Lol, obviously you don't know many addicts. Cause they're all fucked. I know very few people who make it out of hard addiction. It's a sad reality.
I live in deep Interior Alaska. The nearest village is 10 miles away. No bank. No barber shop. No nothing. But the Natives are on meth! I'm living next to a junkyard that's totally hidden and hasn't operated since the guy died of an overdose years ago. But his scumbag son has been whacked running a meth lab there twice and this last summer they were back again. That shit is everywhere.
Why am I not surprised about Portland, lol. So sad. It use to be a really cool city. I hope they still have people to pump your gas for you.After someone's been using meth for for a year or more there isn't much chance they'll ever get away from it. Meth destroys the brain and body. Treatment doesn't work and instead has become a revolving door and nothing more than a money making racket. The only way to get a hard core meth addict clean is to lock them up away from meth. They'll steal from anyone to support their nasty habit. It sucks for those affected but it is what it is.
Portland Oregon. Meth capital. Heroin as well. Addicts are everywhere.
"Oregon has long experienced the ravages of meth. At one point, Oregon had the most meth addicts per capita in the country. The viral Faces of Meth anti-drug campaign from the 2000s began in Multnomah County."
"The Department of Justice recently made a major drug bust in Portland, taking down two trafficking cells and seizing more than 40 pounds of meth. In October, officers made the largest meth bust in Oregon history in Eugene — 384 pounds of methamphetamine, worth more than a million dollars, along with stolen guns and thousands of dollars in cash."
Cheap, potent meth is pouring in from Mexico. Is it making Oregon's homeless crisis worse?
An article in The Atlantic explored the changing world of drugs in the United States, including Portland, brought on by a new way of manufacturing meth.www.kgw.com
You dont hear about success stories because in order to get clean, they have to literally reinvent themselves. No one wants to be painted with the ugly stereotypes attatched to addiction and/or treatments. I've worked with a couple of recovering addicts that not only managed to get free of opiates and meth but went on to earn college degrees and are now productive members of society. They were both two of best nurses I ever worked with and I learned a LOT from them.
For every one success story there are dozens of stories that were not successful. I know people that have gotten clean and moved on with their lives. But the fact is that most don't and treatment is a revolving door for the vast majority of addicts who only go to stay out of jail and continue using while they go. If they do stay clean for their 90 day program they're back on the drugs shortly after.
Well telling from the numerous times I've seen people sitting out in public smoking meth or whatever off of a piece of aluminum foil or baking a glass pipe without a care in the world as people walk by I'm guessing meme. People can't take their kids to the parks because they're full of people doing drugs. Needles everywhere.
Ok. Now let it go because this not a discussion I'm going to have with you, nor am I going to continue to clutter up Cids thread. She's endured enough loss and heartache.
I think that's how it went in Portugal then after little bit usage rates went down
You're right. You care about the addicts. I care about the other people affected by their choices like the OP of this thread.
Yeah, I can tell by the pretentious walls of text you've posted.
I’m sorry for your troubles. The only thing addiction does is take. It takes until nothing is left.
"Cause they're all fucked" yeah a lot of it starts off with childhood trauma. Molestation, physical/verbal abuse.
Used syringes all over Alaska. In parks including dog parks. Addiction is a strong enemy.
That's right, addiction is easy to resolve. Recovery, a cake walk. People should only need a couple days in a recovery center. And never to return. All walking the streets preaching on how to fix your broken life.
“A sustained act of opposed will” yes.
One of the problems with treatments and rehabs is that they are not long enough and not everyone's case is the same. Years of drug abuse coupled with a mental illness or PTSD will not be fixed in 30 day program. But with the right counseling and meds, if the person wants it bad enough, even the worst cases can be helped ( with a longer rehab than 30 days)
This went on for 10 years... I was a “functioning addict” held down a job and everything the whole time! It wasn’t until I found cannabis again and started smoking Shiskaberry everyday (cuz that’s what I had @ time) that I was able to finally stop with the opiates all together! April 22nd marked a whole year
& 2 years is right around the corner
Shit, had I known all it would’ve taken to get off the stuff was to start smoking again I could have saved sooo much time, $, & aggravation
. Plus, in a weird way measuring out nutrients & mixing them up or cooking them up as I like to say has a lot of parallels to to drug use. Also, just getting my hands in the dirt & chillin in the grow room is like meditation for me.