Quote Originally Posted by Mean Morone View Post
Some people can handle anything I guess. Others have addictive tendencies that they don't know they have until they take that first hit. It's too late for them. Some people can drink a beer and have no problems and others drink a beer and become alcoholics. I used to tell my daughter that life was about choices and that she could chose to do the right thing. I believed that until I saw her after 6 months and saw that she had lost so much weight. She was shriveling up. She had dark circles under her eye's and was taking alcohol, zanex, pot or meth every day. After all the years of me telling her to make the right choices in life, she looked at me and told me she couldn't help herself. She couldn't stop. At that point I knew that there is a line you cross where making the right choice is no longer an option. After picking up the pieces of my broken heart and wiping away my tears, I was on a mission to get my little girl some help. I've seen the worst that drugs have to offer and no one can convince me that they are nothing but evil. I teach my other kids to stay away from all drugs including alcohol. Dont even try it! Of course they saw what drugs did to their sister and what they did to our family. I don't think I will ever have to worry about them. Sorry about the long post and the strong passion I have about drugs, but this has been up close and personal for me. No one can convince me that it's not a big deal.
That must have been TOUGH as heck man and I pray it was an eye opener to your other kids, friends and family members. That could be the silver lining in that tragic situation. I haven't seen that happen within my personal circle of friends and family with drugs but have seen it with booze. Several friends who have decided to seek comfort within the bottle have lost everything. Others still function at a high level with the addiction but as you say some people can handle it.
My first encounter with an alcoholic was a fella I fished with years ago. He was a successful business owner with a lot of health issues like high BP, overweight, bad back, bad knees and other stuff. He always had a beer in his hand I mean always. When we would fished tourneys on the road we shared hotel rooms and he would drink himself to sleep. In the morning when your getting the gear together most folks had coffee not Ron....he was sucking down a Coors Light he would drink 3-4 before we even got into the boat to fish!! His boat cooler was full of ice and beer and no one could tell he had been drinking except for the smell of it on his body, especially when he sweated.. He has since passed on and was a great guy but had his demons.
Wish the best to you and the family!