What could possibly be added to everything that’s already been written about substance abuse? I am a drug addict in recovery. So I know what it feels like to live a life of drug abuse and addiction. For people who have never known what it is like to use drugs every day, I will tell you after a while it isn’t much fun. I started out smoking marijuana when I was 21 years old. And for the next 15 years I smoked pot. I honestly believed there was nothing wrong with what I was doing. Drug addiction has a way of making you believe it is ok, or not that bad. And when you have not used in a while that first hit makes an addict feel like they have died and gone to heaven.