Unpopular onion: it's OK to desert, turn your back on, or "abandon" drug addicts you were once close with. Usually ending the friendship or going no contact is in your best interest, in the long run. You'll try to help them, show them the joys of life, but all they're motivated by is having a safe place to use, scoring the next fix, or getting money to buy drugs. I know a guy who's my age (27) and he's been fired from his job for smoking heroin in the bathroom, been homeless, had his car stolen, experienced being in a coma, been kicked out of his parents' house twice for drug use, and even become a candidate for open heart surgery but the doctor won't do it if he won't stay clean. The list goes on. He's been an addict for over 10 years at this point. Ages ago, I naively thought I could save him, and used to bring him to parties and introduce him to girls. All my efforts were for naught. I'd go reactive whenever I heard he got arrested again, or something else had happened (it got old quick) Then eventually realized, I don't have to deal with this. He was costing me a lot, my peace included. Hanging around a known heroin addict can also set you back for a promotion at work, when people start to talk. It's just not worth it. Fuck being a savior, save yourself.
>>80001437Why is it either save or abandon? Can't you just let him do his thing? Was he asking you for help?
>>80001437if he's that bad, yeah, you're right to just wash your hands of him
drug addicts should either be shot or given enough to OD and solve the probem themselves
>>80001437Absolutely, drug addiction turns men into GollumsJust look at Nick Rekieta>>80001447Non-junkies just can't understand what it's like for a human to be around a GollumYes, it's either save or abandon, you can't hang around these "people" anymore lest they drag you down their spiral of misery with them
