What’s also scary are the many meth users who *aren’t* yet to the bottom reaches. They are legion - and they are everywhere, actually doing “super” jobs and getting things done.
They’re like manic-depressives on a permanent manic cycle. Way more of those than the ones who have finally encountered problems. Because they’re such overachievers, bosses are hard-pressed to do anything about them.
I’ve sponsored a few in AA and they’re very hard to help with sobriety (”clean of drugs”, iow). They’ll all get to the same end/bottom eventually, but society as it is today encourages and rewards their behaviors, rather than letting the chips fall where they may.
While Anna’s is a much different story, downers and painkillers, the leeway she was given because of money or the “hint” of money is flabbergasting.
Anna’s story is different from the typical Meth abuser. No one is deliberately incapacitating them in order to fleece them.
The overachiever thing reminds me of cocaine in the ‘80’s. Random drug testing(which I have mixed feelings about)can give an employer an edge, even if the employee is a producer. Sooner or later, the petty cash starts coming up missing, and other employees start missing cash and CC’s from their purses.
It’s a rare person who can wake up one day and get clean, before hitting the bottom. Society enables these people. My bf’s ex is on permanent disability because of her choices. My bf blew his back doing heating and air. The owner was too damn cheap to hoist the units with cranes. The owner was eventually hit with a class action lawsuit, but the money doesn’t compensate for permanent impairment. He’s on SSDI, but at least his injuries are honest ones.