Several years ago I was in conversation with a friend of mine, a former addict, who was sharing with me how he felt after a few years of sobriety. His comments to me were unusually candid. “I love drugs — I still love drugs,” he told me. “I know it sounds crazy, but that’s exactly my problem. I wouldn’t be an addict if I hated them.”
I was reminded of this conversation several months ago after coming across this post on Reddit, where someone asked why it takes methamphetamine users years to feel joy again after getting clean.
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