Don't Let the Needle Control You - Visual Analysis

Everywhere, drug addicts are fighting a war against themselves. In fact, studies show that these people – drug addicts – are afraid of asking for help because they don’t want their families or friends to stop loving them. Instead, they decide to live a life of torment and deception.  Eventually,  their lives become a routine where they mainly focus on hiding their addictions. In the picture above,  it shows the struggles of an addict.​ Although there isn’t a lot of color in this picture, it is mainly all dark. This would represent how the person feels. There is only darkness in his mind; darkness is dominating the person and there is only so little light left. We can also observe how the end of the person’s hand has a sense of warmth, yet the rest of his hands are pale.  Clearly,  the drugs are killing him slowly. ​Here, the person has a pair of handcuffs around his wrists, where one of his hands is pulling the other hand away from the drugs and the other hand is reaching out to grab them.  As you could also notice,  the hand is sorrounded by fourteen needles which could signify a lot of things. For instance, they could represent the age of the person, how long they’ve had the addiction, or simply the struggles they have been through since they became addicted. Also, the background appears to be pavement with a whole in the middle, probably trying to show that the person has now hit rock bottom. ​There is more than just visual in this picture. This picture says, “DON’T BE AFRAID TO CRY FOR HELP.”  I honestly don’t think there is any meaning to it other than what it already says.  But although it doesn’t have a deeper meaning, I think it is a very important message. The intended audience are all those people that are struggling with their drug addiction and are too afraid to admit what they are going through.  They shouldn’t,  everyone should know that they are not alone and that their loved ones will be there for them and with them. This is a war that shouldn’t have to be fought alone, and we should try to understand what it is that is going through their head instead of judging them.  We should stand together, instead of against each other and help those that are silently asking for our help.