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Post by sierchio on Apr 17, 2018 19:43:57 GMT -5
In the vein of truly miscellaneous non-baseball things - A guy I used to be really good friends with was just sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison for robbing a store with a knife. Used to hang out with the guy every day for a few years, then he got into hard drugs again(ripped me off of about a hundred bucks I loaned him, not knowing what it was for), so I cut him out. A friend of mine sent me an article, so when I read it and finally saw his name my heart sunk. He was a pretty good guy, really funny, then he went on the methadone program and it was all down hill from there. His family raised a ton of money to send him to rehab before he robbed the store. He has three kids under three years old, and now they're being raised by family. It really showed me how much hard drugs can change a person, because he was a truly decent person before all of this. This is honestly the first time I've known anyone go to prison for anything as serious as this, so it hit a little close to home, even if I didn't talk to him anymore. I don't care what anybody says... Addiction is a disease. I was on methadone for almost four years and it saved my life. About a year and a half after my life being amazing I made the stupid decision to have a couple drinks which quickly escaladed into me needing to drink... Wound up getting 3 DWIs in less than a year and had to do six months in jail. If I never picked up that drink I would probably still be on methadone and never have gotten into legal and family trouble. I'm a horrible person when I get into drinking. Prison for people with a disease is so asinine. But I can go on for hours about that. My conclusion is addiction is a disease |
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Post by inger on Apr 17, 2018 21:19:42 GMT -5
That was a short month. What was it called, Ap.? Or just A.? It sure as heck wasn't April... |
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Post by sierchio on Apr 17, 2018 21:21:02 GMT -5
That was a short month. What was it called, Ap.? Or just A.? It sure as heck wasn't April... 6 day month... Things didn't work out as planned.. |
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Post by sierchio on Apr 17, 2018 21:22:10 GMT -5
If you want PM me and I'll explain it all
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Post by kaybli on Apr 17, 2018 21:25:08 GMT -5
Good to have you back, sierch! I hope you're doing well! If you want to talk, you can always PM me!
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Post by inger on Apr 17, 2018 21:30:18 GMT -5
In the vein of truly miscellaneous non-baseball things - A guy I used to be really good friends with was just sentenced to 2.5 years in federal prison for robbing a store with a knife. Used to hang out with the guy every day for a few years, then he got into hard drugs again(ripped me off of about a hundred bucks I loaned him, not knowing what it was for), so I cut him out. A friend of mine sent me an article, so when I read it and finally saw his name my heart sunk. He was a pretty good guy, really funny, then he went on the methadone program and it was all down hill from there. His family raised a ton of money to send him to rehab before he robbed the store. He has three kids under three years old, and now they're being raised by family. It really showed me how much hard drugs can change a person, because he was a truly decent person before all of this. This is honestly the first time I've known anyone go to prison for anything as serious as this, so it hit a little close to home, even if I didn't talk to him anymore. I don't care what anybody says... Addiction is a disease. I was on methadone for almost four years and it saved my life. About a year and a half after my life being amazing I made the stupid decision to have a couple drinks which quickly escaladed into me needing to drink... Wound up getting 3 DWIs in less than a year and had to do six months in jail. If I never picked up that drink I would probably still be on methadone and never have gotten into legal and family trouble. I'm a horrible person when I get into drinking. Prison for people with a disease is so asinine. But I can go on for hours about that. My conclusion is addiction is a disease I don't know how addiction should be classified, but I've seen enough cases and read enough to know that it should be treated medically. On the one hand, there is the moral choice to try the offending substance in the first place, and that would seem to be the responsibility of the addict. On the other hand, it seems that there is a genetic type that is more likely to try the substances than most genetic types would...Then, on the third hand (uh-oh, too many hands in this equation), from what I'm seeing of society now that I'm knocking on doors, it would seem that particular genetic code encompasses a larger portion of the population than one might expect otherwise. I would disagree with any statement that you are a horrible person under any circumstances. You may behave horribly and with abomination under certain conditions, but you still know right from wrong (though perhaps not until you sober up, or come down). I think that if someone commits a crime while on drugs, they should pay the penalty for that crime, but if the only "crime" is the consumption of the drug, that should be treated medically. There are people that will say that they don't want to pay for the rehabilitation, but the cost of long-term prison sentences is also a steep one...Those that manufacture and distribute drugs should be treated as what they are, terrorists. They surely terrorize society to a degree as great as those who manufacture and use bombs or chemical warfare to do so... |
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Post by inger on Apr 17, 2018 23:40:53 GMT -5
Here's a good LOL for you. I just visited a baseball trivia site. One of the "trivial" facts listed was that Nolan Ryan has struck out more batters than any other pitcher in baseball history. Well, thank you so much for being such a baseball genius and sharing that little nugget, you dumbass...
