[ItsTheMediaStupid]

In terms of the motivation - getting off - it's the same for Rush gobbling down the Vicodin, or whatever his particular taste was, as it is for the skanky crack whore who hits the pipe

Ehh? Wasn't Rush's motivation pain? Isn't the skanky crack motivated by excape from the responsibility for his miserable life? IMO this is a huge differance. Once hooked the motivation is once again the same, avoidance of the pain of withdrawal. But the skanky crack addict will take a larger dose to also get high.

[general_re]

Once hooked the motivation is once again the same, avoidance of the pain of withdrawal.

That's really what I was referring to. Everyone gets in for different reasons, but once you're in, the motivation is always the same - to get high.