Why?

Why do people become addicts? I have no idea and if I did I would be a wealthy woman. Now I am not going to be a victim with a feel sorry for me pity story, but what I will share is my story, my perspective and how addiction has impacted my life.

I don’t think I was born to addicted parents, but my parents both became addicts after my birth. I don’t remember that obviously, but that is my version of the story I tell myself. The story I got from my mother is that my father contributed to her becoming an addict, but I never asked my father because I fear the answer and the further devastation it would cause to our relationship.