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Life ruining stories?

mr_fegelien

What's the worst way you've seen someone ruin their life who once "had it all"? I know two stories both involve drug use.

My friends dad in America was relatively well off after immigrating from Africa. Got a bad cavity on his wisdom tooth but didn't want to fork out money for a dentist. His colleague gave him a free bottle of painkillers. Immediately liked them and started secretly tapping into the families funds of €5,000 to a habit "on the weekend", long story short, quit his job from not being able to work from the withdrawal and started selling **** in their house. Wife figured out before he tried to sell the car and kicked him out only to have him later kill himself.

Had another friend here who graduated college and was pressured by friends to take some GHB, alcohol, and anti-anxiety pills. Went into a coma and died.

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Marriage without an effective prenup. There you go. Millions of stories for both genders.

Ruined three people I know personally. Gorgeous houses, good incomes, etc. Got married, and within a few years were divorced, with their lives essentially being ruined. (Edit: Three different marriages.. should note that. )

isohon

NIMAN wrote: »

Every single story involving drugs. Have never heard one that ended well.

Example, Pablo Escobar. This man had it all. Was at the top of the game, not like one of the wee toerag dealers on a street corner. One of the richest people in the world at one point.

Ended by with no friends and being hunted down like a dog.

Always makes me wonder why people take drug use so lightly. It will be the ruin of you in majority of cases.

...because this is demonstrable nonsense?

If the majority of cases of drug use lead to ruined lives then literally uncountable numbers of perfectly functioning people should be destroyed.

In my own experience male stupidity has been the biggest cause. Cheating.

mr_fegelien

Kimbot wrote: »

Well in fairness I know a few long term smokers and none have gone that way, however I know a few long term smokers that took different drugs the odd time and that's how most of them are now.

To be fair, I think that's bull IMO. most people who end up wasters from weed, ecstasy etc...were already wasters. I know a guy in my class who dropped out from weed in TY but he wasn't the brightest bulb even when I knew him before he smoked weed.

If you have an underlying mental disorder, things like coke, amphetamines, MDMA, LSD, and weed can **** you up.

Church on Tuesday

NIMAN wrote: »

Every single story involving drugs. Have never heard one that ended well.

Example, Pablo Escobar. This man had it all. Was at the top of the game, not like one of the wee toerag dealers on a street corner. One of the richest people in the world at one point.

Ended by with no friends and being hunted down like a dog.

Always makes me wonder why people take drug use so lightly. It will be the ruin of you in majority of cases.

It messed up poor aul Tony Montana too.

The world was truly his.

ArnoldJRimmer

There was a lad I knew who was extremely successful in his job and had a bright future ahead. Wife, kids, nice house, the lot. He was generous to a fault, paying for people's drinks all night and stuff like that

Well it turns out there was a reason he could afford this perfect affluent lifestyle. He was running a ponzi scheme and defrauded a number of people out of hundreds of thousands of euro. Ended up losing his family and going to jail. Absolute idiot

NIMAN

Every single story involving drugs. Have never heard one that ended well.

Example, Pablo Escobar. This man had it all. Was at the top of the game, not like one of the wee toerag dealers on a street corner. One of the richest people in the world at one point.

Ended by with no friends and being hunted down like a dog.

Always makes me wonder why people take drug use so lightly. It will be the ruin of you in majority of cases.

JohnnyFlash

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

he's not well, psychosis, paranoid delusions, hard to know how to help him or if i even could

My cousin’s young lad is like that. Smoked weed every day. Harmless my eye. The poor lad is like a walking vegetable these days. Gets bouts of rage as well which is worrying.

Kimbot

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

he's not well, psychosis, paranoid delusions, hard to know how to help him or if i even could

Well in fairness I know a few long term smokers and none have gone that way, however I know a few long term smokers that took different drugs the odd time and that's how most of them are now.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

mr_fegelien wrote: »

I didn't know Richard Hammond moved to Australia. I thought the worst thing that happened to him was that car crash a few years ago, never knew a millionaire become homeless.

:D:D

I assume you're joking!

Young fella once had great promise but messed about with soft drugs, experimented with drinking toxic substances, neglected his studies, spent too much time online, and ended up missing out on the great potential his life and background had given him and the chance to build lifelong friends.

SEPT 23 1989

Gazzas tackle on Gary Charles

mr_fegelien

Sheridan81 wrote: »

Henry Richard Hammond springs to mind. He was a hairdresser with a kid and girlfriend and a nice life. He turned to drugs, ended up homeless and delusional, and battered another homeless person to death. This happened in Australia recently.

Andrew Cunanan, the spree killer who killed Versace.

Oscar Pistorius.

I didn't know Richard Hammond moved to Australia. I thought the worst thing that happened to him was that car crash a few years ago, never knew a millionaire become homeless.

Sheridan81

Henry Richard Hammond springs to mind. He was a hairdresser with a kid and girlfriend and a nice life. He turned to drugs, ended up homeless and delusional, and battered another homeless person to death. This happened in Australia recently.

Andrew Cunanan, the spree killer who killed Versace.

Oscar Pistorius.

Quantum Erasure

Kimbot wrote: »

It's not fried, it's baked :P

he's not well, psychosis, paranoid delusions, hard to know how to help him or if i even could

Kimbot

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

lad i know pretty much fried his brain smoking weed every day...

It's not fried, it's baked :P

Quantum Erasure

lad i know pretty much fried his brain smoking weed every day...

is_that_so

Solomon Grundy,
Born on a Monday,
Christened on Tuesday,
Married on Wednesday,
Took ill on Thursday,
Grew worse on Friday,
Died on Saturday,
Buried on Sunday,
That was the end,
Of Solomon Grundy