You can't help someone unless they want to help themselves. I've seen people turn themselves around and others who can't change. About all you can do is be a positive example for them and encourage them to quit.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 1:08 AM, That One Guy /sarcasm < [email protected]> wrote: > So another fella I used to know ODd today. He is the youngest of three > brothers, the oldest having croaked out from overdose a few years ago, the > middle is on the run after cutting an ankle bracelet for heroin charges and > now the mom whom I used to work with gets to put a second son in the dirt. > Somewhere between 10 and 20 of the folks I used to run around with are > feeding worms now, I quit taking actual count some time ago. I personally > don't care about dead junkies, while they're smacked out, they aren't > people, just shells of people, a danger to everyone around them I help the > few who can be salvaged, I'm selfish in that I won't expose my family, but > for example, last year I dropped off a backpack with food toiletries, > cigarettes and and blanket to an old friend who was homeless and in some > need, but that's as much as I can enable these guys. Is this new? Or am I > just hitting an age where the sins of our past begin to catch up? > > As an industry, in our scope, is there any reaching out we can do? We are > in people's homes regularly, is there a link to resources we can provide? > Is there any way we can be a part of the solution or are we just to > isolated of an industry to do anything? > > I know it's a pick your battles world, nobody can help everybody, but this > is madness, the destruction of so many lives and the collateral damage from > one drug is astounding. Everybody, even homeless junkies are online. > Granted our base tends not to be the smack addled youth, but would things > like resource links on our websites, or outreach program info in our > welcome packs be overstepping our bounds. I'm curious on a personal level > because I have no other resource than my job. > > >
