Yeah, but not all addicts are so hardcore, are they? I think you're closer to the real reason for most addicts (who aren't such ghastly-looking) with the fact that drug usage changes their behavior. I feel like this is what repells me so much: them saying such a hard "fuck it" about their lives; a defense mechanism of my psyche: if you don't care about your life, why should I? Maybe it's also about the mental strain that's visible only to our subconscious but that we can feel being present, though this is my speculation more than an evidence of any sort.Go look up some images of hardcore drug users on Google. Meth, heroin, crack, etc. They don't look healthy, do they?
Yeah. They're also not the ones we think about when we think "drug addict" either. Functional drug users often slip under our radar because more often than not, we don't even know they're on drugs. It's the extremes that cause the stigma.not all addicts are so hardcore, are they?
That's not what you think about - and I presume you're a US citizen. Where I grew up, we never had meth addicts. The worst we ever heard about was heroin. For me, those hooded Adidas-wearing young men are drug addicts ad extremis. It was much later that I learned about the debiliating effects of more potent drugs on one's skin, from the US media. Our views on the matter differ significantly. Compared to the US, my perception of a typical drug addict is much milder, and vice versa.They're also not the ones we think about when we think "drug addict" either.