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Like a lot of people, I have lost friends to hardcore drugs. Cocaine and heroin to be exact. It's really fucking sad.
To any kids who may read this, gateway drugs are real. I have seen it play out. I have seen good people end up dead. Even if you get prescribed prescription pain meds, if you have any family history of addiction, DONT TAKE THE FUCKING PILLS! The temporary uncomfortableness is nothing compared to a life or even "just" a decade of dependency. If you stop and pay attention for a second all of the warning signs are there. If you choose to continue onwards for that very first time then the repercussions are all on you!
Sorry for the rant but this shit specifically really gets me going.
Be stronger.
I've had accidents with many, many broken bones. Surgeries. Major shoulder surgery. Many times where doctors put me on narcotics. As soon as I got out of the hospital I always got off the narcotics as soon as possible. Always way sooner than the docs thought I should. Pain sucks, but it is way better to put up with pain than a possible life long addiction.
Maybe I'm lucky that I watched my dad ruin his life. Because of him I generally take the hard way. Nothing easily gained is worth anything. Learn to enjoy the pains that come with life. Consider yourself a fighter and a survivor. Take pride in being strong.
This is from my experience. Most will have a different experience. Hopefully though, somebody out there will read this or something like it and think twice before taking a pill, because for many ONE pill is all it takes to start you down a really bad road.
As for Austin, good luck. I always enjoyed watching you ride and you seem like a genuinely good hearted guy. I hope you're the one in a thousand that can beat opiate addiction.
We have been around this sport for years, my son has been racing for 10 years and Austin used to be at the tracks we rode at. To watch a very talented young man go from a great Amateur career to a full blown factory ride, only to lose it after what I felt was the Atlanta round when he cased that triple, its a learning lesson for others. You can be on top one day and the next at the bottom.
I choose to take the lesson Austin is giving us to talk with my kid about the dangers of these hard core drugs and the effects it has on not only the user, but the family and friends.
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Legalization of all drugs would save Austin's life from all of these unnecessary complications, let alone tax payer's expense, and saved my friend's life.
I get this really bad feeling about Austin right now. He had a little come back , made some good money and decided to go party it up. THAT is probably the EXACT reason why he got out of the lime light and money to begin with. He probably had a feeling that if his bank account was going to grow , it would just make it that much easier to get back into doing the stuff he shouldn't be.
Just listened to stroupe on the pulp mx show earlier today and he sounded like he was using something. Steve, Travis and Adam all seemed to feel the same. What do you do...
I don't want to turn this entirely political but at this point hospitals reimbursements are based on survey results and one of those questions is always about how well they managed your pain. It is no skin off a doctors back to provide a script for narcotics if it helps them receive better survey results. Welcome to Affordable Care. It doesn't make people better.
Great job Ben. You are a Legend.
Prevention is always better than cure and If this message can be often shared and one kid is saved then it is worth it.
I really hope Stroupe draws the positives out of these dark times...
I know of one current Pro who often makes the mains who is treading on thin Ice. Lets hope he reads this and pulls his socks up.
Pit Row
There's a certain old Hank Williams song that comes to mind that the sanctimonious folk among us should listen to daily...
"Americans, let's face it: We've been a spoiled country for a long time.
Do you know what the number one health risk in America is?
Obesity. They say we're in the middle of an obesity epidemic."
What do they call that? Not a disease, self-discipline, that's it.
It's a vicious cycle that doesn't end well. You should see how busy we get when a bad batch of heroin makes its way in to the local drug supply. Haha
You must ride a KTM.
When I had my achilles repaired I took the opiates for the first few days after the surgery. I was scared to death of getting hooked on them, but after taking them I didn't see what the big deal was with people getting hooked. I think it's more people with the partying mentality that like to take the pills and zone out and "chill."
You have to have some self discipline. I'd like to blow my whole retirement on rockymountainmc, and as easy as they make it to do that it would only take a couple minutes. Hell, I get on there to get 25$ worth of stuff and before long I'm thinking "a little more and I can get free shipping" then 100$ turns into 150 and so on......eventually I usually empty the cart back out and get what I went there for.
It's gotten too easy to blame others for their own problems. I feel bad for Stroup. He probably got back into racing mostly to have fun and feel good about himself and keep it simple......and before long he let himself get right back into the factory rider rat race. He probably should have respectfully declined the ride and kept it simple.
The harm you do to your body by taking drugs is 100% self-inflicted and can therefore never be considered a disease. The "state" your brain is in after prolonged drug abuse may be called a disease in neurobiology, but that doesn't take into account that it is a man-made disease, which makes it inherently difference from any other disease.
I don't feel sorry for drug abusers, I feel sorry for the 1000s of people everyday that hear they have idiopathic cancer, or any other REAL disease they did not inflict upon themselves.
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