yay drugs are great
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yay drugs are great
they can definately change our looks. drugs really do suck the life out of people. don't know if this has been shown here before , but if it hasn't , then take a gander at the wonderful world of drugs...
From drugs to mugs: Disfiguring toll of addiction - Addictions- msnbc.com
From drugs to mugs: Disfiguring toll of addiction - Addictions- msnbc.com
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Dang it Dee, what did I miss.
I looked at the link and was implying I sensed some photoshop majic. But,again, I am sure thier intentions where good, I know people are telling me how good I look (not to be confused with how good looking I am) Although I am having to work alot harder to keep the abs, I now have an inny and a chest instead of a washboard and xylophone.
I don't know what that all means, but atleast I ain't smoking crack.
Larry
I looked at the link and was implying I sensed some photoshop majic. But,again, I am sure thier intentions where good, I know people are telling me how good I look (not to be confused with how good looking I am) Although I am having to work alot harder to keep the abs, I now have an inny and a chest instead of a washboard and xylophone.
I don't know what that all means, but atleast I ain't smoking crack.
Larry
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There is another such site... facesofmeth.com
http://www.lifeormeth.com/communitie...4514548023.jpg
http://www.methmadness.com/facesofmeth.html
Scary stuff... I always hated meth... Such a dead end. Not that my DOC is a walk in the park, but I have seen first hand the damage done to my friends by meth. Ugly stuff. Glad I never abused that stuff. Yuck!
http://www.lifeormeth.com/communitie...4514548023.jpg
http://www.methmadness.com/facesofmeth.html
Scary stuff... I always hated meth... Such a dead end. Not that my DOC is a walk in the park, but I have seen first hand the damage done to my friends by meth. Ugly stuff. Glad I never abused that stuff. Yuck!
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The spiritual bankruptcy is in the eyes. Using drugs leads to a mental, physical and spiritual bankruptcy - and every one of them shows that in all it's glory.
I sometimes pray for the still suffering addict that's never found the rooms. I think I'll step that up a notch.
I sometimes pray for the still suffering addict that's never found the rooms. I think I'll step that up a notch.
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Yup-computer generated morphing, note the "after" pics are shorter and wider. I suppose theyare going for the "scared straight" effect.
So.....what's the piont?
Should we believe that someone contemplating useing meth, crack, herion, etc. will be stopping by and happen upon this thread, click on the link and change thier mind.
I know that during most of my using I had at least one mirror in the house and was well aware of the toll it had taken, but I still used.
Maybe this is one of those charlie sheen-like train wrecks. Where we just can't stop looking at others suffering, as if somehow it will make me feel better, superior or atleast just not that bad.
How about next time you post a link to pics of what people looked like after they got off drugs, think inspiring instead of depressing.
Larry
So.....what's the piont?
Should we believe that someone contemplating useing meth, crack, herion, etc. will be stopping by and happen upon this thread, click on the link and change thier mind.
I know that during most of my using I had at least one mirror in the house and was well aware of the toll it had taken, but I still used.
Maybe this is one of those charlie sheen-like train wrecks. Where we just can't stop looking at others suffering, as if somehow it will make me feel better, superior or atleast just not that bad.
How about next time you post a link to pics of what people looked like after they got off drugs, think inspiring instead of depressing.
Larry
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Originally Posted by larrylive 
I looked at the link and was implying I sensed some photoshop majic.
Last edited by whiskerkissed; 03-02-2011 at 08:36 PM. Reason: additional input
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well, I did a quick Google and you seem to be the only one on the internet who thinks these pics are fake, Larry.
Let's not quibble. I've seen pictures like these before going back many years and like I said, I've seen this first hand.
I'm not worried what the point is or whether this will scare people straight - I have no idea what other people will think, but I just find it all incredibly sad.
D
Let's not quibble. I've seen pictures like these before going back many years and like I said, I've seen this first hand.
I'm not worried what the point is or whether this will scare people straight - I have no idea what other people will think, but I just find it all incredibly sad.
D
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Originally Posted by larrylive
Yup-computer generated morphing, note the "after" pics are shorter and wider. I suppose theyare going for the "scared straight" effect.
So.....what's the piont?
Should we believe that someone contemplating useing meth, crack, herion, etc. will be stopping by and happen upon this thread, click on the link and change thier mind.
I know that during most of my using I had at least one mirror in the house and was well aware of the toll it had taken, but I still used.
Maybe this is one of those charlie sheen-like train wrecks. Where we just can't stop looking at others suffering, as if somehow it will make me feel better, superior or atleast just not that bad.
How about next time you post a link to pics of what people looked like after they got off drugs, think inspiring instead of depressing.
Larry
So.....what's the piont?
Should we believe that someone contemplating useing meth, crack, herion, etc. will be stopping by and happen upon this thread, click on the link and change thier mind.
I know that during most of my using I had at least one mirror in the house and was well aware of the toll it had taken, but I still used.
