One of the poignant arguments against some of the molecules

I've discovered is that they create dependence that may develop into addiction. From personal experience, all of the materials I have developed do not produce physiological dependence, but some of them do, sometimes, produce psychological dependence. To be clear, as I write this, there isn't a single compound I've tried extensively that I'm still using today.

In 2012 I wanted to better understand the phenomenon of 'addiction', and as I mentioned in the previous post, I'm a radical person.

To satisfy my curiosity, I went to the end of the spectrum and befriended a group of die-hard drug addicts, most of them homeless, who had gathered in the area of Tel Aviv's old Central Bus Station, which then, as it remains today, was the roughest-and-toughest place in the city. For about two weeks, I spent most of the day with this group, which, in exchange for food, drinks and a monetary top-up to their daily portion of "Persian coke" (heroin), accepted me as one of their own.

My rationale was to live like a drug addict and try to acquire their perspective and so, even though I was never attracted to opiates, I smoked Persian Coke with them and tried to understand the mechanics of addiction.

I found, to my surprise that I could not get addicted to opiates. The main thing heroine does is numb you in a way that nothing hurts you and that, as it turns out, was exactly why the addicts were using it and also why I didn't develop a dependence on it.

In contrast to every member of the group, I didn't suffer from some chronic pain. Some carried injuries from the service, others were injured in accidents or bore pain from another source. In one case the pain was heartbreak - mental anguish, not physical pain but severe nevertheless.

For every one of these eight people that I spent that fortnite with in 2012 - the time that they were under the influence was the only respite from their agony. My life situation was that I had a home and a family which I enjoyed being in and with very much and the time under the influence was not a change for the better but a change for the worse. Having not found any deep meaningful insight in the opiate blurry stupor - I was happy when the cloud lifted and I could go home for the night and be normal. I believe I was able to learn something about addicts and addiction - and I'll expand on this, in one of the next posts.