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Title: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: The1BigWillie on May 27, 2014, 10:04:43 AM
I have a female friend/former coworker who has fallen in with a new guy and his crowd of degenerate losers.  They are into all kinds of drugs and she is smoking and snorting all kinds of crap.  She's into synthetic marijuana now too because she's trying to get a job and pass a drug test... Oh yeah, she quit her job a few weeks after meeting this guy because she was all doped up and couldn't make it to work anymore.  He hasn't lost his job because he doesn't have one. He sells drugs for a living. He's a real scumbag...

Anyway... we've been keeping in touch with her and trying to intervene a bit and stayed in communication but it's getting to the point (synthetic marijuana is bad) that we think we need to really get involved for her safety...

In your experiences... is it even worth trying or should we let her hit bottom, hope she doesn't die, and then help her rebuild?

Or do we just assume she's mumped and wait for the funeral? 
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Post by: Emo EMAW on May 27, 2014, 10:06:07 AM
I think even if you helped and got her straight she'd just end up doing it again.  Self-destructive behaviors seem to be chronic, in my experience.
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Post by: Mr Bread on May 27, 2014, 10:11:58 AM
You should get really involved in her life and if it starts to seem like it's not working just try that much harder until it does.  Just keep pushing.  Do not hesitate to get as controlling and aggressive as the situation requires. 
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: The1BigWillie on May 27, 2014, 10:21:12 AM
You should get really involved in her life and if it starts to seem like it's not working just try that much harder until it does.  Just keep pushing.  Do not hesitate to get as controlling and aggressive as the situation requires.

This seems like the best course of action. We haven't even given her any crap about it yet. Just kind of  :popcorn: from the sidelines.  Also... she just had to go pick her mom up out of rehab... so it runs in the family.  She's probably definetly mumped.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: puniraptor on May 27, 2014, 10:22:53 AM
time is a flat circle
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Post by: Dugout DickStone on May 27, 2014, 10:23:38 AM
drop a dime on the dealer.  show's over.  JFC this is easy
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: ChiComCat on May 27, 2014, 10:25:59 AM
drop a dime on the dealer.  show's over.  JFC this is easy

@RowdyyBoy
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: steve dave on May 27, 2014, 10:26:25 AM
I do not
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Post by: ChiComCat on May 27, 2014, 10:28:17 AM
I don't think you want intervention advice from the people who smoke drugs
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: asava on May 27, 2014, 10:36:58 AM
I have a female friend/former coworker who has fallen in with a new guy and his crowd of degenerate losers.  They are into all kinds of drugs and she is smoking and snorting all kinds of crap.  She's into synthetic marijuana now too because she's trying to get a job and pass a drug test... Oh yeah, she quit her job a few weeks after meeting this guy because she was all doped up and couldn't make it to work anymore.  He hasn't lost his job because he doesn't have one. He sells drugs for a living. He's a real scumbag...

Anyway... we've been keeping in touch with her and trying to intervene a bit and stayed in communication but it's getting to the point (synthetic marijuana is bad) that we think we need to really get involved for her safety...

In your experiences... is it even worth trying or should we let her hit bottom, hope she doesn't die, and then help her rebuild?

Or do we just assume she's mumped and wait for the funeral? 

i did not realize my mom posted here. hi, mom!
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: kslim on May 27, 2014, 10:53:04 AM
drop a dime on the dealer.  show's over.  JFC this is easy

