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re: What is the sales pitch for meth and heroine?
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:13 pm to Agforlife
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:13 pm to Agforlife
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Dude you are talking about different choices. You aren't going to ever understand and it's a shame because of that misunderstanding a lot of addicts and alcoholics die. There is something different with us I wish I knew just what it was so I could fix it in others but I don't. All I can tell you is until I admitted I was powerless over alcohol / meth and that my life had become unmanageable (which simply means that when I made the decision [choice] to stop I couldn't manage that decision) I was able to do something about changing my life. So let's just agree to disagree and get on with our lives
We don't disagree on any of this, except if you believe you have NO choices. Like that WarEagle guy, he does not believe they have any choice. Of course, there are different choices.
If you admit that you have always had choices, even while using, then we agree, not disagree.
But sincerely glad you eventually made the choice to admit you were powerless and get help.
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Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:17 pm to Festus
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Like that WarEagle guy, he does not believe they have any choice. Of course, there are different choices.
False. Choices exist. It's what underlies choices that is not under our control.
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:17 pm to SabiDojo
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think addicts don't want to realize this because, if they do, they fear the whole structure comes down.
So, they just say, "Well, our minds just work differently."
Well science and the human experience back us up.
If your thoughts on the matter where true then a lot yelling would fix the problem. Maybe you should open up a rehab where you tell at addicts, "knock it off"!
I can't wait to hear about all the success you are having. 
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:22 pm to Festus
As long as I don't pick up, yes I have choices, but the minute I pick up my addict brain nullifies those choices (yes I know there is still a choice but it's been proven that true addicts are wired differently) so yes I choose to do the work outlined in the steps and continue to stay sober because I know what will happen if make the other choice. I get what you are saying and I hope you get where I'm coming from, I'm not the best with words but I am speaking from the heart as well as from experience. I don't blame my past addiction on anyone but me, and unlike most addicts I have always known it was me and not any outside force causing my behavior. That is the hardest thing to get some addicts I work sponsor to see.
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:24 pm to Festus
As I have said before they often really don't have a choice WHILE they are jonesing for a fix but as soon as they get their fix, which happens every single day, they have the choice to get help.
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:24 pm to epbart
If meth and heroin were legal they would ruin no more lives than alcohol and kill less than tobacco
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:25 pm to Agforlife
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That is the hardest thing to get some addicts I work sponsor to see.
You should tell them to stop choosing to do drugs.
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:26 pm to Caplewood
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If meth and heroin were legal they would ruin no more lives than alcohol and kill less than tobacco
Of course that is true but that isn't what your first post said
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:26 pm to LesMiles BFF
Science proves that drugs affect the chemical makeup of the brain. I never disputed that. What I find funny is, addicts say they are chemically dependent on the drug, but once they are no longer chemically dependent, they are still addicts, which I don't believe is entirely true.
You treat the brain and body physically for the addiction. I don't have a problem with that. I do have a problem with the way AA and NA say you will ALWAYS be addicted, like this noose that is always around your neck and if you slip you're done. AND YOU'RE POWERLESS OVER IT. In my opinion, it's a false reality that is pushed by the culture of AA and NA.
You can treat the underlying causes of addiction. You can get over it. Your body and brain can overcome the dependency with help. But, after it does, are YOU ready to forgive yourself, are you ready to realize your own worth, and are you ready to confront why you turned to drugs in the first place? That's the toughest battle, imo.
You treat the brain and body physically for the addiction. I don't have a problem with that. I do have a problem with the way AA and NA say you will ALWAYS be addicted, like this noose that is always around your neck and if you slip you're done. AND YOU'RE POWERLESS OVER IT. In my opinion, it's a false reality that is pushed by the culture of AA and NA.
You can treat the underlying causes of addiction. You can get over it. Your body and brain can overcome the dependency with help. But, after it does, are YOU ready to forgive yourself, are you ready to realize your own worth, and are you ready to confront why you turned to drugs in the first place? That's the toughest battle, imo.
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:26 pm to lsu480
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As I have said before they often really don't have a choice WHILE they are jonesing for a fix but as soon as they get their fix, which happens every single day, they have the choice to get help.
Nope you gotta get to gettin so you can hustle up enough to get the next fix before you run out c'mon man.
