Well, have ZERO experience not only with heroin/drug addiction but any addictions at all. I am very strong willed and have absolutely no problem telling/making myself quit something that I know is dangerous. I used to smoke in very early years and stopped it cold turkey over 30 years ago when I researched and was convinced that smoking was very dangerous for health.
The way I think of it is what may seem like proof to someone may mean nothing to someone else. We are all different and react/behave differently to certain actions and/or even medications. Case in point, many of you/people think that running a marathon is such a great triumph/achievement and for me I swear in Jesus Christ that even if you literally offered me $1Million I would NOT do it, not because I think it is dangerous (thou it is to some degree) but it is so stupid and feeds into the sheep/herd mentality that I can't bring myself to accept/do it. To make the matters worse I consider all those that participate/run a marathon (the ones that are not professional runners or not doing it to professionally compete) as being very stupid people. Same goes for people that do bungy jumping for example. Again, this goes on to show that we are all different, and act/react differently. Hopefully this will ease some of you guys' concerns, or at very least makes you understand/accept my point of view which is to say we are all different and act/react differently. Nothing wrong with that.
Again, NOT to brag (and hopefully I'm not jinxing it) but I'm almost 60 and have NEVER been sick, nor have I ever visited a doctor. I'm in perfect health, feel same as in my 30's and look at least 10-15 years younger. I am very comfortable in my methods/beliefs and would NOT change a thing. After all, why should I? Very few of you (my uneducated guess is actually no one of you) can claim the same, to have Never been sick, and to have never visited a doctor, and to be in perfect health (I do however run my own very detailed labs now yearly, used to do every five years before I reached 55).