Trapped in Addiction: Wanting to Stop but Feeling Powerless

There’s a pain only those struggling with addiction truly understand—the desire to stop using drugs but feeling like you can’t. It’s a tug-of-war between the person you want to be and the relentless pull of the substances that seem to control your every move. You’ve told yourself, “This is the last time,” more times than you can count, only to find yourself back at square one.