There is nothing more helpless and irresponsible than a man in the depths of an ether binge.
Some of the best times in my life happened under the influence of drugs... I'd still be doing it if I could make good judgement calls. I'd still be doing it if I didn't blow up to the size of an aircraft hangar, because it was a great time.
It's one of the reasons I don't do drugs. One sniff and I'd go all the way.
Google is addictive.
I was a huge Internet junkie.
Social media can be so addictive.
I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse.
Drug misuse is not a disease, it is a decision, like the decision to step out in front of a moving car. You would call that not a disease but an error of judgment.