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In reply to the discussion: Do you know an addict first hand? Talk about it if you wish. [View all]Dorian Gray
(13,736 posts)38. Absolutely
I know many. Raised by two. Sister to one. Sister in law to another. Wife to a recovered addict. Aunt to an early abuser of substances. Friend to many.
Some of the closest people to me. I'm happily in a place where the friends who I've met in my adult life are NOT big drinkers, and it's made a huge difference in how I approach parties and events. (I don't avoid them like I used to when I hung out with my college/high school friends who mostly do drink way too much.).
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Do you know an addict first hand? Talk about it if you wish. [View all]
Stinky The Clown
Jun 2024
OP
When I blew my knee out a couple months ago they prescribed a Narcan inhaler with my pain pills
AZSkiffyGeek
Jun 2024
#5
You never know what "sticks". Time after time after time we had that hope dashed. Until it stuck.
Stinky The Clown
Jun 2024
#10
I had a younger cousin who died of alcoholism at age 47. I quit drinking years before at age 45
Walleye
Jun 2024
#28
Yes, they became extremely religious and a Trump cult member. Went from one addiction to another. nt
Quixote1818
Jun 2024
#29