Before coming to the Fellowship of NA, we could not
manage our own lives. We could not live and enjoy life as other
people do. We had to have something different and we thought
we had found it in drugs. We placed their use ahead of the
welfare of our families, our wives, husbands, and our children.
We had to have drugs at all costs. We did many people great
harm but most of all we harmed ourselves. (To read more click the link)  https://www.na.org/admin/include/spaw2/uploads/pdf/litfiles/us_english/misc/Who%20Is%20an%20Addict.pdf