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Saint Nick

Saint Nick

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Last night a friend of mine went to a concert with my band, and we went to a house party afterwards -- the usual routine. So, we're at the house party and we leave to go stay at my parents place since they live in the same town we played in.

We get home and we stay up talking for a while, and so I go to bed, but I can't sleep because something about him was bothering me, so I walked back into the living room and talked to him. He told me before he left the house that he drank a bottle of cough syrup and was tripping on that. He was twitching, and making these weird sniffing and coughing noises, and kept saying things in the room were talking to him. He said the night before he had taken a dozen pills of some sort and was throwing up all night.

While he was tripping, he was talking about how bad his life was, and all the things that sucked in his life -- especially about his parents. Granted we're all 20 or older, but things about his parents, his own personal love life, and his inability to want to succeed in life make him do drugs, he said. He said when he is on drugs he is happy and wishes he could just do it all the time. He said he's been doing this nightly for a while now (which is why he's been skipping class, I found out), and I know this isn't healthy, and just finally now saw him in this state. To be perfectly honest, I had no idea he did drugs. He drinks a lot of alcohol and I guess now he does pills and "robotrips".

I'm just looking for advice. I think he needs to go to rehab or a counselor. I told him I was going to help him, and I wouldn't leave him behind. But I need to know what to do. He doesn't remember the conversation we had (I think), so I'm not sure how to confront him about this.

Any advice is appreciated!!!
 
Saint Nick

Saint Nick

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Originally posted by: I Saw OJ
Enlist him in the military.
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I told him that he need some kind of structure in his life and he should consider that, and would definitely get him into shape. Kind of wish he would.
 
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Glitchny

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Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
You can still trip on the Tussin? I thought they pussified that shit along time ago.
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still works, or just buy the straight DXM tablets from walmart and no worries about the other drugs in Tussin..

But back to the OP. There really isnt much u can do other than try to have an intervention i guess. Cause the only way he is going to stop is either if he is forced too or if he comes close to dying from an OD and it scares the crap outta him. You can try talking to him about it but chances are he will try to rationalize what he is doin so good luck with that
 
clamum

clamum

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Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
You can still trip on the Tussin? I thought they pussified that shit along time ago.
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Yeah if it has DXM in it. Most of the time there's other crap in the syrup that you don't want to take, like pseudoephedrine or acetaminophen, but you can find the stuff with only DXM on it if you look enough.
 
Saint Nick

Saint Nick

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Originally posted by: Glitchny
Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
You can still trip on the Tussin? I thought they pussified that shit along time ago.
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still works, or just buy the straight DXM tablets from walmart and no worries about the other drugs in Tussin..

But back to the OP. There really isnt much u can do other than try to have an intervention i guess. Cause the only way he is going to stop is either if he is forced too or if he comes close to dying from an OD and it scares the crap outta him. You can try talking to him about it but chances are he will try to rationalize what he is doin so good luck with that
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Exactly, the whole time he was saying "Don't worry I'll be okay," and "This isn't that bad for me," etc etc.

I'm going to have to keep him from doing it somehow, I guess.
 
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Dean

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Most people with additions lay the blame on others for their addictions, when in actuality, it is the addiction itself causing all their misery.

You will not be able to help him until he is willing to face his own demons.
 
Leros

Leros

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Jul 11, 2004
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Originally posted by: jndietz
Originally posted by: Glitchny
Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
You can still trip on the Tussin? I thought they pussified that shit along time ago.
Click to expand...

still works, or just buy the straight DXM tablets from walmart and no worries about the other drugs in Tussin..

But back to the OP. There really isnt much u can do other than try to have an intervention i guess. Cause the only way he is going to stop is either if he is forced too or if he comes close to dying from an OD and it scares the crap outta him. You can try talking to him about it but chances are he will try to rationalize what he is doin so good luck with that
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Exactly, the whole time he was saying "Don't worry I'll be okay," and "This isn't that bad for me," etc etc.

I'm going to have to keep him from doing it somehow, I guess.
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If you push him too far, he'll just stop being friends with you and at that point there is nothing you can do.

You have to make him want to get better. You can't force him to get better.
 
Saint Nick

Saint Nick

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Does cough syrup take an hour and a half to get into your system? And do you start tweaking out like that?
 
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MyThirdEye

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Originally posted by: Leros
Originally posted by: jndietz
Originally posted by: Glitchny
Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
You can still trip on the Tussin? I thought they pussified that shit along time ago.
Click to expand...

still works, or just buy the straight DXM tablets from walmart and no worries about the other drugs in Tussin..

But back to the OP. There really isnt much u can do other than try to have an intervention i guess. Cause the only way he is going to stop is either if he is forced too or if he comes close to dying from an OD and it scares the crap outta him. You can try talking to him about it but chances are he will try to rationalize what he is doin so good luck with that
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Exactly, the whole time he was saying "Don't worry I'll be okay," and "This isn't that bad for me," etc etc.

I'm going to have to keep him from doing it somehow, I guess.
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If you push him too far, he'll just stop being friends with you and at that point there is nothing you can do.

You have to make him want to get better. You can't force him to get better.
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Being an encouraging friend, and showing a stable life is the only thing you can do. Lead by example.



 
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MyThirdEye

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Originally posted by: jndietz
Originally posted by: amjohns5
Being an encouraging friend, and showing a stable life is the only thing you can do. Lead by example.
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take your own advice lol
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I'm an discouraging, unstable, drug addicted friend?
 
novasatori

novasatori

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I had a friend who was like this, and another friend and I tried to convince him to stop and better his life. He wouldn't listen and at one point we were not really talking anymore. Eventually I just stopped worrying, I still give him some shit every now and then about it, but overall I try to act like I don't really care. Ultimately the only thing that could help him was himself. He stopped doing harder drugs with time, and is now actually holding a job and only smokes marijuana. I think that in the long run he is seeing everyone working and making something out of themselves (including siblings who were notorious for drug use) and he's realized that he has nothing to show from his life, unless tripping stories count.

It was really too much to be concerned for him, because ultimately it only made me stressed or concerned and he didn't give a damn about it.
 
0roo0roo

0roo0roo

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Sep 21, 2002
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Originally posted by: Eeezee
Rent Black Snake Moan
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but way way less hot!

:)

plus a chains no good for keeping a guy imprisoned.
u gotta use straps and a board like with mental patients.
 
IronWing

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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Protect yourself first. Only your friend can save himself. If you're not cramming the drugs down his throat then this is his battle not yours. Remember that. Only do things you want to do. Don't allow yourself to be manipulated. Good luck to both of you.
 
Fritzo

Fritzo

Lifer
Jan 3, 2001
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Add cayanne to everything he takes. He'll soon be afraid to get high.
 
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daveymark

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the only way for him to stop is for you to let him hit bottom. the bottom for everyone is different. for some it's a night in jail, for others it's an OD, for others it's a car accident.

unfortunately that is what it's going to take to get him to admit he has a problem. Nothing you can say or do otherwise will convince him.

I suggest you get out of his life unless he agrees to seek help.
 
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