Because drugs can take the choice away from you. Losing control literally means losing control. Also the addictive urges are hardest to resist while under the influence. Some drugs are not physically addictive but mentally. It can be harder to get off of them. With physical addiction you can get medical care to help you through it.
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|Up and down
|And in the end it's only round and round
|Pink Floyd - Us and Them
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|bipolar II, substance use disorder, ADD
|lamictal, straterra
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