Drugs were not the cause though she thought they were the solution. She turned her life around only after she realized that she was in a downward spiral. Fix your problem. Fix your life. Then you won't need to take drugs.
Drugs are neither the solution nor the problem.
End of discussion. I got married when I was 32. That's about the right age. Until you're about that age, you may not know who you are. You also may not know who you're marrying.