This guy was just 49. He wore his body out with dope and he died. His heart quit Sunday night. He was high. But, what else is new?

He was an ex-con and an old junkie. Two years younger than my husband. He had no wife, no parents. He's got two daughters - one who followed in his footsteps and one who didn't.

He was a nice guy. But aren't all junkies? Heck, I was as nice as could be when I was high. And not so nice when I came down.

His life was cut short by this deadly disease. Jails, Institutions, and Death. Isn't that what we say at every meeting? The last one got him.

He and my husband had a history together. They went way back and had volumes of war stories between them.

So his life ended Sunday. They put him in a cheap suit, they had a few lines about him in the local paper, and they laid him to rest today.

And all I could think was, but for the grace of God...

I Feel U On That ....

Every Day I Think Of Daily Things And Situations I Put My Self In , When Addicted , Before My Recovery Of My Issues (( I Belive All Addicts Have Issues That Make Them Addicted , And If It Aint One Addiction It Transpires To Another )) I Still Have A Few Issues, But I Am Blessed Now That I Have Stopped All That Destructivenessand Became Productive !!

May Your Friend Be At Peace With His Soul ,

I am absolutely positive that if I hadn't gotten clean, the earth would have had me long time ago.

I feel for your loss. Sometimes, there is nothing anyone else can do, and that just isn't very comforting.

JJT

My prayers and thoughts are with you. I have lost several friends to the diesease. I just think God every day for my soberiety, because that could have been me

This guy was just 49. He wore his body out with dope and he died. His heart quit Sunday night. He was high. But, what else is new?

He was an ex-con and an old junkie. Two years younger than my husband. He had no wife, no parents. He's got two daughters - one who followed in his footsteps and one who didn't.

He was a nice guy. But aren't all junkies? Heck, I was as nice as could be when I was high. And not so nice when I came down.

His life was cut short by this deadly disease. Jails, Institutions, and Death. Isn't that what we say at every meeting? The last one got him.

He and my husband had a history together. They went way back and had volumes of war stories between them.

So his life ended Sunday. They put him in a cheap suit, they had a few lines about him in the local paper, and they laid him to rest today.

And all I could think was, but for the grace of God...
I'm sorry danielle. The pain of losing another one of us is one of the unpleasant realities of being sober. I get to feel things--some are great, others, like this, are uncomfortable, to say the least.

I'm reminded that I have a choice today. To continue the path I'm on or to so back to that life that I had where the #1 priority was always getting something in me that would chance how I felt. It was a deadly trap and I almost didn't get out.

May your friend find some peace now.

Danielle
I am sorry about this. I get reminded about this every time another lost life because of this horrible disease. I have grown to hate it so much as i watch the devestation it leaves. It makes me try even harder at my own recovery and do what i can to help another.
You, yours and his family is in my thoughts and prayers.

This Is Always Bad , But More Times Than Not It Ends This Way They Say Only The Strong Survive That Is True It Takes A Stong Person To Stop Using And Even A Stronger One To Ask For Help . Some Feell It Is A Sign Of Weeknes ,i Dont As A Recovering Addict Myself Now Clean 2 Years . I Now The Struggle
And I Know The Pain , I Had All I Could Use My Habbit Was Nearly 2 Gram A Day , Wow Right , I Am Not Proud Of It But I Am Proud Of Myself For Stopping , We All Use For Different Reasons To Start With To Fit In To Be Able To Work Longer Hours Or Just To Get High . But We All End Up The Same An Addict So We Should All Pray For Those Who Are Not Strong May God Give Them The Strength They Need .

I always am saddened by stories such as these, but it can sometimes turn out to be the reality of drug use. I pray everyday that my boyfriend will not end up being one of those people who get a few lines in the paper after a life cut short.