Posted on 01/12/2004 4:29:11 AM PST by tornado100
WAY off base buddy - you're lying through your teeth, around your teeth and out your ears to boot ...
RUSH has admitted to NOT talking on that subject b/c of his addiction!
He already is prevailing. I think the Inquirer reported weeks ago that Rush was to be arrested "within days." Pu-leeze!
I am too. If I was his sponsor.... hoooo boy.... we'd be talking for an hour a day and he'd be going to at least 2 meetings a day until he started to get that first step.
He has not yet admitted he is powerless over his addiction. He still thinks his life can be manageable with drugs.
It's obvious to me.
... just another un-based smear from - who are you again?
Do I assume correctly that aspirin or Tylenol is not on that list?
Keep in mind that Fox News pays that usefull idiot a lot of money. Usefull perhaps, but maybe not an idiot.
You assume correctly. Non-mood-altering pain meds are just peachy.
Touche - been there a few times in my life - pain ain't fun ...
Maybe you don't understand that physical addiction is not the problem. Its the mental dependance that is the problem. Everybody can get physically addicted to painkillers, a good detox program and they will never have another problem. Others can get addicted to gambling, no physical addiction at all, yet they can never seem able to quit.
Give 'm a call Friday - open line Friday that is ...
There was a famous jockey named Chris Antley who came down quick, he was addicted to cocaine and other drugs.
He was a phenomenon on a horse though- broke record after record in horse racing, he won 2 Kentucky Derby's and many other races, he made lots of money, he was even successful in the stock market-at least before the dot com bust.Story about him
But his career in racing was punctuated by repeated absences due to his addiction, and battling his weight. He was in and out of "treatment centers", but he was a "natural" on horseback. In 1999 he made another comeback to racing.
He won the Kentucky Derby on a horse named Charismatic- a long-shot at 33-1. He went on to win the Preakness (2nd leg of the Triple Crown) too. He talked about how great it was to be "clean". In the the Belmont Stakes Charismatic broke down in the last part of the race and still finished 3rd . Chris jumped off of him, and picked up his leg so that he wouldn't injure it further by putting weight on it. This saved the horses life.( I don't know if anyone follows racing here, but you might remember this- It was covered widely in the press.) Chris fell in love with, and married, a reporter for ABC who was covering the Triple Crown bid.
But he just couldn't stay away from his past demons. He became estranged from his wife, he was using again. They found him dead in his house in December of 2000. They said it was an overdose that killed him. His wife was 8 months pregnant at the time. He had everything and lost it all, including his own life. His child will never know him. Chris was 34 when he died.
The Twelve Step programs are the only ones that work. They have a much higher percentage of success than "treatment centers". You're on the right path-stay with it.
I think it's great that you have enough courage to post what you're going through on the forum. You might influence someone else to make the decision to get help, because of your honesty.
Sir, I daresay I understand quite a bit more about this topic than you. I have spent -- conservative estimate now -- 300 hours in the rooms of Narcotics Anonymous, another 200 working the steps and spending them with my sponsor. I can tell you that you are wildly incorrect when you assert that:
1) Rush's addiction is no problem -- you are seriously off-base. Not only is it a problem, it is a life threatening one. He probably lost his hearing from it. He's certainly damaged his career for it. He's admitted to being an addict, and he's admitted he likes the 'fun' aspect of narcotics.
2) Your implied assertion that he can take pain medication is as absurd as claiming that an alcoholic can take a few drinks every now and again to get to sleep.
Tell me you don't believe this stuff. Tell me you are just trolling for reaction from me.
PLEASE tell me this.
Indeed. Amazing strides have been and are being made in this area. Thank G-d there will be, in the next few years, TRUE pain blocking methods that do not rely at all on opiates!! The miracle will come.
What's worse is that he's blaming others for his troubles.
If that's not junkie behavior, I don't know what is.
He doesn't "own" what happened, at least not in his public persona.
Bad, very bad.
Sadly, megadittos.
:o(
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