UNDER THE INFLUENCE: A DESCENT INTO NARCOTIC ADDICTION

It started innocent. Just a hit to ease the pain. But soon, the line shifted. The need became a craving, and then an all-consuming need. Life outside the haze of the drug vanished. Relationships broke down under the weight of secrecy and lies. Days were spent in the desperate pursuit of oblivion, and nights were filled with restless torment. {The