As Andrew continued to grow up in his parents' home, the ups and downs continued to escalate. The constant fighting and drinking between his parents provided Andrew with a scene of unease throughout his childhood and adolescence. Some fights included physical violence rather than mental and emotional abuse. A time came when Andrew gave up and stopped caring. Moving on to better things was Andrew's priority, but better things ultimately weren't better. When Andrew turned 14, his life changed drastically due to his lack of focus on life. Drugs began to take control of Andrew's life. Starting with popular marijuana until reaching high doses of heroin and crack. Andrew's way of coping with an abusive home was to take drugs to relieve the pain and anger built up inside. Heroin and crack took over Andrew's life. The continuation of drug addiction overwhelms Andrew, his friends and his family. Worrying about Andrew remains a constant fear for everyone. Interventions and rehabilitation have continued over the past 5 years, but nothing will make Andrew give up drugs. Unfortunately, drug addiction has caused multiple downfalls in Andrew's life and continues to bring him down every day. Addiction involves re-using drugs or alcohol to gain control of a person's state of mind. Addictions usually lead to relapse or new drug use after being clean for a while. In today's world, drug addiction has increased significantly and more and more people continue to consume the harmful toxins present in the body. Some types of drugs include marijuana, heroin, cocaine, crack and crystal meth. The effects of drug addiction on brain and body formations remain one of the biggest problems of addiction. Fam...... middle of paper ...... those highs all the time was a typical day for Ann. Without the care of others, her addiction grew stronger and heavier every day, to the point that she overdosed several times. Now that she was afraid of dying, Ann's family and friends finally stepped up and provided support and love to get her sober. While the family developed multiple interventions and rehab center opportunities toward Ann, she did not accept until someone asked her. Ann's little brother, Brant, drew a picture and asked her to become a better person. Life changed for Ann at this time when she accepted rehab and then left 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 to combat her addiction, Ann could have found herself in a much worse place in life..