@RowdyyBoy
snitches get stitches or whatever right?
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: chum1 on May 27, 2014, 10:54:51 AM
Doesn't sound like herion.  So, you've just grown apart and have different interests now.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: AbeFroman on May 27, 2014, 11:43:14 AM
Should probably wait until she moves onto huffing nitrous before doing anything. Let her live a little
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Asteriskhead on May 27, 2014, 11:43:48 AM
I graduated head of my 6th grade D.A.R.E. class. What do you need to know?
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: ksupamplemousse on May 27, 2014, 11:51:44 AM
Offer any help that she will take. She's going to have to want to quit though. Usually that involves rock bottom. That's how I quit, and I'm not sure anything else would have worked.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: the_ugly_clown on May 27, 2014, 11:55:16 AM
is she hawt?
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 27, 2014, 11:56:36 AM
Maybe you could convince her that she has already hit rock bottom so you don't have to wait that out.
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Post by: michigancat on May 27, 2014, 11:59:24 AM
"Snorting all kinds of crap" could mean a lot.
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Post by: WillieWatanabe on May 27, 2014, 12:01:09 PM
No.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: slobber on May 27, 2014, 12:03:03 PM
Convicted? No, never convicted.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Benja on May 27, 2014, 12:12:23 PM
I do not

I don't think you want intervention advice from the people who smoke drugs

lol
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Asteriskhead on May 27, 2014, 12:16:36 PM
Convicted? No, never convicted.

 :)
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: kslim on May 27, 2014, 12:19:08 PM
also its @wackycat
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Benja on May 27, 2014, 12:21:17 PM
I hope she's ok 1bigwillie. Although nobody has ever died from synthetic marijuana (lol). It is extremely gross though.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: EMAWmeister on May 27, 2014, 12:21:39 PM
I used to do drugs. Still do, but I used to also.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Asteriskhead on May 27, 2014, 12:22:51 PM
I used to do drugs. Still do, but I used to also too.

fyp
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: slobber on May 27, 2014, 12:23:51 PM
Should I google synthetic marijuana? Is that a real thing? I don't want to see some of those gross pictures like in that thread from Wacky with that synthetic crap from Russia.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: KITNfury on May 27, 2014, 12:27:06 PM
If you're not really close to her, she probably won't care. If you are, it never hurts to get involved. It might not help, and she might choose drugs over you, but at least you tried.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: ksupamplemousse on May 27, 2014, 12:27:28 PM
I hope she's ok 1bigwillie. Although nobody has ever died from synthetic marijuana (lol). It is extremely gross though.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/21/when-synthetic-pot-kills.html (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/21/when-synthetic-pot-kills.html)

Not likely that you'll die from using synthetic marijuana, but it happens.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: pissclams on May 27, 2014, 12:30:36 PM
hugs are better than drugs.  if you give this girl a really good hug, she will never look for another doobie in her life.  make the hug count though, you really have to go after it.  don't be scared, no one has ever died from a hug overdose.

last bit of advice- make sure she can feel that the hug is removing the toxins in her body and soul and replacing them with vital love nutrients. 
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: asava on May 27, 2014, 12:34:40 PM
holy crap, guys. super worried about living in Colorado now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azf320JDdqU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azf320JDdqU)
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Benja on May 27, 2014, 12:41:05 PM
I hope she's ok 1bigwillie. Although nobody has ever died from synthetic marijuana (lol). It is extremely gross though.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/21/when-synthetic-pot-kills.html (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/21/when-synthetic-pot-kills.html)

Not likely that you'll die from using synthetic marijuana, but it happens.

If you look hard enough you can find someone that killed themselves with tissue paper. Synthetic weed is really gross though.
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Post by: EllRobersonisInnocent on May 27, 2014, 12:43:53 PM
I'll never understand why people smoke synthetic marijuana. That crap is terrible for you.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: ksupamplemousse on May 27, 2014, 12:46:19 PM
I hope she's ok 1bigwillie. Although nobody has ever died from synthetic marijuana (lol). It is extremely gross though.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/21/when-synthetic-pot-kills.html (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/21/when-synthetic-pot-kills.html)

Not likely that you'll die from using synthetic marijuana, but it happens.

If you look hard enough you can find someone that killed themselves with tissue paper. Synthetic weed is really gross though.

