No opioid addict can beat opioid addiction using alcohol. Lots of addicts end up abusing alcohol on top anyway. And by the way, the equivalent death of an alco

No opioid addict can beat opioid addiction using alcohol. Lots of addicts end up abusing alcohol on top anyway. And by the way, the equivalent death of an alcoholic (happens to millions of people every day) would be an agonizing death with gastrointestinal bleeding, maybe cirrhosis, maybe a long period of disability before (which effectivel can mean death if you're homeless)... As others have already said, you pretend to understand problems which you obviously have not experienced or witnessed at close yourself. Your "I'd rather be" sounds like "They should rather eat pie" to any person with any kind of empathy or emotional connection to addicted humans. That being said, yeah, I'll too rather not be addicted, as addiction to hard drugs (including alcohol) means pure agony. Why does anyone "choose" agony then? Overcoming any serious addiction is a personal, social and medical problem requiring lots resources, luck and extreme willpower. I'd say, a form of willpower that people comparing addiction to sheer indulgence cannot even grasp. Beating addiction is not simply a decision, although an individual decision is of course required. Seeing that as the root of the problem is a flawed view from outside that contradicts everything we know about how human brains (and lifes) work.