It will turn the most innocent person into a complete animal and criminal. The addiction usually starts from two different ways, first is when a friend offers it to the new user for their first time or the addict has been a long time prescription medicine abuser and found heroin to be a cheaper and easier opiate to find. I witnessed my brothers go from occasional teen drinkers into full blown heroin addicts in less than a couple months. Once it began it started off very hard to see and not as bad as expected. Every once in awhile a few things would come up missing or money stolen, but after about 6 months it turned into tv’s being stolen and sold to cars traded for drugs. It quickly takes over the persons life and that is all they care …show more content…
The majority of users do not see their addiction as a problem. Usually once they realize that it is life threatening, it’s almost to late. When Mike was still alive it’s hard to know if Eva knew he had relapsed. If Eva knew Mike was using again, her best bet would have been to beg him to enroll himself in rehab right away. Often the user will not agree that rehab is the best option. More often than not, there possibly was nothing Eva could have done for Mike.
Everyone handles the loss of a loved one differently, but I do not believe that this is an effective way to deal with the loss of Mike. I do believe this is a good way for her kids to learn when they are older that drugs are not to be taken lightly. Losing such a young man will take its toll on any family, but sometimes you do what it takes to move on.
Heroin is one of the fastest growing drug problems in America. Everyone needs to work towards putting an end to this before it becomes so big there is nothing that we can do about it. This drug hits homes that are least expecting it. The people that don’t believe it can happen to them are just foolish. Heroin hits all areas of a city regardless of age, race, or gender. Drug addiction is nothing to be taken