Using excuses for the predicament you're in and minimizing your situation, whether it is drug or alcohol use, is a sure sign of an addict.
I used to have a drug problem, now I make enough money.
Change is inevitable. Progression is a choice. We all move, but are you going to move forward?
It is time to embrace mental health and substance use/abuse as illnesses. Addiction is a disease.
Be your best proponent, ally, and advocate.
By drinking, a boy acts like a man. After drinking, many a man acts like a boy.
Altitude sickness, unregulated drugs and medical gas enabled workers to become drug abusers/addicts
Theirs was a tug-of-war and neither could let go. Both felt the burn and still wouldn't let go. Some might call it a game for neither could admit defeat.
Be an informed advocate and support.
Just because you have baggage doesn't mean you have to lug it around.
If you do not cultivate your life's environment, you will not captivate the worlds enlightenment.