He agreed to tell his story to the Chesterton Tribune on two conditions. The first is anonymity. Andy is not his real name, and he prefers not to discuss his criminal record. The second is the understanding that he does not speak for all addicts but only for himself, that his experience is not transferable. The Tribune offers Andy s story, mostly in his own words, in the belief that the ongoing discussion of the drug problem though valuable has been mired in abstractions and generalizations.
Police officers talk about addicts.
Substance-abuse counselors talk about addicts. Community leaders talk about addicts. But behind the label the addict remains an individual, whose motivations and inclinations and treatment and pain are uniquely his own. Porter County Duneland School Corporation Westchester Township Libraries Town of Chesterton Chesterton Fire Dept. The Chesterton Tribune is not responsible for content or advertisements reached through links to external sites.