SK> And, WHO are you speaking of? I've never met a drug addict that was 
SK> doing drugs to "fix" anything, except their pain...the taking of the 
THE ONLY REASON DRUGS ARE USED IS TO AFFECT THE BRAIN AND CENTRAL NERVOUS 
SYSTEM.  In short, to alter the brain chemistry.  Period. Anything else is an 
excuse.  This idea of "pain" comes from those who are too psychologically 
crippled to live in modern society without chemical help.  Treatment consists 
of teaching them how to do just that.
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SK> Do you think people WANT to be addicted to drugs? Do you think that 
SK> condemning them to prison is the answer? Don't you think that they 
SK> WANTto stop? Got a clue (and I'm the man to state the FACTS), they DO 
SK> wantto stop. Remember? I'm the guy that was a drug addict. PLEASE, 
SK> remember...I said WAS. 
There is no such thing as "was a drug addict".  Had you any form of treatment 
for addiction or attended even a few meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous or 
Narcotics Anonymous, you would have learned that.  You are permanently 
addicted to whatever drug you chose plus you have a tendency to become 
rapidly addicted to any other drug in that same class!  Three days of use 
will be all that it takes to turn you into a confirmed addict to any other 
drug in the same class. 
 I've seen addicts in recovery for years, have worked for a couple of the 
best drug counselors in both Tacoma and Seattle.  Another one of these, now 
retired, lives up the road.  Just what do you think you can contribute to the 
knowledge I have piled up from sitting on hard chairs through two pages of 
seminars and workshops on addiction and related subjects after graduation 
from the oldest school in the nation for counselors?  What have you got to 
say that those who were incarcerated in the old King County Jail didn't?  And 
I learned from men who had used heroin for years, who pointed out to me the 
reason why the diabetic inmates had so many problems and other little fine 
points of medical and nursing care that sometimes escaped those in charge of 
the place! 
 Your posts indicate a total and complete lack of any real understanding of 
the disease of addiction or what it takes to break the hold that drugs have 
on someone and what to do to help that person stay clean and sober.  Your 
experience is limited to one person's, your own.  And that, I was informed at 
Seattle Umiversity, is not enough to do any good at all in this world today.  
If you want to really do something, then get your rear end to those who will 
teach you how to help other addicts.
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