CNN Anderson Cooper 360 January 6, 2016 02:37:00
That was how my brain justified going through the whole process of using heroin. i sniffed it and it had an effect but it wasn't the effect that i was looking for. an hour later, i shot heroin. >> what were you trying to discover here? >> i just wanted relief. >> reporter: relief from? >> relief from my thoughts, my feelings, my emotions. if i had the power to choose, i wouldn't choose to use every day. >> reporter: what casey is describing is a substance use disorder. that's a new name for an age-old disorder. addiction. it's a brain disease. it causes you to seek out drugs no matter how horr...