We all know somebody who is addicted to some drug or another. Whether it be crack or smack, caffeine or nicotine most of us are or have been a slave to one form of substance.
But the worst of the bunch are these "scumbag druggies" who inject, snort, take pills and who will do all it takes to get their next fix. They steal without caring about the consequences, they hurt those who love them (if they're lucky enough to have people stick around) and they think about nobody but themselves.
Typically, we can spot the average scumbag druggie in the street. You know the type? They don't know what a hairdresser does, their clothes have been left on so long they are stuck to the body, they spit everywhere and always look suspicious. Usually they are not on their own scumbag junkies come in groups. Well, scum sticks! In their case, to each other!
Scumbag junkies take up mental health services because their dirty habit messes up their good-for-nothing brain. Once they are in the system that's that, they probably won't ever get out. Wasting tax-payers' money for nothing.
Scumbag junkies can be called a lot of things. Smack heads, junkies, druggies, low-lifes, pot heads, psychos. Call them what you like, it doesn't matter they are lowest of the low! Bottom of the pile. Scum of all scum. Or are they?
Whatever you want to call "them" remember one thing. "They" are also called PEOPLE. "They" are also human beings, just like the rest of us.
Somebody who has a problem with drugs does not make them a bad person. Drugs can alter the way we think, feel, act and behave. Being addicted to drugs not only means there are physical cravings, but there are also psychological cravings which is why some (not all) people who have a substance abuse problem may have a history of theft. Sometimes people will go to extreme lengths to get their next "fix".
Associated with drugs and alcohol is mental health. These things alter our state of mind. Often people find that drugs/alcohol can make their mood improve in the short-term. Once that feeling wears off, they want more to feel the improved mood once again. This becomes a vicious cycle in which people can get caught in quickly, without knowing. Alcohol is highly linked with depression for this reason because of the short-term effects it has on us.
Whatever a persons reason for taking drugs, whatever their history, please never forget that everybody has feelings scumbag or not, all humans feel, think and relate. So instead of being quick to judge, next time, when you see that "junkie" feel for him/her, think about what they may have had to endure and how they may be feeling, and try to relate to them by empathising.
Don't ever look down on anybody because of what they do, how they act, the way they look or the problems they face one day, it may be you. Nobody can predict the future, don't ever say those words "It can't happen to me". Because the truth is, anything can happen to anyone at anytime in anyplace.
So no, we won't dispose of the "scumbag junkies" but we'll dispose of the term.
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