A subject I'm all too familiar with personally. If you want some of my perspective I'll link you to a few of my posts about it. I really think addiction is more learned than hereditary the more I learn about myself. One thing is clear though, if we don't learn how to break the cycle for ourselves the end result is death.
https://steemit.com/life/@clayboyn/why-do-smart-people-become-addicted-to-drugs
https://steemit.com/life/@clayboyn/healing-undiagnosed-and-alone-stop-the-mental-health-stigma
https://steemit.com/life/@clayboyn/the-root-of-addiction
Sorry to hear you have been personally affected by addiction... It has become so widespread, it just blows my mind that so many young people (people of all ages) have become subject to -- HEROIN. Death is always right around the corner when dealing with this subject, unfortunately. Thanks for the links, I will be sure to check the out!
I feel like most people can never truly understand addiction if they haven't been through it. I try to write about to help explain the addict point of view and how we end up there and get free etc. Hopefully it's useful for something :)
Experience = Knowledge
Im sure it's helpful... :))