You hear about it all the time. A man gets divorced and drowns his sorrows at the bar. A woman loses her job at the firm and decides to get loaded so she can forget about her new financial woes. Loss is one of the best excuses for abusing mind altering substances. Who is going to reprimand you for getting drunk on a Sunday morning after losing something precious to you? No one will! Loss can be one of the more dangerous justifications for using; what could be more depressing then the feeling of complete helplessness over a situation? Loss of self, a vast void, hopelessness; I have experienced it all.   A little over a year ago, I asked my friend (we’ll call him James) to go pick up some opiates … Read entire article »