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:27 pm to LesMiles BFF
Im still new to this recovery thing, but science and logic have do e absolutely nothing for me. The choice that i made was to live a different life, and sobriety has been a byproduct of that because of what i truly believe is spiritual and nothing of this world. I didnt choose to quit using. I chose to become a better person. I chose to find a different solution to my personal issues. The need to get loaded is slowly going away. Did i dorectly choose to stop getting loaded? Not a chance. Im not capable of making that decision on my own these days and my entire life experience will back that up. The amount of times i said im not getting loaded again seconds before putting a needle in my arm proves to me, logical, rational, or not that i couldnt stop on my own. Whether im right or wrong in the eyes of the world is no concern to me. This is what i have to believe to stay above ground so this is what i believe. But i totally understand why its hard concept for people to understand why we feel this way.
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:29 pm to Agforlife
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Nope you gotta get to gettin so you can hustle up enough to get the next fix before you run out c'mon man.
ya if you want to use again but while high you have the choice to drive straight to a rehab. Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:31 pm to lsu480
How? I said they aren't much different. They aren't much different in terms of ruining lives. Heroin ruins lives because people have to steal for their fix and end up ruining relationships because of it, if it was legal and cheaper it wouldn't be as much of a problem. Say you could get a gram of dope for 15 bucks as opposed to the 100-150 it costs now, people wouldn't be robbing their families for that. If the government made pure meth it wouldn't be as big of a health issue, most likely safer than tobacco and alcohol
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:32 pm to rebeloke
the attraction for heroin is
it numbs the pain one is experiencing enuf to keep them chasing that "thing"
and then they later realize they exchanged one problem for another and have seriously effed up their life worse than they ever could of imagined
it numbs the pain one is experiencing enuf to keep them chasing that "thing"
and then they later realize they exchanged one problem for another and have seriously effed up their life worse than they ever could of imagined
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:33 pm to SabiDojo
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Science proves that drugs affect the chemical makeup of the brain. I never disputed that. What I find funny is, addicts say they are chemically dependent on the drug, but once they are no longer chemically dependent, they are still addicts, which I don't believe is entirely true.
You treat the brain and body physically for the addiction. I don't have a problem with that. I do have a problem with the way AA and NA say you will ALWAYS be addicted, like this noose that is always around your neck and if you slip you're done. AND YOU'RE POWERLESS OVER IT. In my opinion, it's a false reality that is pushed by the culture of AA and NA.
You can treat the underlying causes of addiction. You can get over it. Your body and brain can overcome the dependency with help. But, after it does, are YOU ready to forgive yourself, are you ready to realize your own worth, and are you ready to confront why you turned to drugs in the first place? That's the toughest battle, imo.
AA addresses all of this, and I'm sorry once an addict always an addict, that's not say you can't come back from a slip, but I don't ever want to slip and find out. It may be a FALSE REALITY to you but it's not to me. You see I laid down dope more than once but I ALWAYS picked it back up and I was ALWAYS worse off than before each time. (These were always after forced abstinence ie: prison, jail, etc) So yeah I believe that. BTW I will never say that AA/NA is the only way to get or stay sober, it's just the only thing that worked for me.
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:35 pm to Agforlife
Although we don't agree, I'm just glad you're sober.
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:35 pm to SabiDojo
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I do have a problem with the way AA and NA say you will ALWAYS be addicted, like this noose that is always around your neck and if you slip you're done. AND YOU'RE POWERLESS OVER IT. In my opinion, it's a false reality that is pushed by the culture of AA and NA.
Let's say for a second that I don't believe everything the 12 step programs teach. My life depended on the decisions I made so I decided not to be a dick and throw the whole program away
Because of what I considered an insignificant difference of.philosophy.
It worked. I'm alive and I don't care if I'm being intellectually dishonest with myself.
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:35 pm to Caplewood
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kill less than tobacco
maybe so, but tobacco doesn't make you insane. I've known dudes in jail for murder because of meth. I'm yet to meet any murdering tobacco smokers.
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:36 pm to LesMiles BFF
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You should tell them to stop choosing to do drugs.
He should tell them to choose to get help.
Posted on 7/18/15 at 2:37 pm to Festus
No response? If not, I'll move along.
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