I had a crack addict interaction
Today some guy stopped me asking for a light. I gave him one and jokingly asked what he was smoking ~ meth, crack or H.
He just looked at me completely calm and said: “Crack.”
He took a hit and I watched him do it with excitement.
Then I asked how long he’d been using because honestly his face looked ROUGH. I guessed like 5 years minimum. He said he “wasn’t addicted that long” but couldn’t even really tell me how long.
I just wished him a good day and walked off.
Whole interaction felt weirdly calm and dystopian. Like one of those random NPC encounters you remember all day afterwards.
What would you do in that scenario? Would you offer him your lighter?