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Not really.
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Yes! I have an addiction myself. It might not be to a drug but I can completely understand how difficult it is to break out of the cycle
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Depends on the situation.
I know some who got addicted to alcohol
'cause they couldn't handle grief after losing a loved one or after dealing with hardships for not being able to provide for their families/pressure on their working lives. The saddest thing you can imagine.
I feel for them. Therapy could help, but unfortunately it's a taboo to these days, especially among men, so addiction seems like the only relief for them, which is not.
I also know some who went through a terrible road with addiction for peer pressure.
These are questionable.
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Yes. It's pretty much always paired with mental illness. I've had friends who have gone through periods of drug addiction. I have relatives who are alcoholics. I've dated someone whose mom was a serious alcoholic his entire life and attempted suicide during the period we were dating. Substance abuse ran in his family and he was even practically a high functioning alcoholic himself, but never really lost control in the same way.
I can't relate because I'm not prone to addiction at all, but I can sympathize and feel bad for them, even though I know I'll probably never understand how they feel.
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Yes, ofc. As well as I empathize with them considering most of the time they do drugs because they're struggling in life due to several issues and they can be relatable to me.
I've lost close ones to drug overdose and had tragic lives, but were amazing, talented people and could have contributed a lot to society. So yeah, I can both sympathize and empathize with them.
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Yes I do but i think it is still important to not enable their addiction. I know a lot of addicts are using it as a coping mechanism especially those addicted to pain killers.
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Yes, even tho in certain situations it can be frustrating
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It's not the kind of thing where it matters if I sympathize or not, because I don't know the person and I don't judge people before I know what pushed them to that situation.
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