Not many people have escaped the scourge of alcohol or drug abuse in the family. Educated or not we see an overdose rate
higher than ever and heroin invading like the plague. I have attended the funeral of a much loved college educated man with multiple rehab stints . His parents loved him beyond words and paid through the nose for many expensive trips to drug rehab places. He died in their home of an overdose. He broke their hearts. He had scholarships to college. He had friends attend his funeral that obviously were still doing drugs. We are in a crisis in this nation.
Who will solve it? God Knows.
I should have been more clear. I meant that he is an idiot for his Facebook post that brought his father into the discussion, not for the drug use.
It is a crisis of heartbreaking proportions. The 60’s ushered in self-indulgent pleasure without shame or judgement and we are seeing the results