Drug Addicts

nah, I'm pretty sure cigarettes'll kill me before that'll take place.

 

Depends on how much you drink./

 

Yeah, it really isn't as black and white as drugs are bad and addicts are lost and so on. It depends entirely on what drugs, and of course on the addict. Since in my experience drug addicts are very different I don't have a general opinion. That said, I try to avoid being around most hard drug addicts. They're generally not fun and lots of trouble and frustration.
If I only know an addict from lingering around in the neighbourhood it's just an addict and I don't have a specific opinion of them, if it's a friend I generally just can't see them as only an addict, so the opinion is just personal.
I've got no friends anymore who are addicted to hard drugs. Some are to soft drugs (yeah, I might even say weed, I know how some have an aversion using the word addict for that though, but it's just a word and it's fits the description) or drink too much alcohol, but I don't have a problem with it as long as they don't have a problem with it and doing fine.

 

As far as the alcohol goes... Remember to take your B vitamins. :cheers2:

http://intl-het.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/26/3/251
The neurotoxicity of alcohol
Clive Harper

Department of Pathology, Blackburn Building, D06, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia; cliveh@med.usyd.edu.au

Patterns of drinking are changing throughout the world and in many countries this will be detrimental to the health and welfare of the local population. Even uncomplicated alcoholics who have no specific neurological or hepatic problems show signs of regional brain damage and cognitive dysfunction. Many of these changes are exaggerated and other brain regions damaged in patients who have additional vitamin B1 (thiamine) deficiency (Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome). Quantitative neuropathology techniques and improvements in neuroimaging have contributed significantly to the documentation of these changes but mechanisms underlying the damage are not understood. A human brain bank targeting alcohol cases has been established in Sydney, Australia and provides fresh and frozen tissue for alcohol researchers. The tissues can be used to test hypotheses developed from structural neuropathological studies or from animal models and in vitro studies. Identification of reversible pathological changes and preventative medical approaches in alcoholism should enhance rehabilitation and treatment efforts, thereby mitigating debilitating morbidities and reducing mortality associated with this universal public health problem.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000766.htm

DT's; Alcohol withdrawal - delirium tremens

Definition
Delirium tremens is a severe form of alcohol withdrawal that involves sudden and severe mental or neurological changes.

Causes

Delirium tremens can occur after a period of heavy alcohol drinking, especially when the person does not eat enough food.

It may also be triggered by head injury, infection, or illness in people with a history of heavy alcohol use.

It is most common in people who have a history of alcohol withdrawal. It is especially common in those who drink the equivalent of 4-5 pints or wine or 7 - 8 pints of beer (or 1 pint of "hard" alcohol) every day for several months. Delirium tremens also commonly affects those who have had a history of habitual alcohol use or alcoholism for more than 10 years.

Symptoms

Symptoms most commonly occur within 72 hours after the last drink, but may occur up to 7 - 10 days after the last drink. Symptoms may get worse rapidly, and can include:
Body tremors
Mental status changes
Agitation, irritability
Confusion, disorientation
Decreased attention span
Decreased mental status
Deep sleep that persists for a day or longer
Stupor, sleepiness, lethargy
Usually occurs after acute symptoms
Delirium (severe, acute loss of mental functions)
Excitement
Fear
Hallucinations (such as seeing or feeling things that are not present are most common)
Highly sensitive to light, sound, touch
Increased activity
Mood changes rapidly
Restlessness, excitement
Seizures
Most common in first 24 - 48 hours after last drink
Most common in people with previous complications from alcohol withdrawal
Usually generalized tonic-clonic seizures
Symptoms of alcohol withdrawal
Anxiety
Depression
Difficulty thinking clearly
Fatigue
Feeling jumpy or nervous
Feeling shaky
Headache, general, pulsating
Insomnia (difficulty falling and staying asleep)
Irritability or easily excited
Loss of appetite
Nausea
Pale skin
Palpitations (sensation of feeling the heart beat)
Rapid emotional changes
Sweating, especially the palms of the hands or the face
Vomiting


Both my mother and my best friend are alcoholics... Mom still drunk dials me, I'll be 36 in two days.

 

i can be pretty cold hearted to the people around me who are addicted to the harder drugs. the minute i am lied to about your drug use, you're pretty much done with being in my life. i don't care what you say or how much they'll sit there and cry, or whatever they do to try to get me to change my mind - i'm done, i just walk away.

i don't need any dirty baggage like that in my life

 

As far as addicts go... You'll know it when ppl get too bad. You will no longer want to be around them.
The thing is, I can understand it. This life, it's fucking painfful, more for some than others.
I hit a point in my twenties when I decided to let go of many ppl in my life... My list included not just the more severe drug addicts, but anyone deemed toxic to my well being. Damn near left me completely alone.
I held on to my best friend though, he's in his fifties, & when you listen to him talk long enough a few things become clear... He will never harm me, he's had a damn rough life... Overalll, he's a really good guy, just in so much physical and emotional pain, it's hard to blame him. He's been an excellent friend, came through for me when nobody else would.

 

mixed feelings..

 

This is a topic that really upsets me. One of my family members is a hard drug user, so Ive seen first hand how it tears familys, lives, and relationships apart. I fucking hate it. I wish there was more I could do....but ultimatly, unless you get them early (and thats still a gamble, because, they dont think anything is wrong), you lose them. Then its a waiting game, you pray that they will hit rock bottom.... before they kill themselves.

 

people who are hard drug addicts are not necessarily weak, but unable to cope effectively with personal issues...to them drugs are the easy way out.

i know a few, some are family members and they all have really addictive personalities.

i don't know a addict without serious issues.

 

would her drunk dialing be more appropriate if you were 12?

 

Point taken, I guess I thought she'd have grown the hell up by now.

 

drunk dialing is fun

 

Drunk texting is where it's at.

 

eh, my grandpa finally quit drinking at 70, but still is far from grown up...

there's a good chance it just won't happen.







i dislike using my phone when drunk, but drunk posting is always entertaining.

 

Agreed! Alot of times when I'm sober, I don't even have the attention span to sit here and post, lol.

 

Yeah, I don't really know if weak is the right word. I know a lot of strong people who are pretty heavy users. I think some people just get to a point in life where it's just like... okay, what now?

Some people love getting high. And we all could die at any point in time... so for them, why not get high? As long as these people don't see anything worth stopping their drug use for, they are more likely than not going to keep using..

I don't know. There are two ends of the spectrum.

 

i ruined my cousins relationship drunk texting the guy she was seeing

ooops :shrugs:

 

how did that work, did he dump her so he wouldn't have to hear from you anymore?

 

he thought it was her hahaha

from what my cousin told me is that he wouldn't believe that she would let her drunk cousin touch her phone