> often the users cause harm to those around them as well. Often? Almost always. Husbands and wives torn apart, children left abandoned. There are very, very few instances of “good news” drug stories. The best outcome is going to be the addict gets clean but is a shell of their former self, fit for little more than being a statistic and a story for those hoping to reach the same lofty goal. I’m watching it happen real time…a friend is wasting away on cocaine. He has other demons he’s battling, using this as a crutch. A beautiful wife, $350k/year job, gorgeous home, intelligent and athletic. He has quit his job, gotten fat and lazy, and has reached out to a divorce attorney after confusing her encouragement to start working for greed and attempts to get his money. Sad, and sadly not isolated. He’s far from the bottom, which is what you see littering the streets of our once beautiful cities…if it’s not the joggers ruining them (Atlanta, Baltimore), it’s the druggies (Seattle, San Francisco)