Have you lived or are you just living ?

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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...
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exactly how did shooting crap into you body help any of the things you mentioned?
weak people try to run and hide. strong mature people face their problems.
now that you have as you say "grown up", if faced with hard life experiences, would you turn to drugs again? probably not because you are stronger. since being stronger now would keep you from making the same mistakes again it shows that you were weak and immature before. that is exactly what i said in the last post. addiction is a mental weakness. an inability to cope.
 
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exactly how did shooting crap into you body help any of the things you mentioned?
weak people try to run and hide. strong mature people face their problems.
now that you have as you say "grown up", if faced with hard life experiences, would you turn to drugs again? probably not because you are stronger. since being stronger now would keep you from making the same mistakes again it shows that you were weak and immature before. that is exactly what i said in the last post. addiction is a mental weakness. an inability to cope.
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Just nevermind. You'll never understand if you've never experienced addiction yourself or with a loved one.
 
Our actions are mainly affected by our environment. It's hard to determine who is weak and who is strong by just looking at their actions. I have never did any drugs and I don't believe I will do any in the future. However, it doesn't make me mentally stronger than others. It just mean that I was in a good environment. (I am actually scared of drugs).

Those who have overcome their addiction are mentally strong. I know it takes a lot of courage and discipline to overcome it.

However, in order to feel alive, people shouldn't be doing risky things like jumping off a plane or go bungee jumping. Extreme sports are extremely stupid with no benefit whatsoever. To me, doing any extreme stuffs would make me a person who lack in logic and reasoning.

Just live and enjoy life is fine for me.
 
That's all I was trying to say PA, I am just thankful that I lived through what I went through, and it gave me a greater appreciation for life. Some people don't have to experience so much to "love life" while I believe others are put in certain situations so that they will learn to. All issues aside, I just wanted to share my story to show that even though life can be shitty as hell sometimes, in the end... it's all worth it.:)
 
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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."
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you were raped?:eek: did you report to police??
 
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you were raped?:eek: did you report to police??
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Oh God I knew shouldn't have said all of that on here. No I didn't I was too scared, I was very, very young and like I said my dad passed, actually the day I was going to tell him... :(
 
Quote from RCG's Girl:

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."
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"After great pain a formal feeling comes--
The nerves sit ceremonious like tombs;
The stiff Heart questions--was it He that bore?
And yesterday--or centuries before?

The feet, mechanical, go round
A wooden way
Of ground, or air, or ought,
Regardless grown,
A quartz contentment, like a stone.

This is the hour of lead
Remembered if outlived,
As freezing persons recollect the snow--
First chill, then stupor, then the letting go." - Emily Dickinson
 
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Awesome :D you've inspired me.
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I just had another nodding session. My dad was going through all my mistakes as usual....like wasting time trading.....not studying more accounting (even though I got an accounting designation already).....not having a wife.....and for not having a better job (I just recently got a job; it pays less than my old one, but I am grateful anyway)

Life is full of negativity--especially from parents. They want to encourage us, but they don't know us anymore, since we change so much. No matter how old I become, and how much more of a professional accountant I am, they will still talk to me like I am one of those spiky-haired, leather-wearing rebellious teenager who just got arrested for robbery. lol There is nothing I could do, or would do, but just to nod. Cost and benefit wise, it doesn't make sense to do anything else but nod. :)

Anyway, I'll just have to stay calm, stay positive, and stay in the path of my goals. This is life. This is living. And this is a comedy. :)

In the mean time, I will enjoy my time spent with him until I can be on my own again.


PA
 
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