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re: Anyone have a family member that threw their life away with drugs?
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:51 pm to Scuttle But
Posted on 2/7/24 at 10:51 pm to Scuttle But
Yes. Couldn’t care less about anything or anyone else.
Posted on 2/7/24 at 11:17 pm to Skin
Dude, she was snorting and shooting Adderall pretty much all day every day and would be awake for several days at a time
she literally just lost her fricking mind over the years and is paranoid all the time now,
she is so emaciated and malnourished ….a strong gust of wind could blow her over
she literally just lost her fricking mind over the years and is paranoid all the time now,
she is so emaciated and malnourished ….a strong gust of wind could blow her over
Posted on 2/8/24 at 12:46 am to HoustonGumbeauxGuy
Damn. That’s crazy and unfortunate. Snorting and shooting it up didn’t even cross my mind. At least this would be one of the easier controlled substances to quit and not experience harsh withdrawals when she is ready to give it up. There are numerous healthy products with similar effects that would help with the detox (nootropics and the like).
So she just gets all this brain stimulation every day and just chills at her apartment? Sounds counterproductive. She could at least channel her inner entrepreneurial spirit and come up with a way generate income online behind a laptop. Hell, she would be a valuable TD admin on the night shift lol.
So she just gets all this brain stimulation every day and just chills at her apartment? Sounds counterproductive. She could at least channel her inner entrepreneurial spirit and come up with a way generate income online behind a laptop. Hell, she would be a valuable TD admin on the night shift lol.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 5:30 am to Scuttle But
Niece (sisters daughter) gorgeous girl who could have done anything.
Grandmother, mom/dad, uncle all college graduates and she had the path laid out to be successful.
Now living with her shitty husband, they have four kids no jobs and both addicted to Opioids/Fentanyl Pills.
Both have been arrested for stealing from Walmart at least once in the past six months, she had two kids with her when she was caught.
Electric, phones, mortgage, vehicles - My sister and her husband are paying all this $45,000 in 2023. They pay this because if they don't all six of them will be living at their house.
It's a damned shame and pisses me off
Grandmother, mom/dad, uncle all college graduates and she had the path laid out to be successful.
Now living with her shitty husband, they have four kids no jobs and both addicted to Opioids/Fentanyl Pills.
Both have been arrested for stealing from Walmart at least once in the past six months, she had two kids with her when she was caught.
Electric, phones, mortgage, vehicles - My sister and her husband are paying all this $45,000 in 2023. They pay this because if they don't all six of them will be living at their house.
It's a damned shame and pisses me off
Posted on 2/8/24 at 5:36 am to Scuttle But
My brother.
I can’t believe he is still alive.
When he dies he needs to donate his body to science because it’s a medical miracle he’s still alive.
He’s a selfish piece of crap
I can’t believe he is still alive.
When he dies he needs to donate his body to science because it’s a medical miracle he’s still alive.
He’s a selfish piece of crap
Posted on 2/8/24 at 5:38 am to Skin
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Downhill with adderall only?
It is amphetamine. You think people can't or haven't ruined their lives over it?
Posted on 2/8/24 at 6:01 am to LongRangeCreedmoor
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Lost my older brother to dugs at age 50 but not before he made my parents lives a living hell. The POS didn’t care how much he hurt them or how much money it cost them. F’ him!
My brother was a bit younger when he OD’d but same. Decades of hell for the whole family, under constant threat of violence if he didn’t get drugs, stealing everything he could get his hands on. I loved the person he was on the rare occasions he wasn’t on drugs but yes, it was a relief when he died; but we’re all still fricked up from what he put us through.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 6:13 am to Scuttle But
My older sister. Back when she was in high school, our phone rang non stop with boys calling our house. She was on the homecoming court, had plans on going to college, etc. Her and I had a great relationship and we always talked about everything.
She got married to her high school sweetheart when she was 18, left him for a drug head the very next year and it's been a whirlwind for the past 30 years. In and out of rehab, lost everything she had.
She currently looks about 65 and has no teeth. I don't even know where she lives or if she even has a job.
She got married to her high school sweetheart when she was 18, left him for a drug head the very next year and it's been a whirlwind for the past 30 years. In and out of rehab, lost everything she had.
She currently looks about 65 and has no teeth. I don't even know where she lives or if she even has a job.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 6:25 am to kciDAtaE
quote:The concern for neurotoxicity and repeated NO use has been known for years.
It’s not nitrous. That doesn’t do that.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 6:28 am to summersausage
I have two cousins who lost their sons. One on each side of my family.
Didnt know either of them personally.
Didnt know either of them personally.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 6:34 am to Scuttle But
My family has a rich and storied history of destroying themselves with alcohol and tobacco. We are Scotch-Irish from Appalachia so we are not alone. The only reason it is more acceptable is because it is so widespread and it takes longer to accomplish than meth or crack or heroine. The end result of smoking a pack a day for 30 years is more often identical to that of a heroine addict but the latter winds up dead in just a year or so.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 6:36 am to Scuttle But
Was he just huffing shite ir is there more to the story? Ive never heard of someone that did Nitrous with out starting on other drugs? Meth? I would assume that it would take years to fry his brain to the point where he had to be taken care of. Prayers for you and your family
Posted on 2/8/24 at 6:42 am to Blitzed
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Smoked crack in a blunt with a friend once shortly after I graduated highschool. Had been drinking and really just wanted the weed.
