What is Functional Junkie?
1.
An individual who is addicted to narcotic drugs like heroin, morphine, oxycodone (OxyContin/Percocet), hydrocodone (Vicodin), or other opioids, but can still maintain a normal and successful life.
A functional junkie is a person that can have a family, have a successful career, successful education, and maintain relationships, as long as they have their dope, because once they don't have it, then everything spirals out of control.
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2.
A person who uses drugs for an unrecreational purpose but can still operate normally at work or at school
MAN1:That man is a total functional junkie
MAN2:What's that?
MAN1: Some dude who does drugs but still has a good-paying job
or does good at school and can still function normally.
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