Jules NYC wrote:
I hear you.  When I went to college, binge-drinking and such was never a problem.  We'd just have a few beers and a few laughs and did whatever later.  I wasn't around hard drugs and when I think of Boston, I think of happy times, Harvard, going to the Regatta, hanging out at Tufts with my brother, stuff like that.

It's sad how college students have such problems these days.  I wonder why.

my point is that the people with the serious problems are NOT college students.

no one gives a shit about another Irish Catholic boy, from a broke ass family, who graduated high school, works at Target, and has dope shoved in his face everyday of his life. No one cares if that kid dies, but the minute wealthy babes are found face-down in the Harvard yard, barfing on themselves, Sam Adams brewery gets slapped with a massive lawsuit, and everyone's looking for someone to blame.

Koryn wrote:

my point is that the people with the serious problems are NOT college students.

no one gives a shit about another Irish Catholic boy, from a broke ass family, who graduated high school, works at Target, and has dope shoved in his face everyday of his life. No one cares if that kid dies, but the minute wealthy babes are found face-down in the Harvard yard, barfing on themselves, Sam Adams brewery gets slapped with a massive lawsuit, and everyone's looking for someone to blame.

I think the media 'doesn't care' but people do.
I do.

It must be tough to live a life like that.  I also believe no one shoves drugs down your throat either.  Life is a series of choices.  You can choose to do drugs, not to do drugs, etc.  It's difficult to separate from the pack when everyone around you is 'doing this or that', esp. if your parents are doing it too. 

There comes a time when you decide what kind of life you want.

Jules NYC wrote:
...We'd just have a few beers and a few laughs and did whatever later.  ...

Jules NYC wrote:

I think the media 'doesn't care' but people do.
I do.

It must be tough to live a life like that.  I also believe no one shoves drugs down your throat either.  Life is a series of choices.  You can choose to do drugs, not to do drugs, etc.  It's difficult to separate from the pack when everyone around you is 'doing this or that', esp. if your parents are doing it too. 

There comes a time when you decide what kind of life you want.

I worked in behavioral health for five years. The apple REALLY doesn't fall far from the tree. You grow up in shit, most people live their whole lives in that same shit, unless they are somehow able to be taught alternative ways to think/respond/behave. Unfortunately, a lot of people end up having to learn those skills in prison, instead of comprehensive community support systems while young and receptive to positive influence.

Bobby C wrote:

Yeah, the leaving the party and 'whatever' later was better with other people.  I can only take Sheldon types so long and in very small doses

Koryn wrote:

I worked in behavioral health for five years. The apple REALLY doesn't fall far from the tree. You grow up in shit, most people live their whole lives in that same shit, unless they are somehow able to be taught alternative ways to think/respond/behave. Unfortunately, a lot of people end up having to learn those skills in prison, instead of comprehensive community support systems while young and receptive to positive influence.

I worked with twelve nurses at one point in time for a big Healthcare company. I had to process medical claims, letters, etc.  When one particular nurse showed such a lack of empathy for a former junkie, I had to ask her why.

She had repeated bouts of alcoholics, drug-addicts, etc. doing the same thing over and OVER that she became not just desensitized to it all but annoyed, maybe even disgusted with it all.  It's rare that someone gets off the sauce, the drugs, the whatever and remain clean the rest of their lives.

I wish people were more responsible when they think about having children.

Jules NYC wrote:

I worked with twelve nurses at one point in time for a big Healthcare company. I had to process medical claims, letters, etc.  When one particular nurse showed such a lack of empathy for a former junkie, I had to ask her why.

She had repeated bouts of alcoholics, drug-addicts, etc. doing the same thing over and OVER that she became not just desensitized to it all but annoyed, maybe even disgusted with it all.  It's rare that someone gets off the sauce, the drugs, the whatever and remain clean the rest of their lives.

I wish people were more responsible when they think about having children.

Most of the female friends I have are ex-addicts. They just cleaned up by themselves, with support of other former junkies, never went to clinics or anything, so the statistics on how many people actually clean up are seriously incorrect. A lot of people use for a few years, keep it private, then detox privately, so those numbers don't get reported. The people you get the statistics about tend to be repeat recovery failures, but don't actually represent the enormous segment of the American population who actively used and hustled narcotics in their pasts.

Koryn wrote:

Most of the female friends I have are ex-addicts. They just cleaned up by themselves, with support of other former junkies, never went to clinics or anything, so the statistics on how many people actually clean up are seriously incorrect. A lot of people use for a few years, keep it private, then detox privately, so those numbers don't get reported. The people you get the statistics about tend to be repeat recovery failures, but don't actually represent the enormous segment of the American population who actively used and hustled narcotics in their pasts.

Good to know there are people who are successful at recovery.
I haven't seen anyone in my circle successful in that department.

Then again, I try to stay away from addicts.
Doing my best not to quote Gus Fring from BB here.

Locutus wrote:

hahaha THAT would be a good song...

CC Pick up that Algebra book and talk to me!

Peter House wrote:

That's not a badboy, that's an emo.

Orestes  wrote:



the look like this

That is not a badboy, that is a douche poseur.

Jules NYC wrote:

That is not a badboy, that is a douche poseur.

I don't know, Julie. Looks awfully similar to your heartthrob bad boy.

Bobby C wrote:
I don't know, Julie. Looks awfully similar to your heartthrob bad boy.

Not in the slightest.

... but if you want to make fun of Breaking Bad, you'll have to do it alone.

Jersey Shore you can make fun of.