Asif,a recovering addict cried,tears of deep pain rolled from his cheeks.He knew that it was his fault again.He just physically abused his girlfriend for a silly reason.It was his fifth relationship in his recovery period that didn’t turn out,the way he thought.The poor girl could not understand how Asif turned into a monster. Asif had a traumatic childhood.He grew up watching his parents fight.His father used to hit his mother occasionally(for petty reasons).His father was an aggressive person and had extra marital affairs(His parents had an early arranged marriage).At the age of 10,Asif wanted to escape from home(but he didn’t have the courage to)Asif was not able to concentrate in his studies,his marks were coming down.Television was the only escape from reality. Asif started using at the age of 14 (pills and alcohol)and was becoming increasingly difficult.Drugs gave him the courage to voice his thoughts.Drugs numbed Asif’s feelings of hurt and pain.He regularly got into fights with his classmates and neighborhood boys. He entered a drug rehabilitation center at the age of 20(there too he got into fights everyday).Asif cleaned up after two years and he is in the process of learning how to express his feelings properly(Recovery is a life long learning process).
