Is it true that a drug addict would leave his girlfriend for another drug addict?

Answer 1

he already has a mistress, his addiction!!!

do not be fooled by anything he says as long as he is using-the drugs can and will make him a self centered dishonest person. he maymean well, but addictions tend to rule the actions of the addict!

Answer 2

I haven't, but I've worked with several addicts - alcohol and heroin - in my practice as a psychotherapist. In one case, the person concerned had stopped the heroin some years before but was still deeply troubled; in another, the person had stopped the heroin and the later methadone but was seriously alcoholic and came close to killing themselves while driving drunk. I'm relieved to say they've now stopped drinking. I agree, it is tragic to see people's lives ruined or lost through addiction. And I agree, the addicts I've know (professionally and personally) have been charismatic and/or highly creative people. I think the reason for the connection is that the deeply devastating pain these people feel - usually from serious difficulties in their childhood and I don't mean necessarily 'obvious' things like abuse or neglect - has spurred their creativity but because they haven't found a way to manage the overwhelming feelings, they use a drug to numb themselves and make life bearable. There are plenty of creative people who are not addicts - and I think they're the ones who've been more able to make sense of their experience and pain, who've somehow had the conceptual framework or emotional intelligence or whatever you want to call it. They've been lucky, having some context in their lives where they learned something of this. I have been really surprised by how unable the addicts I've worked with have been to express their feelings or even know about what's going on inside them. They are often incredibly engaging people, lively, intelligent - and I've assumed they could think metaphorically, identify their feelings etc and have been amazed - even shocked - to realise how unable they are to reflect on feeling and 'image' it. That's why I think long-term psychotherapy really IS the way to enable addicts to find a way out of their prison, but of course, they have to choose to engage with the process and that can be hard because it's painful, and not all therapists are great at helping people to manage all of that.

Answer 3

Sure, misery loves company, what better company than a fellow addict.

If someone is the girlfriend of an addict then she is an enabler with her own issues. To me, it'd be a blessing for an addict to leave a non-addict.

Answer 4

An addict who is using would sell his girlfriend's organs for transplants in order to get another dosis. An addict who is using does not have an elevator that goes to the top floor, the light's are on but no one is home, all the Christmas tree bulbs don't twinkle: he or she is in an altered state of mind where the logic of people who are not using does not apply.

Answer 5

A drug addict is capable of just about anything and it all revolves around the drugs

Answer 6

A true drug addict won't have a girlfriend unless she's a junkie also, it's part of the alienating process of being truly addicted.

Answer 7

if you are an addict ...common sense will fly out the door ... you will do things to people you love and support that you could imagine doing if you didnt have an addiction... leave his girlfriend ? oh, yea... if the girlfriend is lucky...if not, he will use her up in anyway possible ( economically, mentally, physically ) to support his habit until he is able to get some help...

Answer 8

not necassarilly if he loved his girlfriend being a drug addict does nto make someone bad.

Answer 9

Drug addicts are NOT in their right mind & often do things they wouldn't do sober.

Answer 10

Most of them are in it for an easy cheap fix. Especially after they have screwed up their lives enough like lost job etc...