If you want to.. you can choose what to misuse, people. God made each of us with a free will to choose.
You are a free moral agent, and God will respect your choice even if it's not respectable. Why destroy you, or anyone else you hang with. God is there for you to meet all your needs even your greatest need. He really loves you and has a good plan! Don't do it. I mean gettin' slowly or fast.. all hooked by some negative-habit (you know, a destructive addiction).
Don't take the wrong hook. Get hooked by Christ instead. Listen to God's word. Grab that Bible daily. That's the wise way to get hooked.
Our US government says: For Americans age 18-45, the leading cause of death is fentanyl overdose. That one addictive drug is responsible for nearly 70% of the United States' 107,000+ drug overdose deaths in the past year and is 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine.
You know it could end in a variety of different ways, but what you cannot choose is how it will end. You might live longer or it might be very short as it so often happens, so why missuse what’s bad from the get-go? KnowGod.org
You and me, we each are smarter to “love the Lord, your God, with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might” (a daily choice. Deuteronomy 6:5), which is, according to Jesus, the first and greatest commandment (Matthew 22:37-38). We can conclude, then, that an addiction to anything other than God Himself is wrong. Read more on this topic.
Here are some verses to memorize…
No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.
For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride in possessions—is not from the Father but is from the world.
“All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are helpful. “All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be enslaved by anything.
Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.
Do not be deceived: “Bad company ruins good morals.”
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.
Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.
Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, and whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh, to gratify its desires.
More than that, we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance.
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Can a man carry fire next to his chest and his clothes not be burned?
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires