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Post by sierchio on Apr 18, 2018 3:07:14 GMT -5
Guess who was on my bench in my fantasy team????!!!!! Mr. Corbin.... FML!! I really should pay more attention to the lineup/bench... Or check it more often. On my behalf it had been a hectic day. Lucky me played Tanaka today too. Yay luck
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Post by sierchio on Apr 18, 2018 3:08:39 GMT -5
Good to have you back, sierch! I hope you're doing well! If you want to talk, you can always PM me! I will def take you up on that in a few more hours. Gotta reconnect my computer in morning and when that's up and running I'll contact you from there. Pain in the ass making these posts on phone. The autocorrect fucks to much shit up lol |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 18, 2018 3:10:44 GMT -5
Good to have you back, sierch! I hope you're doing well! If you want to talk, you can always PM me! I will def take you up on that in a few more hours. Gotta reconnect my computer in morning and when that's up and running I'll contact you from there. Pain in the ass making these posts on phone. The autocorrect fucks to much shit up lol Okay, sounds good man! |
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Post by sierchio on Apr 18, 2018 3:12:19 GMT -5
I don't care what anybody says... Addiction is a disease. I was on methadone for almost four years and it saved my life. About a year and a half after my life being amazing I made the stupid decision to have a couple drinks which quickly escaladed into me needing to drink... Wound up getting 3 DWIs in less than a year and had to do six months in jail. If I never picked up that drink I would probably still be on methadone and never have gotten into legal and family trouble. I'm a horrible person when I get into drinking. Prison for people with a disease is so asinine. But I can go on for hours about that. My conclusion is addiction is a disease I don't know how addiction should be classified, but I've seen enough cases and read enough to know that it should be treated medically. On the one hand, there is the moral choice to try the offending substance in the first place, and that would seem to be the responsibility of the addict. On the other hand, it seems that there is a genetic type that is more likely to try the substances than most genetic types would...Then, on the third hand (uh-oh, too many hands in this equation), from what I'm seeing of society now that I'm knocking on doors, it would seem that particular genetic code encompasses a larger portion of the population than one might expect otherwise. I would disagree with any statement that you are a horrible person under any circumstances. You may behave horribly and with abomination under certain conditions, but you still know right from wrong (though perhaps not until you sober up, or come down). I think that if someone commits a crime while on drugs, they should pay the penalty for that crime, but if the only "crime" is the consumption of the drug, that should be treated medically. There are people that will say that they don't want to pay for the rehabilitation, but the cost of long-term prison sentences is also a steep one...Those that manufacture and distribute drugs should be treated as what they are, terrorists. They surely terrorize society to a degree as great as those who manufacture and use bombs or chemical warfare to do so... I agree with almost everything you said here. The first time an addict picks up a drug... It's their choice... After that first time it slowly is no longer a choice... And when I say addict I'm including alcoholics in that category. |
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Post by sierchio on Apr 18, 2018 3:14:07 GMT -5
I will def take you up on that in a few more hours. Gotta reconnect my computer in morning and when that's up and running I'll contact you from there. Pain in the ass making these posts on phone. The autocorrect fucks to much shit up lol Okay, sounds good man! I haven't slept in damn near four days. Well I slept but like two hours here... An hour there... Ect ect. Guess I'm starting to join the KAYBLI and INGER n nightclub |
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Post by kaybli on Apr 18, 2018 3:15:18 GMT -5
I haven't slept in damn near four days. Well I slept but like two hours here... An hour there... Ect ect. Guess I'm starting to join the KAYBLI and INGER n nightclub Welcome to the heamyha insomniac's club aka Vampire's guild.  |
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Post by sierchio on Apr 18, 2018 3:31:52 GMT -5
I haven't slept in damn near four days. Well I slept but like two hours here... An hour there... Ect ect. Guess I'm starting to join the KAYBLI and INGER n nightclub Welcome to the heamyha insomniac's club aka Vampire's guild. Haha vampires guild. I like that |
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Post by inger on Apr 18, 2018 10:19:54 GMT -5
Join us and you will never die...
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