Addicts of Reddit, what's your story? How do you know that someone is headed down that path?

I used to smoke spice back when it was called legal highs. Not sweaty UK prison spice, the stuff that was sold in shops which was still really bad, just not particularly dangerous. Started smoking weed when I was 15 and realised that spice was both cheaper, legal and way more intense when I was 16. Smoked it almost daily through college until it was made illegal when I was 20 when I went back to weed (I’d recently gotten a job at that point after a year unemployed and basically homeless).

My mum died when I was 18. I tell myself that I didn’t go to see her because it was too hard for me but I’m pretty sure that it was just because I wanted to get high. The denial is tangible.

I met a girl when I was 21 and ive been clean since, not even booze or cigarettes. Now im 25, in a better (still deadend) job, we live together, ive recently learned to drive and we financed a pretty good second hand car.

I couldn’t have done it without her. I hate what I was but I’ll tell anybody who’ll listen, some good has to come of it but I’ll accept it if none does.

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