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Anyone have a family member that threw their life away with drugs?

Posted on 2/7/24 at 7:57 pm
Posted by Scuttle But
Member since Nov 2023
1301 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 7:57 pm
My little brother has always been a bit wayward and undisciplined. But a few months ago he got himself hooked on nitrous oxide and his brain is basically fried for life. I fricking hate him for it too.

My parents are a goddamn wreck. They feel like they've failed. They should be enjoying their golden years. Going on vacations and spoiling thier grandkids. Now they'll have to care for a fricking retard becuase he was too selfish to do anything by himself. I wish he'd have fricking OD'd so we could all grieve and move on remembering who he was before he huffed his fricking brain away.

Seeing my parents like this is devastating. They deserve better.
Posted by 9Fiddy
19th Hole
Member since Jan 2007
64031 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 7:58 pm to
Yes. Buried my 30 year old step brother last month.
Posted by LSU316
Rice and Easy Baby!!!
Member since Nov 2007
29286 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 7:59 pm to
My cousin got pregnant and started doing crack…..she has 4 kids that have raised themselves and she and 2 of them smoke crack together every day.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
35014 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:00 pm to
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nitrous oxide


This seems like the dumbest one but it’s super addictive.
Posted by 9Fiddy
19th Hole
Member since Jan 2007
64031 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:02 pm to
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she and 2 of them smoke crack together every day.

I know it’s a fricked up situation, but all I can think when reading this is…

Posted by joshnorris14
Florida
Member since Jan 2009
45205 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:02 pm to
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My parents are a goddamn wreck. They feel like they've failed


Objectively, they have. It's a reasonable feeling.

With that said, is his brain actually "fried"? I find it hard to believe that after a few months it is irreversibly significantly damaged.
This post was edited on 2/7/24 at 8:04 pm
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
48435 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:02 pm to
My SIL and several old friends of mine. I've known way too many people that have died from ODs.
Posted by Hermes Trismegistus
America
Member since Feb 2024
59 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:03 pm to
No family members, thankfully, but unfortunately more than few very close childhood friends of mine and some other close friends have lost their lives to drugs. I'm sure many here have the same experience. It's really the opioids that are to blame based on the friends I've lost. RIP to all of them, and may God have mercy on their souls. Amen.







Posted by UltimaParadox
Huntsville
Member since Nov 2008
40839 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:03 pm to
Addiction seems like it just gets a hold of certain people and it turns then into just a hurricane of pain and suffering. They steal from family members that care about them that makes it hard to keep helping. Truly awful to see
Posted by Scuttle But
Member since Nov 2023
1301 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:05 pm to
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With that said, is his brain actually "fried"? I find it hard to believe that after a few months it is irreversibly significantly damaged.


That's what the doctors are saying. And when I talk to him its like talking to a stranger.
This post was edited on 2/7/24 at 8:07 pm
Posted by Blitzed
Member since Oct 2009
21287 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:07 pm to
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.
This post was edited on 2/7/24 at 11:49 pm
Posted by joshnorris14
Florida
Member since Jan 2009
45205 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:07 pm to
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That's what the doctors are saying. And when I talk to him itsnlike talking to a stranger.



It may be worth investigating this further. Especially from the view of your parents, maybe not from yours.
Posted by kciDAtaE
Member since Apr 2017
15702 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:08 pm to
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But a few months ago he got himself hooked on nitrous oxide and his brain is basically fried for life


That’s a thing? I didn’t think nitrous could do that.
Posted by Saintsisit
Member since Jan 2013
3912 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:09 pm to
I'd have to imagine he can improve. I mean if Steve-O is a completely functional adult, there's hope for anyone. His Nitrous uses are legendary.
Posted by Scuttle But
Member since Nov 2023
1301 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:11 pm to
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That’s a thing? I didn’t think nitrous could do that.


I honestly don't know. I've never done drugs and don't really know all that much about the effects of different ones. I know he's always been a pothead but never really thought much of it other than he was a bit of loser who couldn't get his shite together. He claims he started the NO a couple months ago and he's a completely different person now. I don't think he'll ever recover.

It's not like he's just high or addicted and needs to sober up and get in a program. His brain is done for.
Posted by UncleRuckus
Member since Feb 2013
7641 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:13 pm to
My druggie cousins weren’t gonna amount to much anyway
Posted by LongRangeCreedmoor
Member since Dec 2023
49 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:13 pm to
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!
Posted by Crow Pie
Neuro ICU - Tulane Med Center
Member since Feb 2010
25299 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:13 pm to
Isn’t nitrous in “whippets”?
Posted by Tigerlaff
FIGHTING out of the Carencro Sonic
Member since Jan 2010
20858 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:13 pm to
Yep. Can't say anymore but it's been bad.
Posted by cubsfan5150
Member since Nov 2007
15756 posts
Posted on 2/7/24 at 8:14 pm to
Both of my brothers.

My biological father

My sister

My sister in law

Drugs are bad mmkay
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