Thursday, July 13
Something happened that was probably inevitable.
I've heard that addicts sometimes need to hit bottom before they can see that they need help. A friend of mine has been trying to find her lowest point for quite some time now. Hopefully this is it. I don't know how much worse it can get. No one is dead at least. And the commenters on our local paper's website find the incident quite humorous. So that's good.
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Hi SD. Sorry I've been absent from commenting. I suck.
ReplyDeleteNo you don't. You have been busy with your alien suit.
ReplyDeleterelevance?
ReplyDeleteLOL. I amuse myself.
ReplyDeleteI've been clenching my jaw a lot for a couple of weeks now. Does anybody else do that? I don't want to get one of those stupid mouth guards or something. I used to do that in high school and I got really shitty headaches.
I did it until i broke a tooth. Then I quit jaw clenching, and started smoking again. Not the best choice, but better than being known one day as Toothless Jimmy.
ReplyDeleteThe thing is, each addict has their own bottom. Some people need a near death experience to change. I think it also depends on the drug of choice.
ReplyDeleteFor me, it didn't take my children being taken away or getting 10 dui's. The threat of that being a possible outcome was enough. I felt like crap and didn't want to live like that anymore. I decided that the only way to be happy was to stop. That takes longer for some people. The harsher the drug, the worse the mind, and the more f'd up that person is going to be. As a friend just be honest with that person and their actions and NEVER, NEVER, NEVER enable them.
Thanks, J, that makes so much sense.
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