How is drug addiction immoral?

My story. This is entirely real. It was a nightmare.

IS DRUG ABUSE IMMORAL?

In the most basic sense, yes. Abuse of any kind is immoral, no? Slap a child - kick a dog just for the fun of it? Obviously ANY sort of this abuse is immoral. It may not be so crystal clear for those under the influence of THEIR God. Allow a personal reflection, if you will.

Addicts live in a strange grey area of being both criminal and victim. I was in that purgatory for some years.

Were my actions immoral? I stole. I lied. I abused my God given health. I left those who'd looked up to me as mentor....to the side. Were my actions not undoubtedly, extraordinarily immoral? Perhaps. For when the well tempered stranglehold of withdrawal began to wield his gnarly grip, I felt as though I'd SURELY die, lest I'd gasp the poison air of chemical bliss...just...one...more...time. AHHHHHH! I'd have but a thought: "How nice it is to breathe."Alas, as surely as the tides go out, the cycles would come full about.

So, were my actions immoral? Of course! Was I in control at the time? No. Still, there were countless times of clarity where I could've "manned up" and "gotten some help" but I did, in seven years, only once. Two years ago, I swallowed an extra Xanax and called my addiction psychiatrist. Turns out I had PTSD from 9/11. I was just medicating away the pain of that day. Was that immoral? No. It was pitiable. It was in fact not the drug abuse that bore the weight of the acts of immorality. No. IT WAS MY PRIDE!