Kat
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I'm not sure that Charlie has had time to get sobriety. Clean and not using and recovery/sobriety are two different animals.
The only addiction that I have had was nicotine. I've been quit smoking now for 4 months, my addiction still taps me on my shoulder a few times a week and tells me I need to go use.
I don't. Even if recovery is 24 hours at a time, it does help to get a few of those 24 hours under your belt because you learn and develop new coping mechanisms. KWIM?
AFAIK this middle aged man has never had extended periods of sobriety since a teen.
His disease is deeply rooted and rooted in mind body spirit just like all addictions.
This is just a sad situation. Everyone that has come into his life thus far, the relationships that have been destroyed by his using, the life's he created with other women, and the people that relied on him to uphold his end of contractual agreements to earn their living---all have suffered including Charlie Sheen.
It's hard to find compassion and understanding for addicts sometimes. I understand that---but this guy is so burnt out I'm not sure that there is anything left for him to salvage and that makes me kind of sad even though I don't personally know him.
As an aside if I had personally known him I know I would have done as I have with others that I have met that were exactly like him. Head in the other direction ASAP, if at all possible.
JMHO and I'll pray for him tonight. Pray he has a miracle in his life (and his kids boy they need it after this)
The only addiction that I have had was nicotine. I've been quit smoking now for 4 months, my addiction still taps me on my shoulder a few times a week and tells me I need to go use.
I don't. Even if recovery is 24 hours at a time, it does help to get a few of those 24 hours under your belt because you learn and develop new coping mechanisms. KWIM?
AFAIK this middle aged man has never had extended periods of sobriety since a teen.
His disease is deeply rooted and rooted in mind body spirit just like all addictions.
This is just a sad situation. Everyone that has come into his life thus far, the relationships that have been destroyed by his using, the life's he created with other women, and the people that relied on him to uphold his end of contractual agreements to earn their living---all have suffered including Charlie Sheen.
It's hard to find compassion and understanding for addicts sometimes. I understand that---but this guy is so burnt out I'm not sure that there is anything left for him to salvage and that makes me kind of sad even though I don't personally know him.
As an aside if I had personally known him I know I would have done as I have with others that I have met that were exactly like him. Head in the other direction ASAP, if at all possible.
JMHO and I'll pray for him tonight. Pray he has a miracle in his life (and his kids boy they need it after this)