Comments on: Just Said No

By: drug abuse

drug abuse — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 21:36:02 +0000

This was very interesting. I think that drug abuse is very major issue in the world today. Many people are addicted to drugs or alcohol and not very many people are doing anything about it. This is why I think that the awareness of it must go up.

By: ciara

ciara — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:56:00 +0000

i’m sorry you had to deal with your dad’s addiction and see it get a firm grip on him. the one thing about heroin, and why it’s so hard for anyone who starts it to quit, is it’s not like other drugs….this one goes straight to the brain: more neurological.

i grew up with family who had addictive personalities. wasn’t necessarily drugs, though yes, i guess alcohol is, but it was also gambling, then there’s the smoking, etc. it bypassed me and my son…hopefully my girls will not have any major addictions. the worse we have right now is soda. i wish i could stop :-/
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By: Stacie Haight Connerty

Stacie Haight Connerty — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 15:33:40 +0000

I cannot imagine growing up like that. Sorry that you had to see you dad doing that.

Glad that you said no!
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By: Alaina @ Three Ladiesn and a Dad

Alaina @ Three Ladiesn and a Dad — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:37:29 +0000

Wow…what a post! This post gives me hope. Not because I was exposed to drugs as a child or anything like that…but this post proves the CYCLE CAN BE BROKEN.

Great job!

By: Yolanda Galvan

Yolanda Galvan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:52:51 +0000

Wow, what can I say about this.. growing up I was never introduce to drugs in school, I was blessed to be surrounded by people that were positive and went to church. I believe had I been introduced to drugs back then, I would have said NO, being that my brother was on drugs and I saw what it did to him and the family and the pain he would cause my mom and dad. He was in and out of jail/prison since the age of 15. But one thing I learned from his mistakes is like he told me- my failures are your success. He would say, I’m the oldest and I make mistakes so that you don’t have to. It sounded silly at the time, but it made me realize that he might have been right. Even though my brother did heroin, I always looked up to him because I know he was smart. He could have been a doctor, a lawyer, a professional golfer, anything he wanted to be. But the drugs got a hold of him and he didn’t know how to get himself out. Unfortunately, we were too naive to know what to do ourselves. I mean, unless you have money to send him to a rehab, what else can you do? So we did nothing. Unfortunately that fell on his kids later. They were the ones to suffer. Lori, I’m so sorry you had to see the things you did. That had to be devastating. But I’m glad you CHOSE to be different. Some kids that see their parents that way, also do drugs… So 3 cheers for you that you CHOSE to be different and thank GOD you did. Your stories on here about your family and kids have made you such a better person and you must be proud of that.

By: Sugar Jones

Sugar Jones — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:52:32 +0000

Wow, Lori… that is just an unbelievable collection of memories for a little girl to carry around. My dad was a successful attorney who was a hopeless alcoholic. I wonder how our lives would have turned out had he been strong enough to turn away from drinking. In the end, his unhealthy lifestyle stole him from me. He died at the age of 56. I mourned that loss of the dad that could have been… not the dad that actually had been. I wonder if dads knew how much little girls need them, if they might have chosen differently. I guess we’ll never know.
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By: Tina Kubala

Tina Kubala — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:44:07 +0000

I understand when you say aren’t joking about your soda addiction. Caffeine and chocolate tell me I’ve made the right choice to avoid drugs and alcohol. I have addiction and mental illness in all corners of my family. The two, clearly, go hand in hand. I’m lucky that I don’t have any addicts for parents, yet I was told in no uncertain terms that my DNA carried a predisposition.
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By: Tanna

Tanna — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 20:51:53 +0000

Lori, Thanks for sharing. My dad’s drug of choice has always been beer and it’s bad. He did drugs in the past but now it will be alcohol that will ultimately kill him like it did his mother. Alcoholism was her documented cause of death. I chose to stop this pattern for me and my children and their children.

I had my grandfather walk me down the aisle. My dad understood. He understands but can’t do anything about it because it has such a hold on him. I have carried his burdens emotionally for years and I didn’t want to carry him on my special day but I did dance with him.
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By: Laura

Laura — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:31:15 +0000

Thanks for sharing that. I am sure it wasn’t easy. Good for you for choosing a different path in life.

By: LiveLaughLoveCj

LiveLaughLoveCj — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 17:55:55 +0000

Words are hard to find to express what I felt reading this post. But I will try….
This is a very powerful post. To lay bare this particular part of your life, to share it in the hopes that others might understand, shows great heart and strength of character.

I am sorry that you had to learn, see and experience all of this in your life – it shouldn’t be, but it is what it is, and you have chosen to make it mean something in your own life. Like you said you Chose a different path, thank goodness for that, since it was possible you could have chosen so much differently.

I cried as I read this, I did. I wanted to reach out and give you a hug and tell you how great it is you chose the path you are on now.

Thank you again, for sharing a piece of your life, with us.
It means more than you will ever know.
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