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  • Report | Quote Posted: Fri 12th Sep 2008, 1:51 pm

    ...I just got a random thought after reading a few forums on drugs etc, if you knew someone you cared about alot was taking drugs and didn't agree with it, would you say summit and then just leave it, or would you keep at them to stop. Or would you just not bother? this made me think as someone i really care about does them and i just let it drop thought to myself let him do as he pleases...but what if one day that person you cared for ended up dying from the drug?

    Knowing if you had kept at them it may have made a difference. Anyone ever think like this?

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Fri 12th Sep 2008, 1:53 pm
    We all have our own choices in life and we decide our own path,if my mates are taking drugs then so be it

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Fri 12th Sep 2008, 1:57 pm

    No1Toker wrote:

    We all have our own choices in life and we decide our own path,if my mates are taking drugs then so be it

    but what if they died from the said drug, would you have not felt that telling them to stop or trying to make an effort too, would have made any diff?...i was speaking more of love ones be it family or a partner

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Fri 12th Sep 2008, 2:02 pm

    My ex used to do a lot of coke, it used to freak me out a bit 'cause he has trouble knowing when to stop sometimes but I couldn't say anything to him about it 'cause there were times I was as bad him. 

    Their life, their choices, just have to let them get on with it.


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  • Report | Quote Posted: Fri 12th Sep 2008, 2:03 pm

    I wouldn't stop them taking drugs because that's their choice... but if they were a complete mess and in debt and doin drugs all the time then i would probably try and convince them to clean their act up but if they ignored me and were still in a mess then i'd just leave them to it. You can only do so much in a situation like that, at the end of the day they have to be willing to help themselves and hiding away from the problem won't solve it.

    but if its just one of your mates doin a couple of pills on the weekend and goin to work on monday etc then that's their choice. I'll leave the parenting up to their mother.


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  • Report | Quote Posted: Fri 12th Sep 2008, 2:20 pm

    depends how bad it is, i have tried to intervene before when ive thought a mate had a problem but they wouldnt hear it. looking back i think i thought it was worse than it was due to my own naivity.

    I agree with what dee said though, if its really a problem obviously you are gonna try to look out for the people you care about but if its just a bit on a weekend while out and not going OTT then thats upto them. they wouldnt listen anyway and prob wouldnt want someone nagging them, as long as they're careful and know the risks etc then would leave them to it, you cant mother everyone.

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Fri 12th Sep 2008, 2:30 pm

    Depends how much I cared about them and what drugs. I wasn't bothered when my cousin was just smoking joints, but when he moved onto Es and coke I told him to stop and he did.
    If it was any of my friends, bar about 5, then I'd just let them do as they please.


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  • Report | Quote Posted: Fri 12th Sep 2008, 3:46 pm
    I do say no.

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Fri 12th Sep 2008, 7:30 pm
    bet you let your pals get in cars though? what if the car crashed and they died? you cant live on what ifs

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Fri 12th Sep 2008, 7:56 pm

    Nagging at someone will just push them away.
    Luckily my BF has stopped taking drugs all together, he's turned into a kind of health freak actually lol.

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Fri 12th Sep 2008, 9:04 pm

    It depends what drugs

    If it was a hard drug like heroin I would tell em to stop but I wouldnt keep goin on at them cuz that would push em away and make them do it more.

    I would mention it a couple of times tho

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Fri 12th Sep 2008, 9:11 pm
    As most, it depends what sort of drugs, if it was anything hard, I would read up on it frst before passing judgement. Most the people who say it's bad to take drugs are hypocritical idiots who drink alcohol, smoke cigarettes and know jack shit about anything else, yet seem to sit on their high horse like they know it all.


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  • Report | Quote Posted: Sat 13th Sep 2008, 8:40 am
    I could tell you all about the shithole that is drug and alcohol addiction. But the story is long.

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  • Report | Quote Posted: Sun 14th Sep 2008, 12:54 pm

    No1Toker wrote:

    We all have our own choices in life and we decide our own path,if my mates are taking drugs then so be it

    I agree here but I would say just dont do it around me if I wasnt happy with it. I dont exxactly want to see them killing theirselfs

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