Addiction Movie Summary

In this movie the main character Jim Carroll was part of a winning high school basketball team. He had a promising future and numerous schools looking at him for collage scholarships. Jim and his friends all devilled in what some would consider minor drugs. Weed, prescription pills, and slowly began to progress into more harsh drugs like inhalants, cocaine and eventually heroine. The addiction itself was a slow progression that started out just because he was out with friends and everyone else was doing it. Then slowly he needed more and more just a little wasn’t enough, he needed more and more to satisfy his habit. He become physically addicted to the drug, You could see that when he was at his worst even just a few hours he would be in physical pain, hot sweets, throwing up, and the inability to eat or hold down food. He was also have a huge impact on his personal relationships both in and out of school. First he would get very defensive with the people that would show concern over his changing attitude. Then he started stealing from people, anything to support his habit. When he finally got caught at school he was expelled and lost all hopes of getting his athletic scholarship for collage. Then he was kicked out of his home and forced to live in the streets. He began to do things that any self-respecting person wouldn’t do, just to earn some money to keep up with his addiction. This movie was based on the life of Jim Carroll, an author, poet, musician, and autobiographer. There is information on the Internet about his life after the time of this move but nothing indicated any long-term health problems associated with his addiction, until his death at 60 where he died of a heart attach. This of course could go back to the addiction and excessive drug use as he had no history of health problems.
In this type of a situation I believe that it is important to try and be there for the individual on a personal level. Try to figure out what is driving the addiction.