I remember the feeling well. I took responsibility and dropped out a year in. I never said it was easy.
I'm sorry I push back. I just think there can be no free society without massive implication of individual responsibility.
I can have empathy and also realize who's fault it actually is. I empathize with drug addicts. But I don't pretend to think it's someone else fault they decided to do drugs. No one gets better that way.