addiction: the fact or condition of being addicted to a particular substance; manifested by compulsive substance use despite harmful consequence.
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i remember sitting in health class
watching a documentary on a star basketball player
who became a drug addict.
he recounted how it all began—
in college
when he walked into a friends room
where people were on their knees
bent over a table
with lines of white powder
"wanna try it?" they asked
and try it, he did.
I never though much of it,
I didn't think it was that easy,
but the next thing I knew,
i was a month into college
hanging out in the dorm
when i entered a friends room
where people were on their knees
bent over a table
with lines of white powder
"wanna try it?" they asked
and try it, I did.
i told myself it was just one line
nothing more
i didn't even feel anything
it was stupid
not worth ever trying again
until the curiosity kicked in once more
a wanting to feel the high
but no, it was more than curiosity
more than a wanting
it was
a
craving.
