To: NKP_Vet
Apparently, his depression was related , in large part, to his inability manage the consequences of substance abuse and other addictions that were controlling his life in a negative fashion
10 posted on
08/12/2014 1:35:05 PM PDT by
rdcbn
To: rdcbn
Try the other way around. Substance abuse is a SYMPTOM of a larger problem in ones life.
Self medicating with alcohol/drugs is a classic attempt at self managing a depressive disorder or other mental illness. I know, I’ve see it up close and personal.
To: rdcbn
Being a liberal didn’t help.
They already have a pretty dim view of the world without piling clinical depression on top of it.
23 posted on
08/12/2014 1:42:06 PM PDT by
dfwgator
To: rdcbn
People don’t take drugs because they’re happy.
169 posted on
08/13/2014 2:24:15 PM PDT by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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