Posted on 05/22/2018 8:27:51 AM PDT by OneVike
I have experience with people who were neurologically impaired by Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. They certainly did not choose to have their vulnerable neural networks.
There is hope for them, but they have to be in extremely structured and controlled environments.
I am always sympathetic to those who suffer the loss of a loved one. Addiction to drugs and other substance abuse is a choice a person makes which they most likely know will sooner than later affect their lives and those of many others in a very bad way. It is a selfish addiction that ruins families and sets a lethal example for not only their own children but to other vulnerable people. People should protect themselves and families from these abusers, family or not, and keep them away from infecting anybody you care about. Sorry. That is the way I see it.
The rather rude and pungent question that I ask about the crisis is - are the right people overdosing in this epidemic?
“On July 9, 2008, Jason robbed the High Country Bank in Foscoe, a small town near Boone, of $15,000. Armed with a toy BB gun and wearing a mask, he went into the bank while Anna stayed outside with their son. She then drove “the getaway car” to the beach, but the couple soon learned there were warrants out for their arrest.”
Ah, how cute. They brought their child along on a bank robbery.
These people are not just junkies.
These people are Thugs.
Missing husband, off on an opioid binge — that’s how Conan Doyle started the Sherlock Holmes story “The Man With the Twisted Lip.”
The addict’s wife comes to Dr. Watson about her addict husband who’s been missing for two days. Watson sets out for the opium den, finds the husband, and packs him off home in a cab.
But who else does Watson meet there, but Sherlock Holmes! The game’s afoot.
Just went to funeral for a friends son. 26 and addicted to drugs.
Part of the problem? Hollywood and the MSM generally have removed the stigma associated with this stuff... whether it’s alcohol or drugs
Every kind of deviant conduct is glamorized. Young people are greatly impressed with this and at a time in their lives when they do not have the discernment to see it for what it is.
My brother passed away in June 2007 of an overdose related to painkiller addiction and abuse. He was 47.
He had been to detox & rehab but it didn’t take. He expressed on interest in returning and was hostile at the mention of him needing to take steps to stop his drug abuse.
He started with marijuana in college and ever since had problems following through and finishing what he started. He was immature and had problems coping. He was just angry most of the time.
Our mother infantilized him and was overbearing, which certainly didn’t help his path to maturity and adulthood. The other children had the good sense to marginalize her influence on our adulthood. while we honored her, we put her antics in perspective and minimize her influence. He never had the wherewithal to do the same.
He was dissatisfied with his life. Had problems concentrating and staying focused. He preferred his high to living. While he didn’t want to die, I think he didn’t really want to live, either.
He needed his drugs as an escape. None of the solutions in the public discourse would have made a difference: he knew the risks, he knew that he had options available, he knew the dangers. There was no social program that could have told him anything he didn’t already know.
Ultimately, he made his decisions and decided he didn’t want to be free of his addictions. He passed away in his sleep after enjoying his last high on Sunday, June 25th.
Sorry, this was last year, June 2017, not 2007. Typo.
Only by spreading the wish to stop the problem so wide that like-thinking legislators will be elected and dominate congress.
Yeah, I know...Unicorns...flying pigs...Atlantis...
LOL, you guys!
Well here’s a toughie: what about multiplication or division? I won’t even get into the higher topics because I was never good at math.:-)
I lost a brother to addiction as well.
From the time he was a child, until he died, he always made poor decisions.
I’m very sorry to hear.
My brother was the same. His judgment as very poor. Admittedly, he always had a difficult time with consequences.
I herniated a disc in my neck. Severe pain. Doc gave me a huge bottle of the strongest Vicodin. After about 2 weeks the pain started lessening and I started spacing out the Vicodin more. I got sick. Hubby said....yeah, you’re addicted. I walked right into the bathroom and flushed the rest of the bottle. Went through about a week of withdrawals and haven’t taken one again....even though I have severe pain from degenerative disc disease and a pinched sciatic.
everyones psyco make up is different, you got lucky
Yes...pray unceasingly...
My daughter is fighting to stay sober... from heroin and alcohol... Without Christ... it is only that much more difficult.
She fell once... to booze... after two years... she is back on the path... this time she appears to be drawing closer to Christ.
It is so difficult... she has a hole in her... one that looks for external validation of her worth... she pursues the world in an attempt to satisfy that need.
Until she understands her worth has already been one... that the fight is the Lord’s and not her’s... she will continue to battle and not be at peace.
As I said, this time she appears to be seeking God... If that truly is the case... she will find a peace and joy she never imagined.... and deliverance from this evil...
Prayers for all her are fighting or praying for one who is... continue to pray... and know... Hope is never lost if the Lord is on your heart....
Thank you Ma'am, may I have another?
...you lack of compassion for those in a living Hell from their own choices is despicable. We all make mistakes. Further, many (most?) who run to hard drugs have some emotional pain they are desperate to escape (rape by parents being the most common for young girls).
Please, which sounds more emotional, your previous paragraph, or my suggestion that killing bad guys might be helpful? Leave the name-calling to the left please; that's what they are best at. Or...are you trolling from "that other site"?
Oh, go ahead and try to divide us....we’ll only multiply!
Unless prescribed for a medical condition, the FIRST time is always a choice.
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