I've known both first hand.
[QUOTE=BuyingSmiles;2684277]Seemed to me, like he was very much celebrating it. The way you put it, was stating the facts. The way he said it, was defiantly celebrating it. He said he was glad about the situation.
Your comparison of poverty and the heroin epidemic here is off base too. These girls can work their way out of poverty, they'll never worked her way out of a heroin addiction.
[blue]You have obviously never lived in the third world. You know nothing of true poverty and equally I'm pretty sure you know very little about addiction. Your ignorance is showing.
A2[/blue][/QUOTE]You have no idea what I know, where I have been or what I've seen. I have never lived in a third world country, you are correct. I have seen first hand though, in travel, the shanty towns in South Africa and they way people who are truly poor live. Unfortunately, I have first hand knowledge and experience with people dealing with addiction. Point is, if a girl is poor and sells her self for sex, she can save her money, better herself and take care of her family. She can build herself a future and execute an exit strategy. None of these girls, that are addicted to heroin, are going to save their money, better themselves in any way shape or form and damn sure are not going to do anything to take care of their family. There is no exit strategy for a girl addicted to heroin, there is no future for the girl addicted to heroin. Her exit strategy is for you to get the fuck out of the room so she can buy more dope, her future is in a pine box.
A poor girl can work herself out of poverty by selling yourself for sex. A girl addicted to heroin, has a snowballs chance in hell of working herself clean. If you can't see that difference that's not my problem.
Again, you just don't know
[QUOTE=BuyingSmiles;2684514]You have no idea what I know, where I have been or what I've seen. I have never lived in a third world country, you are correct. I have seen first hand though, in travel, the shanty towns in South Africa and they way people who are truly poor live. Unfortunately, I have first hand knowledge and experience with people dealing with addiction. Point is, if a girl is poor and sells her self for sex, she can save her money, better herself and take care of her family. She can build herself a future and execute an exit strategy. None of these girls, that are addicted to heroin, are going to save their money, better themselves in any way shape or form and damn sure are not going to do anything to take care of their family. There is no exit strategy for a girl addicted to heroin, there is no future for the girl addicted to heroin. Her exit strategy is for you to get the fuck out of the room so she can buy more dope, her future is in a pine box.
A poor girl can work herself out of poverty by selling yourself for sex. A girl addicted to heroin, has a snowballs chance in hell of working herself clean. If you can't see that difference that's not my problem.[/QUOTE]I know this problem first hand, not from anybody telling me about it or watching anybody go through it. Anyone of these chicks can do something about it by searching two letters with the name Cincinnati behind it. [URL]http://nacincinnati.com[/URL].
I took a look, the fellowship in Cincy is FUCKING huge! There are tons of meetings everyday.
Traveling through S Africa and seeing some shanty towns is nowhere near the same thing as living in a third world country. You have no idea how systematically poor people are denied equality of opportunity here. I've been poor and I've kicked dope. Of the two; working my way out of poverty was way fucking harder than kicking the dope. Not getting into specifics of my own story but I had already kicked it before Jax started this forum, so it's not a dream it's my reality.
All any of them need do is call.
Bubba I'm not trying to be a dick
[QUOTE=BuyingSmiles;2684805]It's not like I just took a stroll past a shanty town on my way from one tourist attraction to another. I spent two months there, with regular interaction with the folks that did live in the shanty towns. I made friends with these people and I did I fact see the struggles they had and the amazing lack of opportunity they faced. To say because I didn't live there, I have no idea, is a rather stupid thing for anyone to say. That makes as much sense as saying, because I wasn't dumb enough to decide, that injecting my self with Heroin and becoming an addict was an good idea, that I have no idea about the reality of the situation. I don't need to be a dumbass to see what a dumb ass is doing and see how the actions of the said dumbass affects everyone around them.
You are correct any of them, all of them can just call. Will they? I'm not putting my money on it. What I am talking about has nothing to do with a poor person having acces to some opportunity. I am not arguing the point that poverty and and addiction don't both lead to the sex fire hire life style. My point is if you take a poor girl, from the poorest country of your choice, and send her here to Cincinnati and let her advertise here and work here with the same opportunity as the heroin addicts here. The poor girl will not just piss away every dime she makes and will have a future that the addicted girl never will have.
I am glad that you were able to defeat your demons. You are one of the fortunate few. If any of these dope addicts could follow your lead they would not only kick the dope but also become financially stable in very short order by doing the same job and saving or investing their hard earned cash instead of shooting up wit heir needles ands spoons.[/QUOTE]But you are truly hopeless with this shit. I am neither an exception nor exceptional. There are millions and millions of former junkies walking around and yes the poor chicks here would indeed squander every penny because they have no concept of planning for the future, I watch them do it all the time. I have spent 6 years, not two months on tour, down here. Hookers down here don't make as much as chicks do up there but based on the economy they earn more than doctors do here and 95% of them live in tiny fucking apartments and don't have a dime saved.
