Injecting Meth, Sex, and Obsession: How I Lost—and Rebuilt—My Life
I Was Addicted For five years, I smoked crack and used heroin while holding a good job in finance in London. On paper, everything looked fine—but my life revolved around drugs. The Rush That Hooked Me I was introduced to crystal meth by a prostitute and her ladyboy friend. Injecting it brought a rush unlike anything I had felt with crack. Unlike crack, that feeling didn’t fade—it stayed, driving an obsession I couldn’t shake. The Price of Free Drugs Meth is cheaper than crack, but the social side was tricky. Many dealers were gay men, and because I was a good-looking straight man, they would sometimes give me free drugs—but often they wanted to perform oral sex on me in return. Occasionally, I allowed it. When Obsession Takes Over Meth, crack, and sex became the center of my life. Not always together, but always present. The obsession destroyed relationships, stability, and nearly everything I had built. Naivety and Consequences I grew up without exposure to these dr...