This is a bet messed up. I have a large group of friends and some of them are ice addicts and some are ex ice addicts. I have never touched the stuff but these people have been work colleagues and friends from school. Seen the effects of ice on people and it is not nice. I do feel for the WL's that do take drugs because it just makes their world a whole lot worse.
The way I see it is that they hate the job. As a result, some will turn to drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism because in all honest, the industry is not that great. WL's I know are desperate to get out and I will honestly try my hardest to do what I can to help them. Of course it is ultimately their decision to leave but all I can do is support them.
If a WL is telling me something serious then I'm all open and happy to sit down with them and chat even though I am there for sex. Sure, I'm paying for it but I can't be a prick and just walk off when they are telling me something like a previous punter tried to force them to take drugs or remove the condom or was just treating them like a piece of trash. I'm sorry. I can't let that shit go and happy to sit down with them and let them vent. Sometimes they have even cried on my shoulders which is just heart breaking.