When consequences no longer matter

When the consequences, no matter how huge, no longer have an impact. When you can see clearly what can, and will happen to you, but you still continue to preform your actions, that is when you have reached the point of no return.

It is hard to tell when Kristina hit this point. I think she really started to slip when she saw her dad, and how he turned out, but made next to no attempt to stop cranking. She was falling pretty fast when she saw Lince attempt to commit suicide because of the crank, but I think that she really hit rock bottom when she was with Robyn at the aviation show and she told Robyn about Brendan and how he raped her. Robyn in return, shared her story, saying how she, in return for crystal meth, had gotten into a car with a random stranger, and still had the scars from what he did to her. Even though they are both speaking lightly, I think this is one of the heavier scenes from the story. And though almost the exact same thing happened to Kristina, even though she know how much worse things could become if she is not able to get her meth, she still carries on, not even attempting to stop herself.

I think at any point in the story, Kristina would have been physically able to check herself into a rehabilitation clinic. She was not so far gone that that would have been impossible for her to have a life without the meth: extremely difficult, yes, but not impossible. I think the fact she never even considered, never even tried to imagine getting any real help shows that she was beyond the consequences the crystal meth posed, and just didn’t care anymore. I the beginning, she had worries and doubts. She tries to resist when crank was offered—she thought about her future. But then she slowly started to stop doing that. I don’t think that the point of no return is when your body gives out, but when you as a person stop trying.

When a person has a potentially fatal disease, they have the capacity to either survive or not. Sometimes, the person just gives up, and that is what determines whether they live or not. As long as you continue to hold out and struggle for any thread of a lifeline, there is still hope you could be saved. When people stop looking into their futures, when they stop caring about the consequences,  that is their version of giving up—that  is what determines if you beat your ‘bad’ choices, or solve them .