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Addiction comes in many forms, and there are many reasons one may fall into them. My son and daughter in-law are addicted to anything they can get a hold of, and only God knows what they do to attain the drugs they desire..
My sons name is Jason also, I have not heard from either in many, many Months. His mother and me divorced when he was 3. I was lost in those days trying to deal with many personal, emotional, and physical abuse troubles. I was lost, and cared about no one and nothing but myself. So, I was absent during Jason's upbringing. I learned years later about his struggle, try as I did, there was little I could do. As far as he was concerned, who was I to give him advice. So the space he desired I gave.
Who's to say why he became addicted to drugs. Maybe his addiction happened because I was an absent father. Maybe because his wife was using hard drugs when he met her. Maybe it's a combination of both, or none of the above. All I know is his life could be snuffed out already, or his wife's life. Only God knows, and he is estranged from his mother and sisters. So even they have no clue of his position or where about's. He is always in my thoughts and prayers though.
God has hot wired every human with a special faith component to our souls, even agnostics and atheists have faith in what they believe. Another way to explain this would be to say we have all been created with an addiction gene. It's that ever yearning desire to find something that will make us feel like we belong, or comfortable in our own skin if you will.
From the moment we become conscious of our self, we begin searching for that One Thing our soul craves. For each of us it could be a different point in life. Some find it when they are 10, some at 14, and yet others may take years before they find it, even into their 90's or on their deathbed. Sadly, most humans never find it until it's much, much too late. However, each and everyone of us are in search of it, even though we don't realize it.
This search could take us on journeys far from home and away from loved ones, or it could consist of a life long search in the little town we were born and never leave from. As we search we will go through trials and tribulations from thinking we found it just to realize, that for which we search for has yet to be found. So we try to fill that empty cold spot with things like drugs, alcohol, sex, eating, television, work, money, shopping, and sports. We will go from one addiction to another, never feeling as fulfilled or satisfied as we were created to feel.
Not until we find the One True God of the Universe, our Creator, our Father, will we stop searching. That's because God wanted us to be addicted to Him. Sadly, the vast majority of humans will spend their life addicted to the wrong things. Only when we find Christ Jesus, will we truly be free of the addictions the world has to offer..
My prayers go out for Anna, and in her struggle to understand and to get beyond her tragic reality of the moment. God knows all our hearts. After all, He is the only one we can never hide our deepest darkest thoughts and fears from. All He asks is for us to be honest with Him, and ask for His help. Doesn't mean we will not continue to struggle, it Just means He will give us the out we need. If we would only take it.
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Except in a few cases of doctor-caused addiction, it is a CHOICE made by the addict. Nobody pinned him down and forced a needle into his vein, or forced a powder up his nose, or lit up a lump of stuff and forced him to inhale it. I do feel for you and the others affected by addictive behavior and its inevitable results, but they bring it upon themselves with little or no thought of you or others.
My partial solution? Execute drug dealers, from street level to kingpin. No plea bargains, one appeal, then kill ‘em!
My prayers for your son and daughter in law.
I never had children, but I grew up in a loving family.
So I know how strong that bond can be, no matter how old or how bold we get as adults. A piece of my soul is out there.
Maybe that’s how you feel too.
But for the grace of god there go I.
Such a tragic story. I hope their kids don’t end up in the same lifestyle.
““I started using with him,” she says, drugs like Oxycodone, cocaine, whatever they could find. “We started shooting up together. “
Classy.
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.
“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.
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Thanks for posting this. Rings very true. I have several friends and family members who have struggled with drug abuse and addiction. One just got out of jail for it. Another has pretty much lost everything. But I have seen some delivered from through their faith and walk with Jesus.
How noble of her. Chemically inducing euphoria had nothing to do with it. Ok, give her an award and redirect your contempt.</s>
The responsibility shifting excuses drug addicts come up with are clever but transparent.
Finding a power greater than ourselves is essential for alcoholics and addicts to remain sober and clean. But it doesn’t have to be Jesus. We get to choose our own version of a higher power.
I’m living proof it works.
Plenty of people in Asia get and got sober by finding a higher power outside of Christianiy. Budhists get sober. Muslims get sober. Outside of Christianity.
I work with others addicted to drinking and drugs pretty much every day. And I’m a recovered addict and alcoholic. Been a few years now.
And I’m not Christian. Used to be, though, and that did not get me sober. I tried, desperately. For many, many years.