I do definitely think that once you start shooting your recovery instantly becomes more difficult. I think age effects that too. If you start at 16-20 it is gonna really seem impossible to see a light at the end of the tunnel. That lack of hard times,good times, adult experiences at that young of an age (again everyone's situation is different) will not allow you to understand that there is something else out there that is worth it. I started dope the usual suburban white boy way. Pills, then they became harder to find and were expensive and then was introduced to dope. I was like holy fuck it's the same shit but stronger and cheaper and so easy to get! The whole process started at 24, I'm 32. I did it because I am a workaholic and it made me unstoppable. I could keep myself going and bust my ass 20 hours a day because I knew I had that warm cozy blanket waiting for me every single night when I get home. Then slowly it became I chip alittle all day to keep going and then just get hammer smashed face when I got home. Then the sickness, overspending on delivery (getting middlemaned) and all the while getting burnt out as fuck, trying to stay well. If I discovered this shit when I was 18, I'd be dead 100%. But I don't think that snorting or shooting effects your level of addiction, try telling nsb he hasn't struggled. I have never heard him talk about shooting. How about chinky, regardless of the rules he put in place for himself, someone tell him he hasn't struggled and he never shot. Shits rough