For sure, but anytime you're making something in a lab and there's no real legal accountability for the quality, there is a higher chance that something goes wrong. I don't think synthetic weed is inherently deadly, but mistakes can be made in the production process.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Benja on May 27, 2014, 12:49:01 PM
I hope she's ok 1bigwillie. Although nobody has ever died from synthetic marijuana (lol). It is extremely gross though.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/21/when-synthetic-pot-kills.html (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/11/21/when-synthetic-pot-kills.html)

Not likely that you'll die from using synthetic marijuana, but it happens.

If you look hard enough you can find someone that killed themselves with tissue paper. Synthetic weed is really gross though.

For sure, but anytime you're making something in a lab and there's no real legal accountability for the quality, there is a higher chance that something goes wrong. I don't think synthetic weed is inherently deadly, but mistakes can be made in the production process.

To be sure, it's super gross and not something you want to do.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: I_have_purplewood on May 27, 2014, 12:50:01 PM
Is she at the point where she'd suck a not very attractive middle aged white guys dong to get more synthetic dope?  Cuz that would be a shame...   :whistle1: (ftp://:whistle1:)
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: The1BigWillie on May 27, 2014, 12:52:56 PM
I'm not THAT close to her.  We just run in the same circles and she would hang out with us before getting involved with "No Ragrets" dude.  I just don't want her asking us for money when she does hit bottom.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: kslim on May 27, 2014, 12:55:26 PM
I just don't want her asking us for money when she does hit bottom.
not very #1cat, thats when people need "friends" the most
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Rage Against the McKee on May 27, 2014, 12:56:22 PM
I'm not THAT close to her.  We just run in the same circles and she would hang out with us before getting involved with "No Ragrets" dude.  I just don't want her asking us for money when she does hit bottom.

If she hasn't asked you yet, she probably won't. She might steal it, though.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Asteriskhead on May 27, 2014, 01:03:47 PM
ahh, so the whole purpose of this thread was to let us know that you don't do drugs.
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Post by: asava on May 27, 2014, 01:05:38 PM
ahh, so the whole purpose of this thread was to let us know that you don't do drugs.

that is very commendable of you. doing god's work, the1bigwillie.
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Post by: star seed 7 on May 27, 2014, 01:11:06 PM
Weird thread
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Post by: 420seriouscat69 on May 27, 2014, 01:11:23 PM
also its @wackycat
:dunno: Mine are over the counter.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: kslim on May 27, 2014, 01:12:05 PM
also its @wackycat
:dunno: Mine are over the counter.
it was a "HAF" joke
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Post by: 420seriouscat69 on May 27, 2014, 01:18:23 PM
also its @wackycat
:dunno: Mine are over the counter.
it was a "HAF" joke
:thumbs:
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Post by: puniraptor on May 27, 2014, 01:23:44 PM

I think that you love her and are jealous that she has fallen for a successful entrepreneur.
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Post by: bubbles4ksu on May 27, 2014, 01:32:39 PM
She's on harder drugs than she's telling you.
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Post by: slobber on May 27, 2014, 01:34:29 PM
She's on harder drugs than she's telling you.
Druggies always are.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: The1BigWillie on May 27, 2014, 01:38:36 PM
She's on harder drugs than she's telling you.
Druggies always are.

She's also neglecting her dogs... HER DOGS... Apparently they just get completely drugged and pass out and sleep all day and keep the dogs kenneled up.  She has 3 dogs...3... ugghh...
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Post by: Institutional Control on May 27, 2014, 01:39:29 PM
I don't think I understand why you give two shits about what's she doing with her life.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: The1BigWillie on May 27, 2014, 01:49:58 PM
I don't think I understand why you give two shits about what's she doing with her life.

She is one of my Gf's best/longest friends.  I'm going to end up involved in the cleanup of this mess at some point. Other than that I really don't give a crap.  I probably created the thread to get some good druggie discussion going.  . 
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Post by: michigancat on May 27, 2014, 01:50:32 PM
I don't think I understand why you give two shits about what's she doing with her life.

