Why smoke? Why drink?

Wherever you go, it seems that smokers and drinkers are there to shed light to your life and give you a reason not to be addicted to those substances. You see them smoking and drinking their way to life as if they don’t give a care for the world as long as they have booze and a couple of cigarettes in their pocket. They have become a staple installment in street corners and the like that you would be a fool not to think that they actually live there.


So what makes smoking and alcoholism so prevalent? Even kids these days are so into it that some of them are acutely addicted before they can even reach their puberty?


Addiction in all its forms has existed since the dawn of man. Whether it be in one form or another, substance addiction or whatever it is, you can’t say that you’re not addicted to something OR someone. It robs you of your time and innocence. Minor forms of addiction are alright as long as you can keep yourself in check once in a while. But if it takes over your whole life then it doesn’t take a professional that something is seriously wrong. Sustaining someone’s addiction requires money and in a man’s point of view, money doesn’t knock on your door for your own reasons.


This axiom perhaps is the main reason why the most prolific form of addiction in the country is smoking and alcoholism. They’re cheap, readily available and are not illegal. You won’t be hiding in some corner of your house cowering in fear of persecution from the authorities and the people. 


If you look at the big picture, all forms of addiction end up the same way, you drown in your own self corruption, like an inescapable pit. So why is it that the government won’t take the necessary precautions to at least minimize the damage done to its people? People are literally killing themselves and someone up top is reaping it big. Wait. So people are paying those corporate executives their own hard earned (or stolen) money so they could commit suicide? 


It’s laughable concept, but true nonetheless.
So in summation, the reason these widespread forms of addiction exist can be attributed to their availability, price, and lack of initiative from those with power. Heck, even today’s president admitted to indulging himself to smoking. But he said he’ll stop, in due time. In retrospect, isn’t that what every addict says?