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Unfortunate father posts photo of his dead son.

  • 16-11-2014 12:15AM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 2,095 ✭✭✭


    http://rightwingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/jrmrtclf.jpg

    lets take another look at how fun drugs are…………… this is my son about an hour after the funeral home got him late monday afternoon. when he died he had been bleeding out of his ears and had blood in his hair and foam in his mouth. they were kind enough to clean him before we got there. his body was ice cold from being kept in a refrigerator. my cold dead son. father of a 10 month boy. grandson to 3 living grand parents. step-brother to 2. half brother to 3 son to 2 living parents and a step parent that helped raise him since he was a young child. all completely devastated. well little asher is too young to know what is going on but will live his life wondering what it would be like to know his dad. as many of you know jeramie was pretty open about his relationship with LSD. he was a little more quiet about his love for Dextromethorphan. despite the begging and pleading from me and many others in his family he craved the trip and was obsessed about it…………look i know that not everybody that takes drugs is going to die from it. but many do. jeramie thought he had it under control. he thought he was smarter than the drug and had more control than the drug. now he is in a refrigerator in a funeral home in englewood. now people are in transit from all across this country to say their final goodbye’s. now my family has to spend over $5000 in funeral expenses. now i will never be able to hike with him or ride dirt bikes with him. he will never be able to take his son camping………….those of you that use just for a little fun here and there. you don’t have to use but you like to party a little. think for a second about how there are those around you with larger mental issues. like jeramie, he was carrying some mental baggage that even i can’t comprehend. by partying with these people you encourage them and enable them to do it to use drugs as an escape. that is the every last thing people like this need. these people need actual help. these people need encouragement to heal in healthy ways. they need to feel genuine love and uplifting encouragement not encouragement to get high again. think about the influence you have on these people. think about the path of destruction being left behind…….people, learn from this. help make something positive from this tragedy. walk away from this lifestyle. find someone that loves you and ask them for help. don’t let this become you. don’t do this to your family. use our pain and anguish. learn from it. turn to someone you love. get help. if you do not have some you think you can turn to message me. i’ll do all in my power to help you. it’s not too late to save yourself and your family from repeating this horror. believe me when i say you do not want to experience this and you do not want your loved ones to have to experience this anguish.


    Sad sad story, moreso because he had brought a young child into the world himself.

    I'd be interested to hear what people who use drugs think of this article.
    Would it change how you feel about your use of them in any way?

    I won't post again in this thread, rather than try to ambush the posters who will reply, - most of whom I would probably vehemently disagree with on the subject matter.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,068 ✭✭✭Specialun


    If it saves one persons life its a success


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 140 ✭✭Detached Retina


    I'd be surprised if anyone comes on here to defend drug use in that context. Aside from the pain it leaves behind for your parents, siblings,friends - My own opinion would be that once you have children yourself, you lose the right to make such selfish and reckless choices :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,325 ✭✭✭greasepalm


    not just drugs but booze also ,i feel your pain when nothing could be said to them as they do think it wont get them,they are so wrong even the famous die young,think we all need help at some time but wont admit it,drugs and booze kill.
    a friend in need is what people need to let out their emotion kept in.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭Macavity.


    I come on here to get away from Facebook. Anyway, pretty disrespectful picture to post globally of his deceased son IMO.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭Karl Stein


    Packrat wrote: »
    lets take another look at how fun drugs are…

    Drugs are fun obviously and that's why people take them. I'm having a few beers as I type this. What isn't fun is drug abuse.

    The vast majority of people who use drugs do not become an abuser/misuser. Some people will become abusers of drugs and unfortunately some will die. That's how it is.

    Drugs are a fact of life.



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,056 ✭✭✭darced


    This post has been deleted.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,002 ✭✭✭jay-me


    How incredibly sad! I am so sorry for your loss and I really feel for that kid.. It will be awful growing up without his dad. In saying that I don't think the guy set out to kill himself he was looking for answers in the wrong place and found answers he didn't want! This is the same for all drug abusers in that they are trying to fill a void by drug use and sometimes it can take over and these are the unfortunate circumstances.. So I can see how you might want to make such a senseless waste of life become something of use to others and possibly change their outcomes! So Kudos from me!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,647 ✭✭✭lazybones32


    I assure you, when the urge strikes me, this appeal will not prevent me from doing what I intend to do.

    It speaks about LSD and mental problems: was this death self-inflicted or directly caused by overdose, organ failure or impurities cut with the product?


    A far more shocking instance of drug use/abuse is 'Krocodil' - search Google images...or don't, if you haven't a strong constitution.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,909 ✭✭✭✭iguana


    The dead man was an addict and died from his addiction. If he'd been addicted to alcohol it would be no different. Should nobody then drink alcohol for fun? Knowing people who are drinking alcohol for fun most likely makes most alcoholics feel tempted to join them in their fun despite their own inability to handle the situation. It's not in any way the fault of recreational drug users (and by drug users I include alcohol drinkers) if an addict stays addicted and dies from the addiction.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,308 ✭✭✭downonthefarm


    What a load of old **** .
    His son dies so he goes fb to talk about it?
    This obviously is not real


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    I've lost friends to drugs. I was even in the unfortunate position to find one of them dead myself.
    He was lying back on the bed in just his underwear with his legs hanging over the side. He was stone cold and his legs had gone deep purple and bloated, whilst the rest of him was so pale.