My theory is he had a crush on her and she kind of flirted and he's annoyed that she went with the drug guy and he's thinking rescuing her will be his big shot.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: SPEmaw on May 27, 2014, 01:56:34 PM
hugs are better than drugs.  if you give this girl a really good hug, she will never look for another doobie in her life.  make the hug count though, you really have to go after it.  don't be scared, no one has ever died from a hug overdose.

last bit of advice- make sure she can feel that the hug is removing the toxins in her body and soul and replacing them with vital love nutrients.

Someone hasn't read Of Mice & Men
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Post by: Dugout DickStone on May 27, 2014, 01:58:28 PM
you still haven't called the cops yet?  WTF are you waiting for?  It would cost you 10 seconds of time
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Benja on May 27, 2014, 01:58:53 PM
I don't think I understand why you give two shits about what's she doing with her life.

She is one of my Gf's best/longest friends.  I'm going to end up involved in the cleanup of this mess at some point. Other than that I really don't give a crap.  I probably created the thread to get some good druggie discussion going.  . 

Ok then what drugs have you done
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: The1BigWillie on May 27, 2014, 02:01:25 PM
I don't think I understand why you give two shits about what's she doing with her life.

She is one of my Gf's best/longest friends.  I'm going to end up involved in the cleanup of this mess at some point. Other than that I really don't give a crap.  I probably created the thread to get some good druggie discussion going.  . 

Ok then what drugs have you done

I smoked marijuana a few times back in my wilder days...  It just made me sleepy.  That is the extent of my drug doing. 
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Post by: Winters on May 27, 2014, 02:06:48 PM
I'll never understand why people smoke synthetic marijuana. That crap is terrible for you.
qft
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Post by: Asteriskhead on May 27, 2014, 02:11:22 PM
A friend of mine gives a bunch of synthetic cannabanoids to rats then he cuts off their heads and dissects their brains. Maybe ask her if she wants her brain dissected for science.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: asava on May 27, 2014, 02:11:27 PM
I don't think I understand why you give two shits about what's she doing with her life.

She is one of my Gf's best/longest friends.  I'm going to end up involved in the cleanup of this mess at some point. Other than that I really don't give a crap.  I probably created the thread to get some good druggie discussion going.  . 

Ok then what drugs have you done

I smoked marijuana a few times back in my wilder days...  It just made me sleepy.  That is the extent of my drug doing.

FUKKKIN WILD, BRAH.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: asava on May 27, 2014, 02:12:29 PM
hugs are better than drugs.  if you give this girl a really good hug, she will never look for another doobie in her life.  make the hug count though, you really have to go after it.  don't be scared, no one has ever died from a hug overdose.

last bit of advice- make sure she can feel that the hug is removing the toxins in her body and soul and replacing them with vital love nutrients.

Someone hasn't read Of Mice & Men

Or watched Gladiator. RIP Marcus Aurelius.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Institutional Control on May 27, 2014, 02:15:59 PM
I don't think I understand why you give two shits about what's she doing with her life.

She is one of my Gf's best/longest friends.  I'm going to end up involved in the cleanup of this mess at some point. Other than that I really don't give a crap.  I probably created the thread to get some good druggie discussion going.  .

Meh.  You're just opening yourself up to a huge headache. In the end, I'll bet that nothing is resolved.
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Post by: Dugout DickStone on May 27, 2014, 02:21:59 PM
this scumbag is out there peddling poison to our children and you are worried about some girl borrowing money from you.

this is the decline of America right here.
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Post by: Branson Bound on May 27, 2014, 02:24:22 PM
Drugs are terrible. Whatever you do, don't give this girl money. It will just feed her addiction and she will get on even harder smack.
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Post by: ben ji on May 27, 2014, 02:25:29 PM
Guys, this chick is pretty hot and super cool. Sad to hear this about her.

