#2 ~ “tying bathroom emergency pull cords to themselves, so an alarm will sound if they collapse” ~
I see my share of junkies in the neighborhood living that life, and I can only pity them - it is nearly impossible to imagine myself in their shoes - but they are suffering a self-induced hell, so my pity sometimes quickly turns to disgust...
“but they are suffering a self-induced hell, so my pity sometimes quickly turns to disgust...”
A good number of them were once productive citizens prescribed legal heroin for things like wisdom teeth or broken bones. They became addicted from unnecessary meds so doctors could get free vacations,etc from their pharma rep.
Seen people get hooked on the Rx pills multiple times. They’ll first mooch off family and eventually get kicked out into the street for stealing. Then they end up shooting dirty heroin in the streets once they can’t afford pills