Yea in my day we just did drugs ::shrugs:: The strong survived.

[I feel kinda bad writing this — it's mostly a joke, but it's also kind of true. I myself was an H addict for 4 years, been clean about a decade now. Lost at least 50 people I know personally to drug deaths. I say "I feel kinda bad," because I don't see them as weak, or me as any stronger. Was kind of just luck of the draw that I made it through that. However, going through that, and being in recovery, did definitely make me stronger. ANyways, I digress...]

All that said, I have always said this trans epidemic stems from the same mental condition that leads to drug addiction. And in neither case is the answer to enable the sick person. In both situations, it's a person that's unhappy with themselves, and looking for an external source to sollve their problems and make them happy. ANd in neiither case [doing drugs, or mutilating your body to change your sex] does that external source have a positive impact. In BOTH instances, the sick person needs to find the root cause, why they feel that way, and FIX the inner condition to be happy with who they are. ONLY that will solve their problems and lead to happiness

Yea in my day we just did drugs ::shrugs:: The strong survived.

[I feel kinda bad writing this — it's mostly a joke, but it's also kind of true. I myself was an H addict for 4 years, been clean about a decade now. Lost at least 50 people I know personally to drug deaths. I say "I feel kinda bad," because I don't see them as weak, or me as any stronger. Was kind of just luck of the draw that I made it through that. However, going through that, and being in recovery, did definitely make me stronger. ANyways, I digress...]