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> The only way they’re going to stop is if they hit rock bottom. If you’re enabling their behavior that’s never going to happen. And yeah, it’d be rough for the
by saiya-jin 4y ago
> The only way they’re going to stop is if they hit rock bottom. If you’re enabling their behavior that’s never going to happen. And yeah, it’d be rough for them and some will die, but that will cause some others to never go down that road.
Now this is some proper fucked up high horse shitty cruelty. Its appalling to read it here to keep things polite. It seems you have no clue whatsoever about addictions, how to treat them, what works and what is just some arrogant entitled wishful thinking. I realize similar extreme people are rather outliers, but not so much as we would wish for, hence the topic discussed.
One of those moments when its so darn easy to say 'we have it figured out in Europe in much better and humane way than across the pond'.
I could write an essay about how we have methadone, heroin etc. no-question-asked dispensaries in the middle of one of the richest cities globally, shelters for the poor and actually treat mental illnesses appropriately, but I don't think your type cares about that. Needless to say, we don't have these issues at all while having similar folks as part of society.
- Auracle 4y agoI'll admit I haven't known many people addicted to drugs, but I have known some. Both of my grandparents were alcoholics, and both finally stopped after a lifetime. One was when her husband stopped enabling her - far too late, when she was already dying. The other was when he was forced into a long term care facility because again, he could no longer take care of himself and was dying. People addicted to drugs are only going to stop if they have a reason to. It used to be a mantra: addicts will only stop if they want to and you can't force them. There are plenty of enabling parents out there that eventually learn this lesson the hard way.