For so many of them, it's all they live for. If they didn't have the drugs, nobody would be calling them. Everyone needs to feel accepted and wanted. I. m a performance-based kind of guy. I think everyone has to learn the hard way, anyway.
People try to project an image of having no weaknesses.
You counter weaknesses with defenses. It's one of those macho things, I guess. Even dope dealing, as hippie as it is, ends up being this macho thing. I know it's very difficult to start a self-examination process as a young person. So you don't need to build up facades or masks.