How true that an addict is an addict way before they make contact with alcohol or drugs.
I didn't start drinking til almost 30 years old. But I dated a recovering alcoholic when I was 26 for a few months. After we dated for a month or so he told me I could be an alcoholic. I said no way,
I couldn't ever be an alcoholic, I don't even drink alcohol.
Now look at me 20 years later. I have wondered thru the years what was it about me that he had me pegged for an alchy.
Interesting stuff.