Let me tell you what happens when you decide "what the hell", and take that first drug (in my case methamphetamine): Every depression is lifted immediately, the world is a great place and you are sitting on top of it! UNTIL, you come down!
Well, if you are like me, you just dont LET yourself come down. Easiest way to overcome that one! Then, after a few months or years all of a sudden you aren't so bright and cheery anymore, and even the littlest things start to set you off. People start to steal from you (or you think they are),you get the conspiracy theories going (amazing what you think is going on AGAINST YOU in the world), and every authority on the planet is out to get YOU and only YOU!
After awhile you hate every cop in your town because you know they are focusing ALL of their attention on you and not the "real" criminals around you. You get arrested and if you are lucky, or have enough people that rely on you to keep them high, you can bail out of jail.
Part 2 to follow