Addiction as defined by the ASAM;.
"Addiction is a primary, chronic disease of brain reward, motivation, memory and related circuitry. Dysfunction in these circuits leads to characteristic biological, psychological, social and spiritual manifestations. This is reflected in an individual pathologically pursuing reward and / or relief by substance use and other behaviors.
And you characterize the people who suffer from it as dumbasses? As if they are doing this by choice? You are seriously fucked up and you just need to stop. I'm not just saying I disagree with you, I'm telling you from first hand experience that you have no fucking idea what you're talking about and should stop talking before you embarrass yourself further because I will just keep taking you to school on this. You see it as a choice and I'm telling you it's an illness that just needs to be treated. There's no fucking mystery to it, if people are willing to kick it they can kick it but treating them as if they are morally deficient isn't the way to do it.
Both of these problems have the same solution, education, opportunity, and mentoring.
I agree there is a way out.
[QUOTE=HuntLadys29;2684989]I agree with you in part but I have known personally many people who have kicked heroin, I to have pulled myself up from the throes of addiction I have been homeless and lost my morals. Heroin is a horrendous drug but so is crack pills and alcohol. Being an addict who hasn't used drugs in 15 years I learned that you can't put one drug over another. But I do know you can stop using drugs you just have to want to. Ask Samuel l Jackson who was a heroin and crack addict. Or the heroin addicts throughout the world who have quit, these girls have a way out they just have to take advantage of their window of clarity. And addiction and needs are the only thing that fuels prostitution even the girls that aren't using drugs are prostituting for a need and that need is money and a certain lifestyle. HL29.[/QUOTE]I am close to someone that is a recovering crack addict and has since his recovery has worked with thousands of recovering men and women. He has created places to live in a sober environment. 100's of beds all over Cincinnati and Covington. The drunks and crack heads seem to have a decent rate of success with their demons. The heroin addicts not so much. Maybe, it's a coincidence, that the H users he deals with are less successful. I doubt it though. Addiction is addiction, no matter what it is you're addicted to. I get it, but I think (just my opinion, que the Gods to tell me how dumb I am) the H addiction is by far the worst.
These girls have to want to get better. And it's obvious they don't want to. If anyone truly wanted to get off the shit, they would take the steps to try. I say try because I know it's not easy. Just because there is a way out doesn't mean people are looking for it. Saying you want something and really wanting it, not the same thing.
I know people that are recovering from addictions of all kinds. I also know a lot that are Dead from their addictions.
Congratulations on your 15 years sobriety!
Just thought that I would give you a big thumbs up!
[QUOTE=Admin2;2685032]You know who says "you are entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to mine?" Stupid people that know they are wrong.
People don't wake up and say, "Oh I know what I'll do today, I'll run downtown and try some heroin. " They don't even look at the shit the first time and think "Oh, ok, I'll just give it a shot and see where it goes. " They do it because the pain of staying alive is more than they can bare and they really don't care what the long term results are.
None of this since then has been in blue font and I certainly don't have to kick a moron like you off the forum because you provide too much comic relief.
One more piece of the puzzle for you, the only people who are never embarrassed by their actions are those who lack the introspection to examine them. I guess it's ok that you can't feel it. I certainly am embarrassed enough for you for the both of us.[/QUOTE]The mean email a couple of months ago aside, good job putting assholes in their place a2! Although I do not do h, it has toucheD my life through friends and friends of friends. So many in our area are afflicted by this horrible drug!
Now children listen to your uncle mack
Seriously most people can not change another person's opinion with words We are creatures that have to witness it and experience it first hand. We all have opinions but it is wise to never stop listening to another's opinions that may differ. Our goal yes mine also and I AM STILL working on this part for me is to try and get along with others who I may differ with on certain issues. Sometimes I do sometimes I do not but doesn't mean we don't try Let's all remember the reason for being here Pleasure profit, and stress relief whatever forms that may take I am grateful for the ladies I have met and fortunate to have not meant any of the meaner ones and their BFS OR SO'S Now if I can just find a steady cure for my reoccuring ED I may hit the promised land.
Please notice A2 that this is written in black and not in my normal omnipotent GOLD script associated with my heavenly presence. Have a good day And remember when you feel you want to do bodily harm or slap someone silly because they have pissed you off EAT SOME FRESH PUSSY for your daily ration of protein and relax a bit. Big Mack FKMEISTER extraordinaire and keeper of the PIECE.
You are correct, there are many reasons why.
[QUOTE=FreckleFreak;2687322]A2 your are exactly correct. No addict will ever change until they want to. They either hit rock bottom and consciously decide to get help or they die feeding their habit. You can offer a million dollars to any addict to quit but they will spend it away and then start up again if they haven't made that conscious decision to quit. Yes addicts can go into recovery and it lasts if they want it to last. Addicts will lie, cheat, steal, rob, deceive even kill to continue feeding their habit. Addiction is the greediest of all the possessions and it's far beyond the dictates of basic survival and comfort. HL29 congrats on your recovery, one day at a time, I hope tomorrow is as clean as today!
