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FreddieUK · 70-79, M
Having spent half my working life helping people who have been nearly destroyed by drugs (including abuse of prescribed drugs) I have no time for those who try to minimise their effects to excuse their use by the rich and privileged. I know all the argument vis a vis tobacco and alcohol, but adding to the lost of destructive substances is, IMHO, unwise to say the least.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@FreddieUK One of my former girlfriends was an alcoholic, but I discovered this only a while after we met. It had destroyed her marriage. She tried treatment but it did not work, or she did not make it work, and we split up after only a year. The tragedy was that she was attractive, intelligent and when sober, very good company; but closing her own life in around her, and mine with it. I could not risk taking her to social events like club dinners or going away on holiday with her. It really limited what we could do together.
That was some thirty years ago, and I have no idea where she is or what she is doing now.
You'd think the "rich and privileged" would know better but I think most of those actually on illicit drugs are only fashion-victim "celebrities" from show-business; not noted for much talent, or much more than fame for being famous. The problem is these are the types who attract attention through TV and glossy magazines, making their play-time antics somehow "fashionable". The genuinly rich and privileged don't get where they are by being ephemeral "celebrity" junkies.
That was some thirty years ago, and I have no idea where she is or what she is doing now.
You'd think the "rich and privileged" would know better but I think most of those actually on illicit drugs are only fashion-victim "celebrities" from show-business; not noted for much talent, or much more than fame for being famous. The problem is these are the types who attract attention through TV and glossy magazines, making their play-time antics somehow "fashionable". The genuinly rich and privileged don't get where they are by being ephemeral "celebrity" junkies.