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re: Old baw in Slidell overdosed, EMS gives Narcan to save his life
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:35 am to GEAUXT
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:35 am to GEAUXT
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GEAUXT
You can honestly and truly get fricked.
Try watching your wife piece herself together after losing her brother to this with no previous indication there was a problem. And then watch the unborn daughter he left behind with his wife grow up without him. Then will you tell her it was good no one was there to save him?
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Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:37 am to chRxis
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t's amazing to me how dismissive some people can be in regards to human life... it's pretty sad to know just how little value, no matter what, some people can be when it comes to an actual human life...
Exactly. He very well may have a very worried mother and father that love him dearly but don't know what to do. He may have been trying his arse off to stay sober and just hit a moment of weakness this morning. You don't know what surrounds that video and you don't just let them die. He may get sober and go on to help 100's more just like him by sharing that video and how far he goes from this point forward. You don't know anything outside of video, but sure, let him die and rot.
Thank God medical professionals are smarter and more empathetic than Geaux T and that other fool saying the same thing.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:38 am to John88
Is there a limit on how many times a junkie can be brought back? Should there be?
Metro Cincinnati is the epicenter of America’s heroin epidemic. There are several instances where the same person has been revived multiple times.
What should happen to those people? They’re usually mentally retarded, at least mildly, and can’t be rehabilitated. There are no institutions in which they can be housed.
They represent a threat to the public when they’re in pursuit of money to buy their next hit. Do we build mental health institutions again? Incarcerate them in existing prisons?
Metro Cincinnati is the epicenter of America’s heroin epidemic. There are several instances where the same person has been revived multiple times.
What should happen to those people? They’re usually mentally retarded, at least mildly, and can’t be rehabilitated. There are no institutions in which they can be housed.
They represent a threat to the public when they’re in pursuit of money to buy their next hit. Do we build mental health institutions again? Incarcerate them in existing prisons?
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:38 am to chRxis
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chRxis
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:42 am to John88
You never see old heroin junkies. At some point, they all OD
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:43 am to chRxis
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as a recovering addict, a father, and a medical professional, I'm very sorry for your loss... and you are right... unless you've gone through it, or been very close to someone who has, you really can't comprehend all the in's and out's that is addiction... it's not quite as simple as "just quit" or "don't start", etc... wish more people would have at least a little empathy or compassion for those struggling, b/c not all of us are homeless, government assisted, etc... some of us are hidden in pain sight, and you have no idea when interacting with us the struggle that we are going through, yet here we are...
I amhappy tohear you are doing well and hope you continue to d o so.But the truth is it is just as simple as don't start. At some point in yours and every addict's life you made a decision to start using.t doesn'tmatter why, you wer enot strongenough to resist and failed to dothe right thing. You had a choice as did themajorityof people who are not addicted.
You were exposed to public service messaging, school anti drug programs and general awareness of the world. Yet you still made the choice to use drugs .You thought addiction would never hapen to you. It did and its likely your family and friends were affected by your poor decisions.
This may seem harsh, but we have choices in life. Addicts make these decisions because they believe they are better than the other addicts before them or because laws don't apply to them. The man lying on the ground an dhis idiot friend jumping around in the video quickly destroy those belifs.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:43 am to chRxis
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as a recovering addict, a father, and a medical professional, I'm very sorry for your loss... and you are right... unless you've gone through it, or been very close to someone who has, you really can't comprehend all the in's and out's that is addiction... it's not quite as simple as "just quit" or "don't start", etc... wish more people would have at least a little empathy or compassion for those struggling, b/c not all of us are homeless, government assisted, etc... some of us are hidden in pain sight, and you have no idea when interacting with us the struggle that we are going through, yet here we are...
I am happy to hear you are doing well and hope you continue to do so .But the truth is it is just as simple as don't start. At some point in yours and every addict's life you made a decision to start using. It doesn't matter why, you were not strong enough to resist and failed to do the right thing. You had a choice as did the majorityof people who are not addicted.
You were exposed to public service messaging, school anti drug programs and general awareness of the world. Yet you still made the choice to use drugs . You thought addiction would never hapen to you. It did and its likely your family and friends were affected by your poor decisions.
This may seem harsh, but we have choices in life. Addicts make these decisions because they believe they are better than the other addicts before them or because laws don't apply to them. The man lying on the ground an dhis idiot friend jumping around in the video quickly destroy those belifs.
This post was edited on 9/27/20 at 11:47 am
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:46 am to TulaneLSU
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such cheap sins.
I agree. A $1500 hooker in Vegas may only give you an hour worth of memories, but those memories are worth more than countless days of just being fricked up on hard drugs.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:51 am to GEAUXT
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I didn't realize you were a fb housewife
I'm not... I'm a recovering drug addict, just doing my best to be a good husband, father, contributing member of society, while treating other with respect and dignity, no matter who it is I interact with... I'm not going to apologize for that..