Maybe Branson Bound can pray for her?
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Post by: Branson Bound on May 27, 2014, 02:29:14 PM
Well I can try to pray for her but seeing as how I dont even know who she is its going to be pretty hard for me to know how things are working out. As long as you keep updating this story I will keep the prayers coming. You should pray for her too.
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Post by: asava on May 27, 2014, 02:49:09 PM
T & Ps.
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Post by: ChiComCat on May 27, 2014, 02:49:28 PM
I think a synthetic intervention is needed
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Post by: The Big Train on May 27, 2014, 03:05:39 PM
I would say call the people who put on that intervention show and have them do an episode on her. They seem to know what they are doing.
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Post by: Spracne on May 27, 2014, 03:26:02 PM
There's nothing you can do to "fix" this. Just hug her and say everything's going to be OK2
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Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on May 27, 2014, 03:29:36 PM
tell her she can only smoke drugs if shes around you. like quit your job and make sure shes only a recreational user. you dont want that on your conscience.
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Post by: CNS on May 27, 2014, 03:37:11 PM
"What would Walter White Do?"
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Post by: bubbles4ksu on May 27, 2014, 03:46:23 PM
Big1Willie needs a moral intervention
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Post by: bubbles4ksu on May 27, 2014, 03:47:38 PM
Or whatever his name is. He's a pretty awful human.
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Post by: The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep on May 27, 2014, 03:50:54 PM
Or whatever his name is. He's a pretty awful human.

i think its the same racist big willie guy? not sure.
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Post by: Asteriskhead on May 27, 2014, 04:08:33 PM
Or whatever his name is. He's a pretty awful human.

i think its the same racist big willie guy? not sure.

that was the guy with the alex morgan av., pretty sure. I think it is safe to say that they are both confirmed awful people.
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Post by: The1BigWillie on May 27, 2014, 04:21:08 PM
Fuckers can't PI me.   :shakesfist:
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Post by: ksupamplemousse on May 27, 2014, 05:38:20 PM
Fuckers can't PI me.   :shakesfist:

You are currently being PI'd, so... :dunno:
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Post by: star seed 7 on May 27, 2014, 06:32:05 PM
Or whatever his name is. He's a pretty awful human.

yes, continually
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Post by: HELLHAMMER on May 27, 2014, 07:23:48 PM
So Nadiir has moved on from the Gardener skank or is he dicking the daughter now also?
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Post by: Winters on May 28, 2014, 01:42:44 PM
Sorry that your friend can't make good decisions on her own. Sad, really.
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Post by: kslim on May 28, 2014, 01:48:22 PM
Sorry that your friend can't make good decisions on her own. Sad, really.
drugs will do that to you, if only he would have stepped in sooner
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Post by: Winters on May 28, 2014, 01:49:18 PM
Sorry that your friend can't make good decisions on her own. Sad, really.
drugs will do that to you, if only he would have stepped in sooner
help could've been just a phone call away. how hard is that?  :cry:
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Post by: Asteriskhead on May 28, 2014, 02:03:44 PM
Sorry that your friend can't make good decisions on her own. Sad, really.
drugs will do that to you, if only he would have stepped in sooner

No. Some people are unwilling or unable to exercise self control.
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Post by: kslim on May 28, 2014, 02:05:22 PM
Sorry that your friend can't make good decisions on her own. Sad, really.
drugs will do that to you, if only he would have stepped in sooner

No. Some people are unwilling or unable to exercise self control.
why not get them headed in the right direction tho? seems like the #1cat thing to do
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Asteriskhead on May 28, 2014, 02:11:29 PM
Sorry that your friend can't make good decisions on her own. Sad, really.
drugs will do that to you, if only he would have stepped in sooner

No. Some people are unwilling or unable to exercise self control.
why not get them headed in the right direction tho? seems like the #1cat thing to do

You don't learn self control from someone else. The type of behavior modification that we are discussing has to begin with one's self.
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Post by: 8manpick on June 03, 2014, 04:50:32 PM
Long live Alex Shulgin!
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Post by: KSUblumpkin on June 03, 2014, 11:10:39 PM
It looks as though the Blumpz Signal is in the night sky. This is a real complex problem. One that involves many drugs, a failed support system in her immediate life (drug dealer boyfirend) and what appears to be a series of clearly overwhelming emotions that are manifesting in damaging thoughts and behaviors. Is she addicted? The addicts i deal with have no clue that their drug use impacts so many. Is your friend an addict? Just the term addict can change one's perception.  Whatever is going on in her head is beyond anything i can attemp to diagnose in a post, but she clearly hates herself and life because of this hate. To escape herself could be one of many underlying mechanisms. She needs help.