BuyingSmiles there are many reasons addicts first used: home environment, peer pressure, the pain of life for what ever reason, recreational use gone haywire and for many just being young. We all did things in our youth that were bad for us but we never considered the consequences at the time because we thought we were invincible. If you didn't then congrats to you. Most young people, and this describes many of the current younger providers who are addicts, started because they thought they were invincible and "IT", being an addict, wouldn't happen to them. I guess the "Just Say No" slogan didn't sink in, never thought it would. Sure they may have been Dumbasses at the time but we all have done Dumbass things in our life that we regret, except maybe you. With addicts the regrets become permanent. As an addict friend told me, "I have one relapse left in my life, but no recoveries because I know the relapse will kill me. ".
A2 your understanding of poverty is very true. I myself have never experienced what you have so I bow to your wisdom and life experience. My only experience was when I was married, now thankfully divorced, to a lady who was raised in a upper class family in a South American country. The one thing I noticed about her was her "Class Prejudice". She was blind to color and race but her prejudice towards lower class citizens was as bad as slavery in the US. She treated them the same. They could be her maid, clean cook and take care of the children but they could never be the same as she was. It was like their sole was different. Poverty dumbs the mind, sole, body, reasoning and the ability to change as bad as drug use. Being saturated in poverty is the same as being born a crack baby who is bottle fed formula mixed with cocaine. The baby grows up an addict not knowing any other type of life.
The only thing I disagree with is that legalizing the sex trade will stop junkies from selling sex. Just like in Colorado there is legal pot and then there is still the black market pot. The reason is supply and demand. Legal pot is higher priced and visible to the public, illegal pot is cheaper and behind closed doors. If the sex trade was legalized in the US then junkies would only turn into the cheaper version. You can see it now in the difference between established providers and the streetwalkers. Some top providers turn into streetwalkers in time because of age and drug abuse. Junkies will always sell sex for a fix, that won't change until the supply of the addicts fix is eradicated and the possibility of that is extremely slim because of supply and demand.
Amon777 Yes you can have your junkies all to yourself. Please PM me your list of favorites because I don't want to risk seeing them. I am not being sarcastic or trying to pick a fight with you. I don't like golden or brown showers but if someone else does, then go for it! Whatever floats your boat is ok with me, it's your choice. I'm happy that you can use H as a recreational drug. I just hope that you realize that you are feeding the pockets of a drug dealer that may have already or in the future sell to your children, niece, nephew or someone you love and they may have a Dumbass day and try it and may not be able to stop for a long time or ever. I do my best, sometimes I miss one, to not feed the hands that may one day make an addict out of a loved one. That's my choice.
FF.
P.S. I have thought about bringing along a drug test kit for all the freckled provider appointments I make. I think I will call it the freckle test![/QUOTE]But none of them are good reasons to decide to stick that needle in your vein. I agree that these are reasons people use, but It is my opinion, that anyone using those excuses, is a Dumbass. I understand that once addicted, the choice is removed from the equation. One does not choose to remain addicted. One does how ever choose to not seek help. Prior to becoming addicted, there was a choice though. When life has a person down, depressed or maybe just looking to party it up, they made a choice. I'm not saying they woke up and said hey I'm going to become an addict today. At some point though, for what ever reason they have, they came face to face with the drug. At that time, they decided it was a good idea to do it. And that's when I say the were the dumbass.
I did not say, that I have never done dumb things. Many times in my life, I was a dumbass and the conequences that followed were a direct result of, me being a dumbass. I was young and invincible, I've had the peer pressure and I've had times when life was miserable & I've been depressed to the point that it all seemed like it would never get better. I never once thought that heroin was a good alternative.
With no disrespect meaqnt
If a woman is hot enough anywhere on drugs or not she can make money because all one has to do is read the boards and guys have seen them and will see them again because they are hot and will give them what they want. No disrespect or arguments meant It is posted on this board that guys will see junkies, girls or those who don't show girls who have bad business practices because they are hot and usually will lower their needs somewhat to make bens. You have such hot women where you are but I do agree that if they legalized it in this country guys could be grinning from ear to ear a lot more. Lived in Europe for 10 years and more psy there than one can imagine for so much less and they make a good living doing it. JMO for WIIW.
A national day of mourning for our Bengals.
Thanks, ESPN magazine, for the creepy clown cover.
I'm off to Carolina to cheer for the other undefeated team (at least the ones that like their balls at full pressure.).
About the heroin.
Are you all just noticing this shit this year? Because it's on the news or something?
Because the last time I checked, heroin was killing great musicians decades before I was born.
Why hasn't anyone mentioned the methadone clinics?
Legal heroin at welfare prices.
[blue]Mostly because heroin comes and goes. Since the invasion of Afghanistan it's exploded into the USA and Europe.
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