kbowser
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Our relationship will never be the same
Anyone compering drug use to political beliefs needs to reevaluate their thought process
Jul 23, 2022 8:42 AM
kbowser
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1633
59
Our relationship will never be the same
Anyone compering drug use to political beliefs needs to reevaluate their thought process
Noitisnot
Your brother is dead. He can be revived, but not while the demon wears his skin. *Hugs*
DarkfireDragon
FeminineBeeOnslaught
firsttimecallerlongtimelisttener
Him and cry because I miss him so much. He has not met any of my daughters and I wouldn’t know if he was alive or dead and that kills me/2
firsttimecallerlongtimelisttener
I understand. My older brother punched me in the face while on drugs. Lots of other things happened before but that ended it. I think of/1
DexterWantsToBattle
My brother didn't make it to 24, but he was dead long before then
Mikeythefireman
Same. He was my hero when I was little. He’s 50 living in a trailer park with rent paid by Dad to keep him off the street. Addiction sucks.
username404error
Etherealvalentine
I miss my sister. She's not dead. She's a Christo-ethni-fascist & thinks I want to murder her baby because I sent her a bday present. Ppl sk
MidlifecrisisDad
It could be worse. They could be a maga young earth creationist
Hotkolbas
StacInThePlace
Don't stop trying to help him. I lost my little sister to addiction.
yoursexyneighbour
Sorry to hear that.
Ryvienna
I miss my younger brother. He's not dead, he's just dead to me.
confirmsthings
Same thing, essentially. My friend was a speed addict, hasn't been the same since, even after rehab. He died on the inside...
djzapz
My brother is on the edge. We lose him for months but then he comes back (mostly). We're afraid he might go permanently...
ketjureaktio
This is me, and life is miserable after going through the rehab, but speed burns something inside there badly.
IExplainJokesThatNeedNoExplanation
It takes years but it gets better. A lot better.
RedWingedBlackbirds
Not the same reason, but was basically an empty shell for YEARS. I'm alive again now. I hope there's hope for you too
olivegardenbreadstx
My therapist once said “you’re mourning the loss of them while they’re still here” it’s so true
stellarmaryjane
I miss my older brother too, he was a drug addict that didn’t survive.
B4DF15H2
It's an illness. A trauma response. We don't provide help because we have the gaping jaws of for profit prison to feed.
therealscottstam
You are not alone. Alcohol and addiction has mutated my brother into someone I hardly recognize.
ProfessorDumbass
Maybe mushies will rewrite his brain. Have heard they have cured drug addiction and alcoholics with it. No guarantees
LucidAftermath
Gonna have to look that up.
Sagsquatch
psilocybin, there was an article in SA 10ish years ago about a couple in South America that were using it to cure heroin addicts
WilliamHuskerAdama
Hell, they've done some pretty good work with mushrooms at John Hopkins
Violenthozer
Iv heard good things about micro-dosing psilocybin. Good way if you are not into the trip.
vegivamp
I'm a happy occasional shroomer, but this sounds like hammering your finger to get distracted from you headache...
WilliamHuskerAdama
Nope, there is serious research into psychedelics and mental health rehabilitation
bongles
IDK if this is what the original commentor has in mind but there's potential for psilocin combined with therapy to help addiction.
whatpassesforclever
Nah, psychedelics create brain plasticity. An addict who wants to get better but can’t overcome the urges will find it much easier to make1/
whatpassesforclever
2/ different habits and choices and having them stick, rather than continuing to be stuck in their previous patterns.
Greenwaxy
My aunt has late onset schizophrenia. She’s alive but also doesn’t exist anymore.
chunglungus
for me it was both brothers, one older, one younger. lasted for about a decade. i've seen it all. done it all. dragged them by their hair >
chunglungus
>outta crack dens. Driving around Camden at night looking for them. Bailing them outta jail. Getting everything I own stolen. Lost jobs >
justthoughtyousholdknow
Which Camden?
chunglungus
NJ
chunglungus
> because i'd wake up and my car'd be gone and I'd miss work (they'd always be stealing my spare keys and getting copies made). Spent >
chunglungus
>thousands on bail and rehab. My parents would escape. They're divorced so my dad wasnt around and would only occasionally check in. >
chunglungus
> My mom would pretend it all wasnt happening and stay over her boyfriend's for days. Everything was on me. Everything. The hardest part >
chunglungus
> was friends and relatives who didnt really understand the situation all telling me I deserved better, and to just let them die. >
ComcastLover
Same issue here but with a younger brother. I can't have him crash on my couch any more though, he drives me up the fucking walls.
