From thinking about what I am addicted to, things such as video games, now I realize what a long road the drug addicts have to walk in order to reach freedom. People say all you need is commitment and will power to stop addcition but they don't understand how addictive these addictions are. It is easy to say all you need is commitment but it is actually really hard to put into action. When you are addicted to something that commitment just doesn't appear. From my experience of being addicted to video games I know how hard, how heart-breaking it is to not be able to do the things you enjoy most. When I was in 6th grade I had to STOP playing video games, not even on weekends, because of my low grades in school. Although I knew that school was more important, I didn't have the bravery to stop playing games. In the end, my video games were forcefully taken away from me. I cried that night at the thought of not playing video games for a year or maybe even forever. I think it would be the same for drug abusers. Taking drugs is their most enjoyable activity and trying to stop it... Some people will try with a tremendous amount of bravery but have side effects, just like I cried. I think abusers need another source of entertainment to occupy them so that they have no time to think about taking drugs. That is why you need people to engage with them, to help distract them from thinking of drugs. We should not avoid and isolate the drug users but help them become normal again and have a second chance in life.
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