I guess my guilt lies in the fact that I don't feel compassion for the addict.Addiction is a disease,the addict is ill.The suicidal person is ill too,mental illness.

It feels wrong to not have the same compassion for both of them.The addict doesn't want to be an addict the same as the other doesn't want to be mentally I'll.I would never think that I don't want someone in my life because they are mentally ill yet I have had those thoughts about the addict.

Addicts struggle too,just as much as someone with mental illness and it feels wrong to feel the way I do.