The amount of drug affected people wandering the streets these days is alarming and it’s not just limited to one suburb.
The problem with meth, apart from the psychosis inducing effects of the drug itself, is the propensity for staying awake for several days, which compounds the effect.
I remember hallucinations so vivid, I was literally hearing voices with my ears. That’s how messed up the brain can get. And the hallucinations weren’t positive, let’s put it that way.
The people you see on the street, have most likely been in a psych ward until they are stabilised with meds, and then thrown out back onto the street with no assistance.
It happened to me. They just get rid of you.
There’s a lot to be said for both psychiatric and addiction services in Australia.
As a former sufferer of really intense auditory hallucinations, I strongly relate to what you’ve said. I had long given up drugs but was still suffering from the voices for ages afterwards. It’s hard to get people to understand just how real they felt. And so spiteful, mean and negative. Also hard to get some people to understand that it’s strong enough motivation to never go back there and go through that horrifying shit again. The “once a junkie, always a junkie” crowd just don’t get it at all.
I completely understand. In the end I had to take a med to make it all go away because I was still getting faint whispers upto 18 months after quitting.
Mine weren’t too bad when I was sober. It was when I was fucked that they were nasty.
You couldn’t pay me enough to touch that shit again. Not for a million bucks.
As for what people think, I have two thoughts about that:
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only people I trust a shitload know about my past
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if anyone wants to treat me poorly because of my past actions, they can fuck themselves with a giant spikey cactus.
So few people ever get clean, and have a normal life. 95% of people that talk shit about addicts, were they to be addicted themselves, would not get clean. That’s a statistical fact.
So fuck em. They don’t know the strength it takes to escape the hell of using. And in all likelihood, they wouldn’t be able to.
Let them enjoy their high horse. I know who I am, and what I’ve achieved. No one can take that away from me.
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Meth is very obvious, heroin is quiet.
You’re not wrong. I saw one guy randomly headbutting a pole yesterday.
If you’re on meth in many cases you’re either going to be in prison, in some kind of hospital (normal or psychiatric), or on the streets.
Unfortunately at the moment option 3 is becoming a much more prevalent outcome.
If these folks were harmless that would be one thing, but people on meth can become scary violent.
we have to have a society with hope, where people have real chances at making a life worth living, so when they are offered choices they can choose to not have meth
the way things are now is not good
That’s very well put. I got into that world because of child trauma, but having grown up in poverty, I saw no reason to try to have a normal life.
Most of you guys are too young to have lived through the angel dust (PCP) craze of the late 60s and 70s. That was some scary violence all right. Fortunately, angel dust out of fashion now. Meth, oddly enough, has a much milder effect. Scary, yes. But the violence level is a lot lower and the triggers a lot higher.
Filling out passport applications. Fucking nightmare if you were born overseas with a non English spelling birth certificate with wrong dates therefore the JP translation is wrong, citizenship paper’s wrong and marriage certificate is wrong. This is going to be a nightmare to undo. Just ranting.
Don’t you just love Australian Bureaucracy?
I did the change of name paperwork the other day, and apparently it’ll take 6 bloody weeks to do. Before they closed the BDM office for some reason, it was instant.
Still COVID positive so still isolating at home, but not feeling too shabby so I have spent the morning absolutely smashing out some garden/outside house jobs in this fabulous weather, and am now going to reward myself by lounging on the terrace with a book.
You know when you eat so much you can’t get comfortable in bed for a while?
I feel like I’ll never eat again!
Oh noes! A text advising my medicare has been suspended due to unusual activity! How legitimate!!
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I’m going to lose all my coles points ( i don’t shop at coles ) and I have a fine for not paying my toll ( I don’t drive )
Terrible times for us all
The kids have discovered my old Transformers, which have been at my parent’s house for the last 40 years.
.It’s like watching Woody and Buzz being played with by the next generation. Seeing my old friends playing with my kids.
That’s really sweet. They were my favourite toys as a kid as well.
It was Transformers and Lego. My Lego collection (which is tiny compared to theirs) was absorbed into their Lego years ago.
Good toys are for generations. 💖
( I know this is kinda unpopular, but I like the Transformers movies.
They are well made, look great, have good actors, and the stories are meaningful. True, they are kids movies but being kids movies doesn’t make them lame. )
Just sat through an extremely boring 70 minute meeting listening to a panel of vote counters slowly call out 289 ballot papers.
The majority of the 200 present were on their phones scrolling a social feed or playing games.
I had today marked for cleaning the floors but it’s too nice in the sun, I’m having trouble making my way back inside to start the job.
Friends visiting is always awesome because of how far away I live. Enjoy your day everyone ☀️
Just finished doing a dress alteration for the lady that runs our local caff at the end of the street. Was able to fix her issue with a bought dress that was too long to dance in, but needed the long train for the photos. Heh heh, button and loop to hook up the train worked again! Free coffee all next week for 5 mins work and a button from the stash! Sewing is close to being the ultimate trade goods.
I remember the day I learned to sew a button back on. I was so damn proud of myself. I even practiced on a spare tea towel first lol
It’s just as liberating as learning to replace a tap washer I reckon. Basic humaning skillset includes both. My dad used to reckon that there were 5 tasks that if you could do them, there was no situation for which you were completely unprepared. The older I get the more I think he just might have been right. Sewing on a button was one of the tasks.
don’t leave us hanging- what we’re the others?
My guess:
Sew, Basic home maintenance, Changing a tyre, Budgeting, Cooking.
Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Coffee, and pain perdu with bacon please Bacon.
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Thank you. Have you had a nice breakfast too? Sometimes I worry that you’re not eating properly.
pikelets with peanut butter and condensed milk, salt & vinegar chips, coffee, to be followed by scrambled eggs
thank you witch
This is good to hear. The five basic food groups all catered for - caffeine, salt, fat, sugar, and burned crunchy bits.
Toasted crumpets with strawberry jam and a cup of tea please.
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yum, thank you. 😘
Garlicky pasta with fried eggs on top please
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WHYYYYY am I awake?!
I wasn’t awake until I had a bad dream :/
hugs
I know why I’m awake.
This goblin is gonna curl up in bed. Too chilly for folk such as I.
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you know it’s cold when the morning birds aren’t chirping
Themed lunch notes for tomorrow after a visit to the Dandenong Botanic Gardens today.
Those are lovely. 💖
