"He choose to become addicted to them and he choose not to do anything about it until he got busted for it"
I doubt he chose to become addicted. That is like saying somebody chose to get in a car accident. Of course he should of done something about it sooner. That can be said about smokers that get lung cancer. They should of stopped smoking sooner.
See that's where you are wrong. He choose to be addicted. Just like alcoholics choose to be alcoholics. He knows he was doing too much... he choose not to do anything about it. No need to doubt the truth.. addiction is a choice.