Would you date an addict?

Well there are good people who are addicted to sth and there are bad people who are not addicted to sth.

 

it's shows poor strength of character

so no - never.

 

These days I`d be hard-pressed to date someone who drinks or smokes 'socially', even. If other drugs are anything like alcohol, it makes people (including myself) unreliable.

Smoking may not, but I am a recovering smoker (2 years!) and I would rather stay away from cigarettes if I can help it.

 

what about right butler?

 

Depends on the addict, and how I get along with them..

 

Absolutely not. Until a person takes care of their own serious problems and gets them resolved, they have little to put into building a relationship.

If I was only looking for a hookup, that would be different. That's all about the physical.

It would depend on the drug. I once dated someone who had given up alcohol because of a past problem, and that was a drag. It was incompatible with my social life and my desire to have fun weekends doing things that were not problems for me. That's a lot to give up, and it rarely works well to party without your regular partner on a regular basis.

Once an addict enters recovery, he/she is technically a recovering addict for life.

 

No. You'll always wind up no better than third place when you're in a relationship with an addict. 1. The addiction. 2. The addict. 3. You.

 

Well, depends on the person and the addiction. Although I hate drama I don't necessarily need a person who's 100% free of character flaws neither. Who cares if it shows a bit of lack of character if it doesn't get worse than that? If she's not totally retarded about it I'll settle with a pot junkie anyday :biggrin:
Never say no but I just can't see myself wanting to date an (unrecovered) alcoholic or a hard drug addict of any kind. Those addictions just lead to dissappointment.

 

I am a Recovering addict...and a lot of people have be leary of dating me...it hurts. I'm a totally different person now...the past is the past. I've been clean a year and still some people wont date me even if they dig me.

 

Interesting responses. I'm an addict myself so.. Though I understand why most people would not want to date an addict.