i'd say it's not as black and white as you paint it. i've tried some, but i've steadily used few. i was always aware of what i was doing and how my habits were. i am in control of myself and would never allow a trip down that road.

i'm far from bullet proof, i'm stared at my mortality on quite a few occasions.

how does one stare at mortality?no offense just curious

ever had guns pulled on you? ever been shot at? ever wrecked a car when you know something serious shouldn't have happed when it didn't?

i'm not immortal, i know this. i've had that thrown in my face several times

Regardless... Let me leave you with some food for thought.
I could often be found saying something along those lines when I was your age. I also would have wholeheartedly agreed with the notion that addiction was out of stupidity and lack of will power.

A handful of years later.... I was in a hospital fighting for my life due to alcoholism.

In other words... Humility can be a life threatening lesson to learn. I do hope you are not on that path. I was fortunate and survived, where many I know have not.

Whether you believe in God or not.. The wisdom of these words either touch you or they do not.
'There go I, but for the Grace of God....'