“The article and his story are a good reminder that anyone can fall victim to drugs.”
Agree that being educated, hard-working and trying to do what’s right may not protect against addiction if you are physiologically geared to do so.
But no. Not “ anyone” is susceptible to addiction. I am not because of my own physiology. I get no pleasure from alcohol nor opioids nor several other things that are supposed to have this effect on a person and do for many many people. No “ relaxed” feeling, no pleasant buzz. Nothing, nada other than getting overwhelmingly and unpleasantly tired and getting a headache. I don’t like the “ it could happen to anyone” because I think it fails to really focus on the innate difference in some people. Indeed I wish there would be more studies of people like me to see if it could help others. I know I’m very very lucky even though many people think I’m being judgmental or “ no fun” because I don’t drink and they don’t understand that it doesn’t do for me what it does for them.