What Lead You To Your Addiction?

Hello all, I am doing a research paper on addiction & what leads to it & it would really help me if you could all tell me what lead you to you addiction. I would really appreciate it & I congratulate you all for getting on the road to recovery & realizing you have a problem. Also if you have any tips on how to deal with addiction I would really appreciate those too. My dad & a few friends are my inspiration for this paper & with your help, I can make it a success. E-mail me if you can at FlutterbyChk16@aol.com with a topic of "Research Paper" otherwise I might accidentally delete it. Thanks soo much. (P.S. I am a Junior, so this would be an undergraduate paper)
Hello again. Bad news. My teacher said that my question of "what leads people to their addiction" is something that even doctors & physcologist 3 times my age have trouble determining, so I have been forced to change my question. BUT, I still need your help! The new question for my paper is "What can be done to help those with an addiction?". Please help me w/ this. Thanks a lot!!!
i started smoking pot when iwas twelve years old i use it as a coping mechanism because i was abused as achild. i have smoked for fifteen years now and dont know how to stop baecause i dont know any other way of relieving
stress like pot does buti know that it is controlling my life. i function quite well most of the time and i am a good mother to my children. i am also doing a degree in counselling, most people smoke dope because of underlying problems
which have no tbeen dealt with.