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My lowest point in life comes no where close to ODing in a parking lot midday
good deal... but here's the thing... it doesn't matter what your lowest point is... we all have our lows, and we all have our lowest point... what if you were judge, unfairly or harshly, based on yours, even if it was just eating to many cupcakes at a birthday party, or cheating on your taxes, or whatever... if you were deemed as "less than everyone else" because of your indescretion(s)... would you feel like that's your totality to society, or would you feel that you are more than just the sum of your mistakes?
Posted on 9/27/20 at 11:54 am to Kentucker
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Is there a limit on how many times a junkie can be brought back? Should there be
They really shouldn’t get any chances. People know what these drugs can do and yet they still do them. It’s obvious they don’t care about their life so we shouldn’t either.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 12:00 pm to SpyBoy
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Try watching your wife piece herself together after losing her brother to this with no previous indication there was a problem. And then watch the unborn daughter he left behind with his wife grow up without him. Then will you tell her it was good no one was there to save him?
Believe me, the daughter and wife were better off without having a junkie in their lives.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 12:06 pm to tigersbb
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just as simple as don't start.
my start was a legit prescription for Vicodin ES.... didn't misuse them, but got physically addicted to them, and to avoid being dopesick, I continued to take them... and then the tolerance led to having to take more, and more...
my story is not all that abnormal, tbh...
quote:at some point, once you are physically/mentally addicted, you kind of don't have a choice anymore... your brain will physically rewire itself, and it's not really in your hands anymore... sure you make a decision on using not, but just trust me, as someone who knows a lot about medications/drugs, and someone who's had first hand experience as an addict, it's not quite as simple as "just quit"... the new "normal" that is created will dictate a large majority of the decisions you make, and it's not until there's a shock to the system that something will change...
You had a choice as did themajorityof people who are not addicted.
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This may seem harsh
no, it seems unaware or uneducated about what actually drug addiction entails... your comments read like a D.A.R.E pamphlet, and there's NOTHING that could be further from the actuality of drug addiction than the generic, over simplistic message you are posting...
Posted on 9/27/20 at 12:07 pm to chRxis
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it's pretty sad to know just how little value, no matter what, some people can be when it comes to an actual human life...
That’s life, pal
Posted on 9/27/20 at 12:08 pm to GEAUXmedic
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Believe me, the daughter and wife were better off without having a junkie in their lives.
wow... would mine?
Posted on 9/27/20 at 12:09 pm to BRgetthenet
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That’s life, pal
but it really, REALLY doesn't have to be... treating others, no matter what, better than you treat yourself is something that you can CHOOSE to do....
Posted on 9/27/20 at 12:13 pm to GEAUXmedic
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Believe me, the daughter and wife were better off without having a junkie in their lives.
I mean, it's very harsh, but it's true.
Self-destructive behavior, like addiction, is far from a victimless crime.
Is a child better being raised by a single mother (assuming she doesn't remarry) or being raised in a 2 parent household where one of the parents is an addict and potentially ODs AFTER the child is born?
That seems like a pretty easy choice to me.
I understand it's a horrible situation all the way around. I'm not making light of it.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 12:21 pm to GEAUXT
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I mean, it's very harsh, but it's true.
Self-destructive behavior, like addiction, is far from a victimless crime.
Is a child better being raised by a single mother (assuming she doesn't remarry) or being raised in a 2 parent household where one of the parents is an addict and potentially ODs AFTER the child is born?
so, again, my wife and kids would be better off right now if would have just OD, at some point in my active addiction?
or are they better off, now that I'm not in active addiction, putting food on the table, helping with homework, taking them to school, playing wth them on the weekends, etc?
Posted on 9/27/20 at 12:24 pm to John88
Man I clicked on this just because, wasn’t expecting to see familiar face.. At one point in my life I used to see the guy on the daily. That was before his run in with dope. That is so sad to see man. This isn’t his first run with this stuff either.
Posted on 9/27/20 at 12:25 pm to tigersbb
quote:I hope you never get into a chronic pain situation where you need medication for a long time. I have seen this take down some very strong, well established people.
You were exposed to public service messaging, school anti drug programs and general awareness of the world. Yet you still made the choice to use drugs .You thought addiction would never hapen to you. It did and its likely your family and friends were affected by your poor decisions.
This post was edited on 9/27/20 at 12:28 pm
Posted on 9/27/20 at 12:29 pm to chRxis
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some of us are hidden in pain sight, and you have no idea when interacting with us the struggle that we are going through, yet here we are...
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chRxis
Checks out
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