From Tim, Dear Get Real I have a girlfriend who is addicted to
Marijuana and Beer and I was writing to find out why do teenagers
face this issue? Thank you for writing in Tim. There are many reasons why people get
addicted and three of the main reasons are people get addicted to drugs and other illicit
substances to give them a rush and make them feel happy, hyper or relaxed and once they feel
like that they keep at it and keep taking drugs to find that feeling but with their boding forming a
natural tolerance towards it takes more and more for them to feel the rush and because of that they
keep on taking them and more and more each time and start taking very large amounts to
compensate for the natural resistance.
Another reason many people are addicted to drugs or alcohol is that they find they connect with
their friends when smoking pot or drinking and they feel like they won’t be respected by their
friends if they don’t keep taking these drugs and after a while they find their friends not wanting to
take drugs anymore and get clean but they cannot stop because they got hooked and addicted
while with their friends and it turns into a habit and they start to do it by themselves and not care
for the friends anymore and just keep to themselves and the drugs and are addicted.
A big reason many people get addicted is that when they have a bad life or are underachieving or
living in a hostile environment they run to drugs to escape reality and try to find a Paradise of no
worries and responsibilities within their mind through drugs and then they keep trying to go back to
this place and they keep buying drugs while their situation’s keeps getting worse and worse and
they go onto harder drugs to get even more of a feeling and end up relying on these drugs to get
through each day.