We are faced with them every day, from the minute we climb out of bed until we next crawl into it. They can change our lives or have no effect at all, from the minutest of moments to the most monumental of times when they can change the course of human history.
Choices.
They come at us by the hundreds daily, from what to have for breakfast or what to wear for work to what time we decide to retire for the evening, each decision having an unseen ripple effect in both our lives and those around us. The choices we make can also destroy us.
Bad choices have consequences.
It is a widely-held belief that drug addiction is an illness; that's a lot of crap. It's bunk, a falsehood, a myth. Addiction doesn't become an illness or disorder until you make the choice that it is. That first decision to upload some mind-altering substance into your body is on you.
You, and only you, own it. You made the decision to smoke that first joint, snort that first line of coke, take that first pill, jab that needle into your arm for the first time.
It was your choice. You weren't 'ill' until you decided to become so. Stop leaning on that crutch called disorder/illness and take responsibility for your choice. What you do about addiction is also a choice: you either attack the problem with treatment and counseling or you don't.
It's your choice.
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