alcoholism and drug addiction, bad people or hurt people?

Question by grant_graveley: alcoholism and drug addiction, bad people or hurt people?
whats the consensus from the yahoo answers crowd?

are drug addicts bad people?

or do they need someone to show them they can get thru the hurt they are running from?

the addicts I have met will openly tell you about being raped, molested, beaten, emotionally abused.Seems like as a civil society we would help them heal rather than traumatize them further by regarding them as garbage people.obviously you know my opinion on it, and ive helped out with street ministries in some bad areas.

many of the addicts i have met and talked to are not there by choice, they have been covering up the pain of past hurts for so long that too stop running would cripple them emotionally for years, to deal with it and move on.maybe ive just met nice addicts.
anyone know of anyone that is a addict and does bad stuff as a choice?

thanks

Best answer:

Answer by squirrelcatcher
Good point, it should become a bigger ministry in our churches than it is right now.

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