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I couldn't tell you when Mama died – but the reason I wanted to leave Harlem so bad was to get away from drugs. And then, when I ran away, that's what I was running from – really. (218)
Sonny wants so badly to get away from his addiction that he's willing to leave his family behind. That tells us how truly bad things were for him, but it also shows us how misguided he was in thinking he could just run away from drugs. In the end, he ends up back at the very place he tried so hard to escape.