why do people waste money on drugs?

[msmoorad]

theres this one guy- another muslim fellow
lives near the old man with whom i had that big argument last week

anyways, hes married with 3 young girls
his wife is always getting angry & leaving him for months- staying at her parents place because he has a drug habit

this guy used to collect scrap metal but due to the nasty old man
he now collects plastic- HDPE, LDPE etc

he asks me once a month to take his load of plastic down to the industrial area where theres a place that buys plastic from him

today was one of those days

he pays me a fair amount for helping him
but i feel very sad to see him drugged out of his mind a few hours later
he wastes most of his money on drugs
and he neglects his kids



people like this
why do they ever get married & have kids?

u feel sorry for them & their family
but nobody can help him if he is not serious about quitting

[charn]

An equally valid question is why do people waste money on kids and marriage instead of drugs. I have neither, so I can't definitely say which is better.

[Yunkman]

We feel sorry for those people, but they have intentionally ruined their reputation, finances, future and family....yet they won't (or can't) quit.
If they had it to do over again, I wonder if they'd do the same thing. I can't understand their motives and I don't even understand chemical dependency, but it's a real issue. Not only a danger to themselves and their family; others around them never know what they'll do.

[hobo finds]

depression, boredom

[pjost]

Why do people drink (myself included)? IMHO smoking a joint is less harmful than a six pack of PBR.