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Users, Boozers, Definately Losers...
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 Created on 10-30-07
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I look around me lately, and I see... a lot of people throwing their lives away. And I think to myself... "I should do something... something to help." But... there isn't anything I can do. There are people that I've tried to help in the past. People that have asked for help, and not really tried to change. I've come to the conclusion that no one can help you until you're ready to help yourself. But still... I feel guilty for not trying anymore, like I'm the one doing something wrong.
It really just makes me sick... the drug problem in this area, the quality of life that these people are totally happy to live with. These people, all of these people, doing nothing, ruining their lives, taking others down with them, and half the time, living off of my tax dollars on top of all of this. What's wrong with these people? What essential piece of them is missing, the one that makes them give a damn?
Oh, don't try to tell me, "Their childhoods were terrible" "They've been through a lot" "They're depressed" "Addiction is a disease."
Bullshit.
Guess what? We all had crappy childhoods. I don't know a single person who says "Oh, yeah. My childhood was wonderful." Guess what? We've all been through a lot. Guess what? Calling addiction a "disease" is just a way to make everyone feel better. "Oh, I have a disease. It's not my fault." "Oh, my loved one isn't stupid, lazy, or a bad person... they have a disease."
I'm pretty much sick of everyone making excuses for each other. You know what the real problem is? Laziness, a lack of caring, being self-centered, egotism, denial, and being flat out too weak to deal with problems in a constructive, mature, and healthy way.
So, you embrace this "disease" that you supposedly have. You bask in everyones approval everytime you make the slightest half-assed attempt to do anything. You soak up everyone's pity, like it's something to be proud of. You beg to be helped while you sit on your butt and pretend that you can't get up and help yourself. Because you have a "disease". You're sick. Well, I'm not going to agree with that very last statement...
The really, really, sick part of this whole fiasco is that we live in a country that celibrates this weakness. Did you know that you can't get a Public Defender unless you're unemployed? Well, let me just go quit my job then, because god forbid we help those people who are actually trying their asses off. No, lets help the ones who sit on their asses. Did you know that you can't get help with health care unless you go get yourself knocked up? Don't get me wrong... there is absolutely nothing wrong with providing health care to those who are pregnant. But... what about those of us who are trying not to end up there, and still need some help? This country provides money to addicts, because they have a "disease". They can't work because of this disease. "Let's help them out." Hmm. Guess what that money's being spent on, that money that you and I worked every day for? That money that we could have used to buy ourselves some health care, or an attorney... Nope. Let's give that money to the addicts, and let's also give them Public defender's and healthcare.
Poor souls.
Such a dreadful disease.
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Please Login to post comments| On October 30th 2007 shaneinei77 Said : | |
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I can agree with you to some point. I am an addict,I will always be an addict. I have been clean and sober for 6 years and counting. My life was more than terrible, my story is on here. After realizing the beer my dad gave me at seven numbed pain, i continued to use it as I got older. When the alcohol alone wasn't enough I started with other stuff. One thing lead to another and before I knew it I was addicted. In the beginning, I blamed life, my family, etc. Eventually I just didn't care what the reason was I used, just as long as I used. I didn't care who I hurt along my path of destruction. But through all of the alcohol and drugs, I managed to finish school, go to nursing school, get help, be a mom and help anyone I can. See addiction is a disease, but it's an unnecessary disease that can be stopped, cured or ignored. |