Be careful attempting to reason with the unreasonable. Make sure to not attack but clearly emphasize that you understand (the phrase "this is what I am hearing you say").  The reality is that an intervention is only effective for people that realize they are an addict. Reiterate to them that who they were before addiction was so much more functional and healthy and everything changed after addiction. Establish clearly understood boundaries with consequences and stick to them with everyone that is there for the intervention.

Your friend can react in many different ways to the intervention (guilt, anger, denial, fear, silence, vengeance among many more thoughts/feelings). Whatever she is doing is not working...and you cannot be afraid of losing your friendship because it sounds as though the friendship is already lost at the moment. Be strong and patient, but it is okay to let go after you feel you have done everything you could.
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Post by: Mrs. Gooch on August 04, 2015, 11:06:59 AM
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Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Gooch on August 04, 2015, 11:15:05 AM
Snitches get stitches
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Post by: CNS on August 04, 2015, 12:19:14 PM
That is pretty great.  Drug dealer see something say something.

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Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: ben ji on August 04, 2015, 07:26:56 PM
I have a female friend/former coworker who has fallen in with a new guy and his crowd of degenerate losers.  They are into all kinds of drugs and she is smoking and snorting all kinds of crap.  She's into synthetic marijuana now too because she's trying to get a job and pass a drug test... Oh yeah, she quit her job a few weeks after meeting this guy because she was all doped up and couldn't make it to work anymore.  He hasn't lost his job because he doesn't have one. He sells drugs for a living. He's a real scumbag...

Anyway... we've been keeping in touch with her and trying to intervene a bit and stayed in communication but it's getting to the point (synthetic marijuana is bad) that we think we need to really get involved for her safety...

In your experiences... is it even worth trying or should we let her hit bottom, hope she doesn't die, and then help her rebuild?

Or do we just assume she's mumped and wait for the funeral?

Any updates on what she is up to now?
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Trim on August 04, 2015, 07:51:39 PM
I just read this thread for the first time and it's a lot like nicname & the juggalos.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: AbeFroman on August 04, 2015, 10:02:25 PM
So is this the drugs master thread. Colorado is a pretty fun vacation these days amirite?
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Saulbadguy on August 04, 2015, 11:09:20 PM
I don't but id like to. I'm not sure how to buy them though.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: star seed 7 on August 05, 2015, 12:05:55 AM
I don't but id like to. I'm not sure how to buy them though.

this is my main barrier to entry as well.
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Spracne on August 05, 2015, 12:22:05 AM
L7's
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: AbeFroman on August 05, 2015, 07:49:31 AM
Just go watch that old It's Always Sunny episode where Dennis and Dee smoke crack. They had a pretty good how to
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: asava on August 05, 2015, 09:57:01 AM
Pretty easy imo. Wait. You guys don't all live in Colorado?
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: Winters on August 05, 2015, 12:12:17 PM
Pretty easy imo. Wait. You guys don't all live in Colorado?
Not YET!
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: DaBigTrain on January 04, 2020, 03:37:19 PM
Maybe I’ve been lucky but nobody that I know has been that affected by the opioid crisis.  I forget sometimes that it’s such a big thing.  This is crazy.


https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/ejwjcf/meth_use_up_sixfold_fentanyl_use_quadrupled_in_us/
Title: Re: Do you smoke drugs? (Intervention advice)
Post by: star seed 7 on January 04, 2020, 03:51:44 PM
I have known several people mixed up in it but I'm also from Topeka