As Andrew continued to grow up in his parents' home, the ups and downs continued to increase. The constant fighting and drinking involved between his parents provided Andrew with a scene of discomfort throughout his childhood and adolescence. Some of the fighting included physical abuse instead of mental and emotional abuse. There came a time when Andrew gave up and stopped worrying. Moving on to better things was Andrew's priority, but in the end, better things weren't better. When Andrew turned 14, life changed dramatically due to his lack of care for life. Drugs began to take control of Andrew's life. Starting from the popular marijuana up to high doses of heroin and crack. Andrew's way of dealing with an abusive family was to take medication to ease the pain and anger built up inside. Heroin and crack cocaine took over Andrew's life. Andrew's ongoing drug addiction overwhelms his friends and family. Worrying about Andrew remains a constant fear for everyone. The surgeries and rehabilitation have been a continuation for the last 5 years, but nothing will convince Andrew to give up the drugs. Unfortunately, drug addiction has caused multiple downfalls in Andrew's life and continues to bring him down every day. Drug addiction involves repeatedly consuming drugs or alcohol to take over a person's mentality. Addictions usually lead to a relapse or new drug use after being clean for a period of time. In today's world, drug addiction has increased greatly and more and more people continue to consume the harmful toxins in the body. Some types of drugs produce marijuana, heroin, cocaine, crack and methamphetamine. The effects that drug addiction has on the brain and body remain one of the biggest problems of addiction. Fam...... middle paper ......ces high all the time it was a typical day for Ann. Without the care of others, his addiction became stronger and heavier every day, so much so that he overdosed several times. Now, with the fear of dying, Ann's family and friends finally responded and provided support and love to get her sober. Although the family developed multiple interventions and rehabilitation opportunities for Ann, she did not accept until one person asked her to. Ann's little brother, Brant, drew a picture and asked her to become a better person. Life changed for Ann at this time as she accepted rehab and then moved away from Connecticut to escape her past experiences. Today Ann has successfully completed a degree in sports medicine and lives happily with her husband Nate. Without the support, rehabilitation and counseling provided for her addiction, Ann could have been in a much worse situation in life.