Do you know any substance abusers /self destructives ?

[jwkelly]

Really sad that so many ppl take that route. I know and have known many unfortunately and some have died from it(alcohol,cigarettes,needles...) and they are all so hard to help because they either don't want it or won't help themselves. Life is good  but nobody says it's all perfect  but you have to do what's right and put in the effort or well you better pray that death is better. Can't imagine anything that is basically suicide as having a good afterwards for those who do it and don't need to do it,those who cause their own problems or don't fight the best they can.

[braggin]

Yes I have a friend who is an alchoholic. Actually, I was a friend of his for many years until I couldn't stand to watch him go into decline any more and I dissolved the friendship. His wife threatens to leave him like every two seconds, one of his kids has also become an abuser and has been arrested for it at a very young age, and his whole life seems to have gone downhill in general.

[sfreeman8]

We had a friend who was an alcoholic but he didn't die from cirrhosis like some do. He died from lung cancer.

My son went through the marijuana drugs back when he was a young teen (started at 13 through 20) but weaned himself off as a young adult and no longer uses. I'm so glad about that and so proud of him. He turned into a good father and husband. I'm so glad he never went onto anything stronger.

 But my only granddaughter was addicted to the hard drugs until she was arrested. The courts put her in a program and apparently, she was doing well. i haven't seen her since she was arrested.  Last I knew, she was celebrating 6 months clean. (I really don't know here. Her mom broke it off with my other son when she was 6 months old.) I have another  ex-step-granddaughter who had a major illness when she was a young teen and didn't expect her to live. They put her on pain killers, opioids and morphine  for a year (6 months hospitalized) and turned to other drugs and alcohol when she could no longer get pain killers. She was arrested twice for DUI and for drug "paraphernalia," but since she is now my ex-step granddaughter, I have no idea how she is doing.

[Tresbn00]

I have a sister, three years younger than me, who chose to take alarming amounts of pain killers prescribed/obtained illegally from several sources. These would put her into a heavy sleep for over twenty hours a day and she did this for thirteen years of her daughter's life. Her husband, an absolute gem, enabled her to do continue this route as he worked 16 hours a day/seven days a week, took their daughter to and from school, made all of the meals, helped their daughter study-while mom slept. Real doctors said there was nothing wrong with her. When I intervened and cut off all prescription sources she turned to alcohol abuse for two years until one night she passed out, hit her head on a table and had to takke a flight for life helicopter to save her. She suffered brain damage from this incident and now minimizes her substance intake.

[judylucas]

How would you know  there are so many hidden ones out there    hopefully very few

[judylucas]

How would you know  there are so many hidden ones out there     very few to my knowledge

[stretch1967]

Not to sure about that. I have seen too many with the opiod overdoses going on.

[teresa3200]

Yes I know a couple people that are alcoholics. No matter how much people have talked to them about it they won't listen and even try to stop or even slow down.

[mrsmere]

I know one guy that drinks a lot.  He really hit the bottle 10 years ago when his wife died and has just gone downhill every since.  He does not remember a thing after his binges.

[natashaspy]

I have had so many in my family that were addicts.  It really is sad because they aren't just hurting themselves, it's almost worse on the family than the addict. 

[jwkelly]

I see so many from hardcore smokers-the drunks

[bigfoot951]

I completely agree with your thoughts and concerns.  But I have known a lot more people who died from their diet than those who died from substance abuse.  Granted the substances do effect their health and I don't want to diminish that, but I think it takes attention away from the rest of peoples diet that is killing them.

[renee10]

No I don't know people with those problems.

[heidi0902]

Self destructives - definitely, there are so many people with that personality. Substance abusers, only a few. It is when the two combine that you really have a problem.

[surveygrabber]

I do not know anyone personally. But I have seen people who used substance abuse on local TV news.