There are different patterns of abuse and addiction. Think About It . . . The cost of alcohol and other drug abuse can be high. But the cost of the drug is only the beginning . . . The people you love start to avoid you.
Fear sets in.
You start having more and more fights with people at home and on the job. I used to stop at the bar for a few beers on my way home from work every day. By the time I finally got home, I was usually pretty lit. Then one day when I came home, she and the children were gone. Every day I pick her up on my way home from work, but twice in the past month I was 2 hours late because I stopped to buy cocaine on my way home.