I've never heard that one before. Thanks JohnPicard.
Did my friend die?
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I haven't heard from this one friend of mine since mid-February. The last time I saw him he had started smoking crack again. A few years ago, he had started doing it once or twice a month, and then stopped after a street dealer decided to rob him instead of sell him crack.
He said he'd been spending $50 a paycheck on it since the end of December, but I could tell he was full of shit. I pretty sure he only told me because I was at his place, he wanted to smoke up, and didn't think he could hide it from me.
Being the way he is, there's really nothing I can do to stop him. If I took it from him, flushed it down the toilet, and then broke his pipe under my heel, it's pretty likely he'd shoot me. He's normally non-violent, but with crack involved I can easily see him getting angry enough to kill. If I just tell him to stop or get other friends of ours or his family involved, he'll just do it more because, who the fuck are we to tell him what to do?
The only thing I can do really is wait for him to either stop on his own like he did before or come to me for help. Once he comes to me for help, his ass is going to rehab if I have to knock him out and carry him there.
He said he'd been spending $50 a paycheck on it since the end of December, but I could tell he was full of shit. I pretty sure he only told me because I was at his place, he wanted to smoke up, and didn't think he could hide it from me.
Being the way he is, there's really nothing I can do to stop him. If I took it from him, flushed it down the toilet, and then broke his pipe under my heel, it's pretty likely he'd shoot me. He's normally non-violent, but with crack involved I can easily see him getting angry enough to kill. If I just tell him to stop or get other friends of ours or his family involved, he'll just do it more because, who the fuck are we to tell him what to do?
The only thing I can do really is wait for him to either stop on his own like he did before or come to me for help. Once he comes to me for help, his ass is going to rehab if I have to knock him out and carry him there.
Anything is possible.
It's the not-knowing that bugs me. I have a slight obsession with knowing everything that my friends are doing at all times. I blame my mom. She turned me into an overprotective friend.
We go weeks/months without face-to-face contact, too (for the last 6 months, we lived 2 hours apart). That's not what bothers me. It's the fact that he doesn't respond to texts/emails that bothers me.
I think sometimes I convince myself that he's dead because it's an acceptable excuse for him ignoring me.
I reference this every time I get into a conversation about the ever present nature of cell phones in the modern world! And like you, for the life of me, I can't remember where it's from!
Either that or he's totally in love with you and doesn't know how to deal with his feelings.
Either that or he's totally in love with you and doesn't know how to deal with his feelings.
Honestly, both are probably true. We're like an old married couple.
Maybe he just doesn't like you anymore
Either that or he's totally in love with you and doesn't know how to deal with his feelings.
Honestly, both are probably true. We're like an old married couple.
I like friends like that. My BFF and i have known each other for 16 years now.
Maybe he just doesn't like you anymore
Either that or he's totally in love with you and doesn't know how to deal with his feelings.
Honestly, both are probably true. We're like an old married couple.
Perhaps he wishes he could quit you, hence the communications blackout.
Seriously, you sound co-dependent. You need to give him his space.
Either that or he's totally in love with you and doesn't know how to deal with his feelings.
Honestly, both are probably true. We're like an old married couple.
Perhaps he wishes he could quit you, hence the communications blackout.
Seriously, you sound co-dependent. You need to give him his space.
I disagree. Wanting to know if your friends are OK is hardly being co-dependent.
John Picard has this habit of insulting me almost every chance he gets, so I've stopped caring about anything he says.
I'm not co-dependent. It's just weird when you have regular contact with someone every single day and then you suddenly don't hear from them. I don't care that I'm not spending time with him right now, but I do get a little concerned when he seemingly drops off the face of the planet for no obvious reason.
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