The best 5min high of my life. Immediately wanted more and told him to start driving to the ATM for more cash and to call his dealer.
Dealer didn’t answer. I thank God often for that night…there was a high chance I was about to throw my life away.
I had a similar experience...painted a warehouse for a man once who paid me with 5 pounds of rag weed. I was 17 at the time so 5 pounds of rag weed amongst my customer base was worth way more than what he'd have paid me in cash. When I went to Virginia Highlands to get paid he and his wife were smoking opium. They asked if I wanted to try it and I, of course, said yes. After 2 hits the euphoria I experienced for about an hour was about on par with post orgasm euphoria. When I was normal again I did not want anymore of that shite...it was WAY to easy to get there...it scared the hell out of me. Not only did opium scare me it opened my eyes to the problems of ALL addiction, alcohol, tobacco, sex, gambling, food....coming from a long line of addicts of any and all things addictive that experience probably saved me from following the family tradition.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 7:01 am to Scuttle But
My younger brother.
He was a really smart, charismatic, funny and handsome guy. Had a really great job in retail management on the West Coast that had some great potential to move into a really well paying career.
Got into meth in his mid-20s and it broke his brain.
He’s now in his late 40s, looks like a skeleton with skin, has false teeth, hasn’t worked in 10 years and is addicted to benzodiazepines and I suspect he still uses coke and meth when he can scrape up the money - but mostly he just sleeps.
It’s profoundly sad because he was a great kid and I know he’s hurting. But the substances have a hold on him that he doesn’t want to break.
Drugs are bad.
He was a really smart, charismatic, funny and handsome guy. Had a really great job in retail management on the West Coast that had some great potential to move into a really well paying career.
Got into meth in his mid-20s and it broke his brain.
He’s now in his late 40s, looks like a skeleton with skin, has false teeth, hasn’t worked in 10 years and is addicted to benzodiazepines and I suspect he still uses coke and meth when he can scrape up the money - but mostly he just sleeps.
It’s profoundly sad because he was a great kid and I know he’s hurting. But the substances have a hold on him that he doesn’t want to break.
Drugs are bad.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 7:14 am to Jimbojambojumbo
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It’s profoundly sad because he was a great kid and I know he’s hurting. But the substances have a hold on him that he doesn’t want to break.
I liken it to an evil little monkey that rides your back and whispers that you are powerless.
And he cracks his whip and his shadow is cast so so damn big. It makes you feel powerless, chasing the fleeting highs, those momentary escapes from the pain, the shame, the sorrow.
Addiction, of any sort. Can make you a slave. Allow you to make any justification for your behavior. Because that goddamn monkey is in control of your soul, at least it feels like.
He's riding you into oblivion and he's a motherfricker to shake off. He'll scream how you are nothing without him, how you need him, how no one cares about you. Every lie he can think of.
You need help to do it, but you can get that monkey off your back. Gotta want it bad enough and be willing to surrender to something other than the monkey though.
This post was edited on 2/8/24 at 7:16 am
Posted on 2/8/24 at 7:18 am to Scruffy
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concern for neurotoxicity and repeated NO use has been known for years.
But due to peripheral nerve demyelination due disruption of vit b. Shouldn’t really affect someone cognitive status. Hypoxic brain injury? Damn…..,I guess possible? But damn
Posted on 2/8/24 at 7:23 am to Old Character
If he's at a rehab facility and still coming off a long Nitrous binge, (and likely on Seroquel or other drugs) it wouldn't surprise me if he seemed out of it after only 10 days.
If it was just nitrous this guys brother was on, and he can stay off that shite, and stay sober...I think in a number of months he'll seem a lot better.
If it was just nitrous this guys brother was on, and he can stay off that shite, and stay sober...I think in a number of months he'll seem a lot better.
Posted on 2/8/24 at 7:28 am to Scuttle But
All of my sisters are/were addicts. My little sister OD in 2020. She was found in some random hotel room. My oldest sister is just a pothead. The middle sister is an on/off methhead... very few teeth left. My uncle died of AIDS from using dirty needles. My dad was an alcoholic, then graduated to heroin. Got fired from Exxon after 17 years, just as I was starting college. Two years later, he was found hanging from a tree up near Jackson.
I have no addiction issues. I enjoy a gummy every now and then. I can take or leave drink. I guess I take after my grandfather. He drank twice per year. He had an Irish coffee on New Years Eve and a beer on July 4.
Dealing with an addict is rough. You basically know you have to start mourning them while they are still alive. Taking this approach helps, a little bit at least.
I have no addiction issues. I enjoy a gummy every now and then. I can take or leave drink. I guess I take after my grandfather. He drank twice per year. He had an Irish coffee on New Years Eve and a beer on July 4.
Dealing with an addict is rough. You basically know you have to start mourning them while they are still alive. Taking this approach helps, a little bit at least.
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