On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> > There was the friend of the woman I was dating in '86 that decided to > walk away from a high paying tech job and be homeless. He was the one > that got busted for stealing the CD player and CDs out of my car. <snip>
I would be willing to bet dollars to donuts (now that donuts are $.75 that's not the bet it used to be!) that this guy had a huge substance abuse problem. It's classic: the high-rolling exec on coke, loses his job due either because all he wants to do is get high or because he was caught, snorts his savings away and ends up on the streets. One thing I know about highly addictive substances is that users will do almost anything to get that next score, and often steal from friends and family (whose stuff they have easier access to). They have no loyalty to anything or anyone but their next score. So did he "decide" to leave his job, or did his addiction do him in? Yes, he has to take responsibility either way, but I think there may be two different types of "decisions" being made here... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
