We have a hierarchy of addiction in this country – along with an enormous problem. We don’t see the heroin addict begging outside Tesco as suffering from the same condition as a millionaire whose drug is fine wine, vintage everything. We think of people addicted to prescription drugs as somehow cleaner, less desperate. But addiction is addiction, no matter what your drug. The same condition.’ ‘An illness.’ I say the words for him: words I want him to say about Rachel. Words that will forgive my inattention, everything I’ve missed. ‘That’s the debate. Is heroin use an illness? Or a lifestyle
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