Just know that there are people that love you. I'm an alcoholic. I have been since I lost my best friend in the Marine Corps. I finally asked for help a few weeks ago, and the support has been overwhelming. I know there's a few of you fellow vets out there who are prideful like me, and think we can conquer everything ourselves, but just simply asking for help is all you need to do. I had heard horror stories about the VA, but, everyone I've talked to so far has been incredibly helpful, and I'll be checking into the hospital tomorrow before I kill myself by drowning in alcohol. The help is out there, guys, you just have to ask for it. I'm ready for the fight ahead, and you need to be too. We need all hands on deck, and if you're not well, you need to get well. All the best - Felonious
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There are too many who seek chemical imbibing as acceptable escapism from their issues and lifestyle. I get ragged on by weedheads all the time for pointing out that their consumption is just as much a social ill as other commercially appealing drugs.
Because honestly, if their substance was so beneficial to society, why is weedhead culture so narcissistic and hedonistic? Where are their contributions? Why do they treat libertarianism as a cynical means to their desired end that they see as disposable, rather then being genuinely interested in the philosophy? Where's the thought put towards the health of the commons?
Substance abuse is just one head of a many-headed hydra from a society that has forgotten moderation in its shortsightedness, and induces depression through supersensory overload from indulging in vice.