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I still think about Brad often and on the things he left behind. Any time someone that passes , usually leaves a family behind , and don't seem to realize that it affects everyone around them. I think it was a very selfish act and wished he would of listened to the people who cared about him. I loved Brad a lot as my friend , but I still get angry knowing he did a very selfish thing. He refused to admit he had a problem and never got help , even when everyone who cared about him offered it many , many times.
Every time I hear about someone even getting into the heroin and pain pills.....most don't have any clue as to the dark and lonely road it's taking them down , until it's too late.
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Unfortunately, IMO, if the guy makes it to 35 I'll be surprised.
A few of us at work are into moto.
One of the guys made a run at it, said he rode the same circles, the same tracks as this guy.
Said he had it.
Would show up for practice 2 hrs late, roll out if the truck, grab a bottle of water, get his shit together,
and totally blow everyone off the track.
Weed and heroin, he ain't looking for med replacement, he's out having fun.
Nothing any of you guys can do, nothing you can say, he's gonna run his life as he sees fit.
And quit with the bleeding heart stuff.
It's not because his father left, or he was an only child, blah blah blah.
He does it, well, because he likes it.
But no...let's hear more from the bleeders about how he needs to "get well", and who's fault it is with no blame laid on the party boy himself! You can see his trip thru insta over the last number of years....get ripped, lay back, headphones on and recite lil wheezy lyrics and talk like a hood rat on social media! Poooor Austin, "the system let him down" "get well, drugs are a bitch"...fuck that! Party on man.
I wish Stroupe the best, and truly hope he can clean up, but this is a fight much harder than anything he will ever see on the track.
Both meds take up to six weeks before they have an ideal plasma concentration. A lot of people take them as needed for pain but they dont work thst way. But the mind is a powerful thing and even if it is placebo effect, then so be it.
You go to a party, there's girls there, it's cool to slip a beer or 2 out of that 6 pack that some older guy with fake ID
bought.
Then, a little bit down the road, some cool cat will have a small bag of weed, and hey, that's really cool.
Some, don't go that far. They become class kings and queens at school.
Some, a few drinks and a doober is fine.
Some move on up, cocaine, hell, that's party city on overdrive. Some girls love that crap, will do almost anything
To be part of that.
And some, some like the the other way, a few Xanax, a few Valium out of the medicine cabinet, till some aloof, real cool
guy, or girl, give you a taste of, a snort of, the Big H.
And from what they tell me, that my friend, is the best. Takes all your troubles away, puts you on a magic carpet ride of pleasure, after you get sick for a moment. Sex is unbelievable.
Until it wears off. And there lies the problem.
All the while, from that little party and that 6 pack, you get to know people, hang out, find out who has what on any given day. It's not like you wake up one day and decide to get high. It's a life style you choose.
I bet the subject of this discussion has been into this for 10 years already.
That's why, you ain't gonna change him. Only he, himself, can say screw this, I'm quitting this crap, this life.
Why? Because he likes it, it's more fun than living the other way.
Heck, even Tim Allen got popped with over 4 pounds of coke at the Kalamazoo, MI airport. Did a few years in the penitentiary, and now look at him. He has a net worth of $70 Million.
Just because some one does some very stupid things in their youth, doesn't always determine how their life will end up. Its up to each individual, and who they really are.
Go Austin. Its time to clean it up dude.
I don't know particulars...so no judgement here. Sad story, if it's true. I hope the young man gets some clarity...and some help, from whatever source.
Unless you have unlimited money, like Rush Limbaugh did, the amount of pills needed far exceeds what you can get. They say rush was up to $5000.00, per day, and I dont doubt it.
Also, at some point, you take the pills to feel normal. For about ten percent of us, the thought of going 10 days without anything, then feeling better, is impossible to have.
Logic does not really apply when you deal with insanity.
Very true, until you learn how to smoke it.
Hey, some, can handle it all. Party a few hrs, and walk away.
Some, really like it, and don't know when to quit.
And don't confuse 2 big issues I see here, one, doing drugs to ease a pain from an injury, or replacing
a legal one for pain when the doc cuts you off.
That's one issue, and IMO deserves some compassion, some understanding, some leeway.
The other, the subject of this thread, is a guy just likes to party.
Don't lose sleep on this guy, he wouldn't for you, not in a hundred years.
One year out of high school a good friend of mine was murdered over a drug deal gone wrong. That was 18 years ago and I have thought of him at least once a week since. Always wonder how things would have gone for him if he took a different route. From time to time I'll remember the good times but it's usually the what if's I think about. Weird how that works hey.
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I really feel for the kid, drug addiction is an awful disease, its become an epidemic in the north east where I used to live just in the past 5 years, and it's only going to get worse until something is done.
Just unreal to the level of talent this kid had, to step away for as long as he did and do the things he did, and then come back and podium at arena cross while not even being pumped about the whole thing.. that is insane.
Listening to the interview he genuinely sounded like he would loved an outdoor ride in Canada, no pressure, could smoke all the weed he wants, not have to race super gnarly guys, just ride his bike and be happy.. That will be a lot more difficult now, especially if that felony charge sticks.
Hope he can get the rehabilitation he needs.
And plenty do.
I know I smoked about 2acres of weed in maybe 35 years, and jut got tired of it.
I just quit.
Same with barbiturates.
Had my back operated on, 2010, doc gave me 3 months of what I chose.
I love Valium, 10 mg and 2 shots of whiskey. Love it.
But, after 3 months, I just got tired of it.
Quitting, It was like having the flu for a week.
What, did my brain structure just change back?
My very close friend and roommate in college would dabble with pain pills. I didn't think anything of it because I didn't want to preach drug abstinence to him because it would have been hypocritical of me as I regularly smoked weed. He ended up getting addicted but had the strength to realize it (thanks in part to his gf) to seek help before it lead him down a dark path of turning to heroin.
My parents have a family they are close to, and the son of the family was a very good student and person in general. He started dabbling around with pain pills and got hooked on them, and then turned to heroin because it was cheaper. He ended up in a coma and was extremely close to dying from an overdose. Thankfully he turned his life around and has kicked the habit.
Opiate pills are the truest form of gateway drugs that I've ever seen. They are everywhere, and need much stricter regulations than what's current. The fact that a majority of the USA says weed is bad/illegal but synthetic heroin is OK/legal says a lot about our society.
I hope Stroupe can find the strength to do what's necessary to overcome his addiction. It is ALL on him to make the right choices to distance himself from the people/things that could lead him down the same dark path again.
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Sorry Hammertime but your personal experience doesn't set the bar for the rest of us
http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-spoils-of-war-afghanistan-s-multibilli…
EDIT The only person I've known that did heroin went that route to stop the opiate withdrawals when his pain meds ran out. Bought 10 bucks worth of heroin and smoked it. Prices went back down thanks to the U.S. goIng into Afghanistan but please kids remember:
Just say no to drugs. Remember we've got private prisons with bed quotas waiting for you.
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