I totally agree with what Cthulhu wrote. Some people simply cannot be helped. A stone cold substance abuser cares about one thing only. Using.
I've been there. I know. And. it. hurts. like. bloody. hell.
Grew up with a guy. Let's call him "J". Dude was one damn fine human being. Brilliant as well. He went off to college on an academic scholarship.
Fell in with the stoners and ended up flunking out. Came back to Brooklyn and started hanging with the neighborhood junkies and pillheads. The spike became god to him. It's the same with any stone cold druggie. Nobody could do anything for this guy because he would not let them. Rehab to him was like death - he would not hear of it. Eventually he ended up dead in an alley, covered in snow. It's sad. I feel for you, but it is the only thing you can do. When the addiction is that advanced you've become just another resource to the addict. They are not seeing YOU, they only see what use you can be to them. If he ever does clean up like as not he'll feel terrible about all the people he hurt due to his addiction.
Wish I could tell you something nicer.
I've been there. I know. And. it. hurts. like. bloody. hell.
Grew up with a guy. Let's call him "J". Dude was one damn fine human being. Brilliant as well. He went off to college on an academic scholarship.
Fell in with the stoners and ended up flunking out. Came back to Brooklyn and started hanging with the neighborhood junkies and pillheads. The spike became god to him. It's the same with any stone cold druggie. Nobody could do anything for this guy because he would not let them. Rehab to him was like death - he would not hear of it. Eventually he ended up dead in an alley, covered in snow. It's sad. I feel for you, but it is the only thing you can do. When the addiction is that advanced you've become just another resource to the addict. They are not seeing YOU, they only see what use you can be to them. If he ever does clean up like as not he'll feel terrible about all the people he hurt due to his addiction.
Wish I could tell you something nicer.
“To terrify children with the image of hell, to consider women an inferior creation—is that good for the world?”
― Christopher Hitchens
"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject". - George Santayana
"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed". - George Carlin
― Christopher Hitchens
"That fear first created the gods is perhaps as true as anything so brief could be on so great a subject". - George Santayana
"If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed". - George Carlin
