Addiction

Hello my name is Nyssa, I am currently enrolled at CDI College in the Addictions Counsellor program over the next 9 months I will be going out and talking to homeless people and drug addicts to see what brought them to be were they are today and if all homeless people are drug addicts.



March 14,2009

I did my first interview today it was interesting but cut short so hopefully I will be able to talk to this person again and get some more of my questions answered I was asked not to add the persons name.

He is 40 years old and has been in active addiction since the age of 10 Has his own place to live that he rents with some of his friends he has been living there for about a year When asked what the cause of his drug use was he said it was a way for him to make money as a child being forced out of his house at a very young age and over the years his drug use has become a habit and a everyday need in his life to keep him going I asked him if he seen himself getting help to be clean and a real part of socity he said I dont belive in recovery,Treatment,na,aa or any of that junk if i really wanna quit doing drugs i can with will power He supports his drug habbit not by stealing or being on welfare but collecting bottles,scrap metle,striping wire and working on peoples bikes.