![]() They just drifted along until they got hooked. They did not start using drugs for any reason they can remember. Most addicts I have talked to report a similar experience. I drifted along taking shots when I could score. The questions, of course, could be asked: Why did you ever try narcotics? Why did you continue using it long enough to become an addict? You become a narcotics addict because you do not have strong motivations in the other direction. I think it no exaggeration to say it takes about a year and several hundred injections to make an addict. ![]() It took me almost six months to get my first habit, and then the withdrawal symptoms were mild. And you don’t really know what junk sickness is until you have had several habits. It takes at least three months’ shooting twice a day to get any habit at all. ![]() You don’t wake up one morning and decide to be a drug addict. The answer is that he usually does not intend to become an addict. “The question is frequently asked: Why does a man become a drug addict? ![]()
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