02-20-2010, 03:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-20-2010, 04:11 PM by Peregrinus.)
Compassion is waste of positive energy, of love, if not accepted, and drug users are manipulative by requirement of environment. When one is in the dark, one must seek the light, yet the addict MUST choose this them self. More exactly, they must have both the want and the need. If available, they will steal the energy from one of light, the one offering compassion and love, to allow them to remain in the dark. I've been there; almost had my incarnate life force drained trying to help. By nature, addiction is a deep exploration of the sts side of oneself. It is their choice. Allow them to explore. When/if they decide to choose life, they will do so on their own terms. Until then, all help will be used to further their own agenda.
Treatment facilities are successful in having 1.5% of addicts remain clean , a fact they do not advertise. By comparison, 7% of addicts clean up on their own. They don't need help. They need to decide, and only they can do this for them self. This leaves 91.5% that end up in jail, institutions, or die. Addiction is not pretty.
And then comes the effect on those that get involves with an addict such as myself. It almost destroyed me.
When I was at a support meeting several months ago, there was this fellow came in. He asked lots of questions, told this story on how he cared for this addict and had thoughts of trying to help her. All I could think to tell him was to run away as fast as you can, but I did not. I allowed him to learn on his own, and several months later he came back, confirmed all I knew would happen to have happened, and he was low on finances, short on home things (because she stole money and things to pay for her addiction), and was emotionally a huge mess. In dealing with an addict, the outcome is always the same.
I guess I should say the same to you. If you like pain and suffering, get involved.
Treatment facilities are successful in having 1.5% of addicts remain clean , a fact they do not advertise. By comparison, 7% of addicts clean up on their own. They don't need help. They need to decide, and only they can do this for them self. This leaves 91.5% that end up in jail, institutions, or die. Addiction is not pretty.
And then comes the effect on those that get involves with an addict such as myself. It almost destroyed me.
When I was at a support meeting several months ago, there was this fellow came in. He asked lots of questions, told this story on how he cared for this addict and had thoughts of trying to help her. All I could think to tell him was to run away as fast as you can, but I did not. I allowed him to learn on his own, and several months later he came back, confirmed all I knew would happen to have happened, and he was low on finances, short on home things (because she stole money and things to pay for her addiction), and was emotionally a huge mess. In dealing with an addict, the outcome is always the same.
I guess I should say the same to you. If you like pain and suffering, get involved.