Have you lived or are you just living ?

Cassie · Mar 30, 2010

Quote from Gcapman:

Only way to truly live is to have faced death....or near death

Just like the only way to truly succeed is to have failed utterly miserably.....

Suffering is the first step to realizing your life's ambitions

Only those who are truly destined to be great know what I am talking about

I know EXACTLY what you are talking about. I wasn't going to ever mention this on this site...... I am a recovering drug addict of over 12 years. I overdosed twice, had alcohol poisoning more times then I can remember, and totaled my car (with two friends with me.) Not to mention just living every day as if it were hell on earth. Had I NOT gone through all of these horrible, scary, miserable times, I would not appreciate the wonderful life I have today... I am proud to be recovered, it is hard not to beat myself up over all the mistakes I made, but the only way I can make up for them is to live my life to the fullest.

P.S. If you have something to say to me about this, pm me. PLEASE have the courtesy to NOT exploit a personal confession I made in order to contribute to this thread. Thank you.

Gcapman · Mar 31, 2010

Carpe Diem!

Free Thinker · Mar 31, 2010

Quote from RCG's Girl:

Had I NOT gone through all of these horrible, scary, miserable times, I would not appreciate the wonderful life I have today...]

most of the population appreciates the life they have without having made self destructive choices that almost killed them. so your premis is false.

Gcapman · Mar 31, 2010

Quote from Free Thinker:

most of the population appreciates the life they have without having made self destructive choices that almost killed them. so your premis is false.

Agreed......but there are degrees of appreciation

And almost having lost something, makes one appreciate it significantly more

indahook · Mar 31, 2010

If you even have to ask this question you have not lived.

Cassie · Mar 31, 2010

Quote from Free Thinker:

most of the population appreciates the life they have without having made self destructive choices that almost killed them. so your premis is false.

You have obviously never dealt with addiction in any form. PERIOD.

I would like to see some proof that most of the population appreciates life without having made some bad decisions? Or is that just something you made up? So, no my premis is not false, perhaps in your opinion, but not based upon facts; that is unless you have some?

Fireplace · Mar 31, 2010

I'm going to agree with RCG, how do YOU know that most of the population appreciates the life they have?

Quote from Free Thinker:

most of the population appreciates the life they have without having made self destructive choices that almost killed them. so your premis is false.

Free Thinker · Mar 31, 2010

Quote from RCG's Girl:

You have obviously never dealt with addiction in any form. PERIOD.

nope. i consider addition a mental weakness. it is a choice you made. it is not like a disease that you can not avoid.
when you proclaim that you have some special appreciation of life that someone who never made bad choices has you are insulting people who are stronger than you are.
then you want sympathy because you chose to use addictive substances? not going to happen.

Pension_Admin · Mar 31, 2010

If you do the math, you will see it's better to be just living than to have lived.

Cassie · Mar 31, 2010

Quote from Free Thinker:

nope. i consider addition a mental weakness. it is a choice you made. it is not like a disease that you can not avoid.
when you proclaim that you have some special appreciation of life that someone who never made bad choices has you are insulting people who are stronger than you are.
then you want sympathy because you chose to use addictive substances? not going to happen.

I never asked for any sympathy, nor implied I wanted any. I do not need any because I AM STRONG. I was able to overcome my addictions, more then most people addicted to heroin could ever say... at any rate, I would have to argue that it is a mental weakness. In some, or most, cases yes it is. Would you really say that a 13 year old girl who lost her virginity to rape, only to have her father die suddenly before she could tell him, as well as lose a close aunt to a brutal homicide, among a few other deaths of close friends all before the age of 18 is mentally weak? I would think that that would be more of a "OMG how the fuck do I deal with all of this?" How would you? Do you have a daughter, or a niece? Eventually as I grew older I had already turned to drugs to numb the extreme pain, and it was too late, I was addicted... I think I did ask in my post that you pm me about your feelings about what I wrote but I see you didn't have enough respect to do so. So I hope this makes you feel better. I hope that next time someone says they are struggling with addiction or have in the past, you might actually take a second to think before you run off at the mouth and say some ignorant shit like "They are insulting others who are stronger" or "They just want sympathy."