Wanna cook some crystal?

In recent years, no TV show can be more addicting than Breaking Bad, a show about a chemistry teacher dying of cancer that becomes a legend crystal meth cook with the help of his former student. One of my favorite shows, and yet if put side by side with Stephen King's Misery, you could really dissect how cocaine, crystal, or any drug could have a huge affect on someone's life. In Breaking Bad, Jesse Pinkman is no doubt a druggie. In the show, he struggles to balance his addiction with his girlfriend, his crystal business, and his relationship with Walter White, his business partner and meth cook. Although his addiction puts him in solitude, he never tries to recover. On the other hand, it's all Paul tried to do in Misery. Even with his broken legs he tried to plan and attempt many ways out and metaphorically, he wanted to be saved from his drug but no one was there to help him. As for Jesse Pinkman, Walter White brought him to a rehab facility where he made tremendous progress. Even though he was clean for a while, once a druggie always a druggie, so it was only a matter of time when he started using again. This is contrary to Misery, where Paul eventually leaves Anne Wilkes' house and never looks back. Together, both Misery and Breaking Bad show how drugs will turn from a simple past time into the last breath you take, ultimately scaring the audience into the reality the faces the lives of many every day of their limited lives.