    None of us had any idea that he was a 'functional' heroin addict. He had a good job as a hairdresser and seemed perfectly fine.

    The quality and strength of heroin cannot always be known when bought so each time you risk an OD. For my friend David, he lost his game of Russian roulette 2 years ago.

    Why someone would risk death again and again for just a few mins/hours high is something I'll never understand.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,324 ✭✭✭RGDATA!


    Packrat wrote: »
    I won't post again in this thread, rather than try to ambush the posters who will reply, - most of whom I would probably vehemently disagree with on the subject matter.

    great way to kick off the discussion.
    since the only opinion you gave yourself is that it's a "sad story", i actually agree with you, vehemently.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,902 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    What a load of old **** .
    His son dies so he goes fb to talk about it?
    This obviously is not real

    You could be right. Look at what the OP is posting here:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057327669


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 550 ✭✭✭beyondbelief67


    You could be right. Look at what the OP is posting here:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057327669
    I think the op simply found the story and was asking what other people thought of it ? Not that it was their son ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,745 ✭✭✭Macavity.


    You could be right. Look at what the OP is posting here:

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057327669

    It's been doing the rounds all week on Facebook. OP is just posting about it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 550 ✭✭✭beyondbelief67


    From what ive been able to find it is a very sad true story.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,079 ✭✭✭✭Micky Dolenz


    I feel sorry for his family, not easy to lose anyone at a young age. Story needs more details though.

    Was this man an addict that took drugs all the time or a user who dabbled every know and again?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,373 ✭✭✭Phoebas


    Macavity. wrote: »
    Anyway, pretty disrespectful picture to post globally of his deceased son IMO.
    Disrespectful to who?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,902 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    Macavity. wrote: »
    It's been doing the rounds all week on Facebook. OP is just posting about it.

    Well, why didnt he quote it properly, so:confused:?
    This is part of the first line of his post " this is my son about an hour after the funeral home got him late monday afternoon."


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,297 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    Phoebas wrote: »
    Disrespectful to who?

    I would imagine that the young child and his mother will have a hard enough time dealing with this without the need for those kind of images being released.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Packrat wrote: »
    http://rightwingnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/jrmrtclf.jpg

    now my family has to spend over $5000 in funeral expenses

    Hmmmm.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,373 ✭✭✭Phoebas


    JRant wrote: »
    I would imagine that the young child and his mother will have a hard enough time dealing with this without the need for those kind of images being released.
    I'd imagine that the father wouldn't have made a unilateral decision to release the image(s).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,297 ✭✭✭✭JRant


    Phoebas wrote: »
    I'd imagine that the father wouldn't have made a unilateral decision to release the image(s).

    You'd hope not but grief does terrible things to people.

    "Well, yeah, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,129 ✭✭✭ceadaoin.


    I assure you, when the urge strikes me, this appeal will not prevent me from doing what I intend to do.

    It speaks about LSD and mental problems: was this death self-inflicted or directly caused by overdose, organ failure or impurities cut with the product?


    A far more shocking instance of drug use/abuse is 'Krocodil' - search Google images...or don't, if you haven't a strong constitution.

    The post mentions dextromethorphan. That's in over the counter cough medicine such as robitussin. Sounds like this person was abusing cough medicine and took a fatal dose.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,766 ✭✭✭Bongalongherb


    Peace and good-will regardless.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,771 ✭✭✭Dude111


    Packrat wrote:
    Sad sad story, moreso because he had brought a young child into the world himself.

    Very sad indeed :(


  • Posts: 25,909 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I'd be surprised if anyone comes on here to defend drug use in that context.
    What do you mean by "defend" drug use? Am I allowed to pick my own examples?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    I can't get over that a father thought it a priority to post about his dead son on FB. I think if a child or grandchild of mine died I would have too many other emotions to deal with and too many people to comfort to be bothered with social media. I don't believe this is genuine.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    iguana wrote: »
    The dead man was an addict and died from his addiction. If he'd been addicted to alcohol it would be no different. Should nobody then drink alcohol for fun? Knowing people who are drinking alcohol for fun most likely makes most alcoholics feel tempted to join them in their fun despite their own inability to handle the situation. It's not in any way the fault of recreational drug users (and by drug users I include alcohol drinkers) if an addict stays addicted and dies from the addiction.

    Clearly you have little understanding of the nature and reality of addiction. As those of us who were made Involuntary Tranquilliser Addicts know only too well, it is an insidious and unrelenting process. Some weird idea of fun here too. Recreational indeed! Russian roulette is said by some to be fun also. A deficiency of character in all who use these drugs including tobacco


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,314 ✭✭✭caustic 1


    I can't get over that a father thought it a priority to post about his dead son on FB. I think if a child or grandchild of mine died I would have too many other emotions to deal with and too many people to comfort to be bothered with social media. I don't believe this is genuine.

    Personally I can't believe that people post about their children on FB all the time when living, this is a different kettle of fish. I can only assume that grief in this case has manifested in anger and his way to vent and try to warn others was FB, rightly or wrongly seems he was just trying to get a message across.


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