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Rehabs are full of meth addicts!
| jes78 |
Rehabs are full of meth addicts
for the
times i said a drug is a drug, i apologize. We have been hit w/
the epidemic. my best friend works at a drug rehab and the meetings
have been full of meth addicts. this is quite new to us. i still
believe a drug is a drug, but what it does to them in such a
short period of time is devastating. they seem to be hitting
"bottoms" alot quicker, and i don't mean bottoms that make you
want to get clean. maybe you all know what i mean, but its here
now, and not just a little bit. it seems a month ago, i heard of
it from a few people, where last week, its all i heard about.
its cheaper, so alot of cocaine users are doing meth now. of
meth, i only know what i read here so i referred the people i
know who are using or dealing w/ users here. hopefully they
learn.
i don't know how long its been here, but its been getting big
just recently. |
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| RobinW |
Re: Rehabs are full of meth addicts
I
live in a small town. we are OVER RAN by it. it takes are young
children from us along with husbands wives anyone. it doesn't
care that they were up-standing law abiding, loving people. once
it sinks it's scummy teeth into you it has you. BUT it can't
keep you as long as you learn to look at it as i do now. I did
it before for a while. now if someone put it on my table i would
be so afraid of it and would want it gone like right NOW! To me,
it would be looking at a rat with sores crawling on my table. I
don't ever want to see it again.
sorry, but I'm in a major pissed off mood right.
i say we all say "begone rats" LOL
PS that doesn't mean the people just the meth... :)
love to all |
| Sfj |
Re: Rehabs are full of meth addicts
That's right.
I agree with you.
"A drug is a drug." It doesn't take a mental giant to agree with
that statement.
However, if we consider another aspect of it, we might have
another opinion.
"A car is a car" Yes.
But a Toyota Camry is not a Ferrari.
They will both get you from point A to point B however.
A toke off a joint is not the same as filling a rig (syringe)
with a half gram of glass (purified crystal meth).
Comparisons are good when coupled with a bit of common sense.
Generalities should be viewed with caution. (including this one) |
| jes78 |
Re: Rehabs are full of meth addicts
i
have seen some @#%$, sfj. I've done alot. I've traveled Europe
for 4 yrs, 3 in Italy and 1 all over, and I've lived a lifestyle
i would have never dreamed possible (nightmare). the war stories
i could tell u r horrid, in southern Italy we have a cammora, no
longer i don't think, but there were no police, it was crazy!
what i witnessed meth do to someone i saw last week, in such a
short period of time, she was at a mtg, and the quickness of it,
she just went downhill so quick. that was why i said sorry for
saying a drug is a drug. obviously, this is just a poison, and
it takes you where they all take you, but, my god, so quickly,
and she was so mean.
i think what i mean is i agree |
| FSOAB |
Re: Rehabs are full of meth addicts
Have
you guys ever seen ELF? There is a part where the elf says, "No
its not" over and over about the room in the mall being the
North pole.. Its really funny in the movie.. My other half and I
get into the same disagreements.. I say "yes it is" He says "no
its not" over and over.... Wish we were just arguing over
Christmas! |
| jes78 |
Re: Rehabs are full of meth addicts
oh
I'm not arguing, but I'd take a Ferrari or a Camry any day!!
I'll have to rent i was surprised to see how quickly it
affects people. in previous post i said a drug is a drug, which
i still believe. crack and heroin made me do some really awful
things but meth is awful in a way i cant explain, and i saw that
for the first time recently. so HOORAY to all you beating
meth!!! and all of us in recovery, even me!! |
| samwitch |
Re: Rehabs are full of meth addicts
Jes...You're from Rhode island?
New England is being swallowed up by the Meth Monster pretty
quickly.
My ex was an addict in Hawaii in the 90's. When meth became
easier to get in Boston, he couldn't resist---like about two
years ago.
By last winter he was a dark shadow of someone I once knew.
It seems that some recovery/support programs (that focus on
meth) exist in the Gay Community for now, but I think everyone
will be affected soon.
Isn't it scary to live in a place that is still kind of in meth
kindergarten?
I'm afraid we will see some horrors before people even know
what's happening around them, in their families and
communities.... |
BentBut
Not
Broken1 |
Re: Rehabs are full of meth addicts
samwitch-
Quote:
Isn't it scary to live in
a place that is still kind of in meth kindergarten?
I'm afraid we will see some horrors before people even
know what's happening around them, in their families and
communities....
You just described NC-or at least my area. It
is scary!
Two separate news stories just last night were worth watching
and, had I been somewhere besides in a patients home, I'd of
yelled for joy and done a happy dance. One guy, age 35, was
caught with 10 8-balls and 17 boxes of pills. The girl they
caught was 26, high as a kite, and hurt 2 officers and 1 drug
dog before they got her cuffed.
It's amazing how folks like to live with their heads in the sand
and infuriating at the same time.
That Ferrari Brok3n-can be "owned" by a tweeker/cook for money
they are due . Makes me want to let the air out of the tires or
some mean thing like that. Knowing my luck though, they'd have
the darn car booby-trapped!
When is everyone going to wake up and say yes, it can happen
here? It is happening here! God help us all. |
| Penel0pe |
Re: Rehabs are full of meth addicts
Quote:
for the times i said a drug is a
drug, i apologize.
I wouldn't apologize for that.
Some drugs take us to hell faster than others.
I survived 26 years of meth use. Some can't tolerate their first
hit.
"A drug is a drug" is certainly applicable when we look at the
end results - heroin addicts are just as dead as alcohol
addicts, just as in jail as crack heads, and just as insane as
meth addicts when they finally go down, aren't they?
I used a lot of different drugs, that's a fact. Cocaine pushed
my to the ground, I got back up, Meth knocked me to the floor, I
got back up... and Meth finally had me on me knees, begging for
relief.
Had it not been meth, it would have been something else for sure
(Probably cocaine.) Meth damaged me, that's a fact - I believe
had it been cocaine, I would have physically recovered much more
quickly than I have from meth. I may be wrong, but I do believe
that cocaine is easier to overdose with than meth is. Alcohol -
lets talk about THAT - Alcohol kills more people than meth or
cocaine - both the alcoholic, and those the alcoholic kills via
drunk driving, violence (Alcohol is the drug most often
associated with violent crime - look it up!)
All drugs have different effects, negative effects, and some are
worse than others for sure. Meth WAS THE DRUG THAT TOOK ME OUT -
I am very clear on that point!
But I don't believe any drug deserves "Special" recognition - a
drug is a drug when we are trying to recover - we're addicts...
the drugs we use are just a symptom of a bigger problem - US.
Addiction is the problem. I really believe that, and I really
believe there are underlying issues that we share that get us
started using in the first place, and a disease called addiction
that KEEPS us using well after we should know better.
But yes, I agree with you on one thing - METH has properties
that are unique to meth... as does any other drug out there.
METH is the drug that I used the most - the one I traded my life
away for. |
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