Willybum84
Same with my best friend...heroin can fuck off
SwankyPotato
Fun fact: the full proverb is: “The blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb.” So basically the reverse.
Bestiarium
That's actually not true. That sentence first appeared in the late 20th century, whereas 'blood is thicker than water' is several centuries
Bestiarium
old. The first, original form of the proverb is 'the blood of kin is not spoilt by water' which dates to the 12th century.
SwankyPotato
Interesting. Do you know what the original 12th century source was and where I might read more about it?
Bestiarium
It first appeared in Reinhart Fuchs (Reinhart the Fox), a German epic. It's a collection of stories about the titular fox outsmarting people
Bestiarium
and tricking others, in a world of anthropomorphic animals. The stories often contained satirical commentary about religion and politics.
rmsrmsrms38
kbowser
Thanks
eastbaybruja
Mine is all about Q Anon these days. Damn shame.
clintwestwud
Like someone else here said, at least there’s rehab for drugs.
Thisisntmyrealname
I lost my sister to drugs. I know how you feel. She just isn’t the same person now. She’s a lying, manipulative thief always chasing a high.
AnxiaTeaDD
My mother in law is like this. My hubs and I used to be addicts so we know what she’s like when she’s high but she still lies that she’s not
AnxiaTeaDD
and she always is asking us or my hubs dad who lives with us for money and we every once in awhile will help her but we’ve had to put up
AnxiaTeaDD
a lot of boundaries with her which she respects only because my hubs said she wouldn’t be allowed to visit her grandkids if she didn’t.
clintwestwud
Same with me. Lost my mom to drugs. Still paying for it. She stole my identity when I was 18 and my credit is still fucked.
Jiquerez
Have you thought about picking up a drug habit as well so you got something in common again?
SkamanSam
Would not recommend, but i totally did this with my brother. Drugs are a helluva drug
notcho3111
??? I hate you people so much
kbowser
I love you people
kbowser
Lol I appreciate this comment
vizeroy42
Sugar is addictive, too... so...
kbowser
So is dopamine
DancesWithHippos
Yeah, but don't do that.
kbowser
I know lol
khora
Suggest this to him. He’ll probably object.
wisepairofjeans
You mean inject
ehSorrytodisturbyoubutimCanadian
That might actually work to get help, like he wouldn't want his brother on that stuff and boom. Inner reflection
hotmessactual
It's not like addicts lack inner reflection; it's often a matter of not having an alternative or the infrastructure to support quitting.
ehSorrytodisturbyoubutimCanadian
I'm not saying they are instantly better, but it might be a good step forward.
HurricaneShade
Mines a Trumper... haven't talked to him in years
UncleBuckFutter
Sorry for your loss
HurricaneShade
He knows where I live, my doors open.. he doesn't stop... he doesn't want to. I'm good
belindashort
Both of my brothers are, but they were always bigots
Sidewinder1018
My 2 bros are as well. I recently stopped talking to either when I got called a communist & had to deal w/their other toxic BS.
ReaperCDN
My younger brother is one of those fucking idiots. Haven't spoken to him I years either. I don't miss it.
RainCityRogue
Where is he planning to have his mass shooting?
ReaperCDN
Canadian, so thankfully no plethora of guns for him.
witheredspoon
I lost mine to Q. His latest rant has him hating Trump because he was the father of the vaccine and has surrounded himself with Jews! SMH
DukeDarkwood
Dang, man! At least you can get rehab for drugs.
prestonpiggy
Well China has those "re-education" camps, maybe we could learn something from there...
RagtimeRaver
Cult deprograming is a thing.
METROlD
Fox news has taken my family. It is impossible to talk to them anymore.
BlitzerRhames
My dad was a Trump guy, i don't know about now, we just dont talk politics
SuperfluousMeh
Mine too, whole family. Bro believes '6mwe' too ???
SuperfluousMeh
6mwe = nazi ideology for those who don't know.
Comet260
6 Million Wasn't Enough. Charming.
clintwestwud
Holy fuck. That acronym stands for one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever read… had to google it and man I wasn’t ready for that crap
SuperfluousMeh
It really is. I also saw that symbol/acronym at the jan6 insurrection. So, very bad!
FormerSkiBum
Totally the same thing /s
RagtimeRaver
There are more similarities than one would think.
TheMemeForge
They are completely fucking different
kbowser
Agree they're definitely different, similar in ways but incomparable in this context.
RagtimeRaver
Substance abuse is a chemical addiction. Cult members often have behavioral addictions.
TheMemeForge
In the same way the brain that handles needs runs info. Theres paralls but comparing this to cults is some huge mental gymnastics
RayWould
Yeah, one is detrimental to society/the world in general and the other is drugs.