have think thr likelihood of someone quitting who has a 10 year habit... if all their friends and lifestyle is that... I just don't think they will change. I am giving up hope for that person. As someone who doesn't have an addiction... its very exhausting to deal with and try to encourage healthier behaviors when they don't care about their family, saving, their kids, making a life for them or working. It's just party all the time... party all the time! This isn't being an adult. I don't get this mentality. you just have more problems on top of your problems because now you have 0 dollars to your name for temporary fun with so called friends who are just your party friends... but they don't care how your kids are or if your bills are paid.

@CBrown

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You clearly don't understand how powerful addiction really is. When people talk about "demons"....addiction is a demon . Once you're addicted to something, once you have that metaphorical demon with it's hooks into you, it becomes something you'll find it very difficult to escape. It speaks to you. It pulls on you. It manipulates you and practically controls you. You may want to quit but it's your own brain trying to fight itself. From the outside it's easy to think that your brain can just tell your body not to do the thing but it's that same brain telling your body to do it in the first place. It's difficult to override. It becomes a behavior like blinking or breathing. You can't just tell your body not to breathe because you're under water? When your brain tells your body it needs air, because the body is telling it that it needs air, you're going to try to breathe and getting out of that pool is harder than it may sound when that demon is not only latched onto you but actively trying to pull you under. Breaking that grasp is key. It's difficult and requires the support of those who care. For the ones who can do it all on their own, kudos. For you, who sounds like they've never been addicted to anything, kudos. I wouldn't wish it on you. But try to have some understanding of how difficult a thing this actually is and don't blame people who become addicted. It's never on purpose, even when it is the result of bad behavior. It's a slippery slope, as they say. You don't realize it's coming to that until you're past the point of no return. Most people are just trying to be happy. Some of us go about it in less than ideal ways and it's a shame that this can happen to our brains.