Maybe this is one of those charlie sheen-like train wrecks. Where we just can't stop looking at others suffering, as if somehow it will make me feel better, superior or atleast just not that bad.
How about next time you post a link to pics of what people looked like after they got off drugs, think inspiring instead of depressing.
Larry
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I opened the first link, looked at the pictures and just felt sick at heart for these poor people that have lost their way to this drug. I've NEVER used meth and WILL NEVER use it.
When I was still in the ARNG, we use to have jailed women and men come to the building/Armory to clean it. Almost every one of them were in jail for meth use or production. They told me some really horrible stories about thier use and others around them using. One individual told me a story about her friend using meth for the first time. It put him in the hospital, in a coma, bleeding from every hole in his body. She said, the first time using, will either do this to ya, or you'll get the greatest high you've ever wanted or kill you.
Who in the world would want to take any of those risks? Not me! But unfortunately, there are many out there that have and are still lost to chasing this drug every waking moment.
I hope God finds a way to scoop up all addicts, up into his large hands and care for them. Addicts and recovering addicts.
But I fear, with the economy going to hell in a hand basket, gas prices here, heading to $3.50 a gal and more getting laid off. There are going to be lots of people looking for a way out of their mental misery. It's getting harder to get opiates here in AR, so that will eleviate some folks from doctor shopping. But it doesn't stop them from getting it off the streets or breaking into homes to find them and other items to sell for them.
The world is a scary place, right now, for many. I'm hanging on by both hands to the reality of the world w/o my opiates now for 12 days. I don't want them, thank goodness, and I look forward to dealing with every day life on a clean straight mind.
I know others will see the link and feel for those poor people. I can only hope and pray they find their way out of that life.
TOD
When I was still in the ARNG, we use to have jailed women and men come to the building/Armory to clean it. Almost every one of them were in jail for meth use or production. They told me some really horrible stories about thier use and others around them using. One individual told me a story about her friend using meth for the first time. It put him in the hospital, in a coma, bleeding from every hole in his body. She said, the first time using, will either do this to ya, or you'll get the greatest high you've ever wanted or kill you.
Who in the world would want to take any of those risks? Not me! But unfortunately, there are many out there that have and are still lost to chasing this drug every waking moment.
I hope God finds a way to scoop up all addicts, up into his large hands and care for them. Addicts and recovering addicts.
But I fear, with the economy going to hell in a hand basket, gas prices here, heading to $3.50 a gal and more getting laid off. There are going to be lots of people looking for a way out of their mental misery. It's getting harder to get opiates here in AR, so that will eleviate some folks from doctor shopping. But it doesn't stop them from getting it off the streets or breaking into homes to find them and other items to sell for them.
The world is a scary place, right now, for many. I'm hanging on by both hands to the reality of the world w/o my opiates now for 12 days. I don't want them, thank goodness, and I look forward to dealing with every day life on a clean straight mind.
I know others will see the link and feel for those poor people. I can only hope and pray they find their way out of that life.
TOD
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Originally Posted by larrylive
With all due respect,
I sincerely apologize, I did not mean to minimize anybodies pain and suffering.
Larry
I sincerely apologize, I did not mean to minimize anybodies pain and suffering.
Larry
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I don't think they are fake, because I saw one of those guys on the Cops show (yeah, I seem to have become hooked on them) and his after shot was exactly the way he looked. That is the elderly, long-haired guy with the one eye half-closed. Smal world but I feel really sorry for those people.
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Originally Posted by larrylive
Yup-computer generated morphing, note the "after" pics are shorter and wider. I suppose theyare going for the "scared straight" effect.
So.....what's the piont?
Should we believe that someone contemplating useing meth, crack, herion, etc. will be stopping by and happen upon this thread, click on the link and change thier mind.
I know that during most of my using I had at least one mirror in the house and was well aware of the toll it had taken, but I still used.
Maybe this is one of those charlie sheen-like train wrecks. Where we just can't stop looking at others suffering, as if somehow it will make me feel better, superior or atleast just not that bad.
How about next time you post a link to pics of what people looked like after they got off drugs, think inspiring instead of depressing.
Larry
So.....what's the piont?
Should we believe that someone contemplating useing meth, crack, herion, etc. will be stopping by and happen upon this thread, click on the link and change thier mind.
I know that during most of my using I had at least one mirror in the house and was well aware of the toll it had taken, but I still used.
Maybe this is one of those charlie sheen-like train wrecks. Where we just can't stop looking at others suffering, as if somehow it will make me feel better, superior or atleast just not that bad.
How about next time you post a link to pics of what people looked like after they got off drugs, think inspiring instead of depressing.
Larry
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none of the before pictures show any of them as being the picture of health, they all looked trashed to start with. I wonder how long they had actually been abusing. The before after shots present their decline as being in the time period stated, that is misleading, they had obviously been up to something before hand.
This kind of shock therapy fails every time. Just like the images on cigarette packs, just like violence on TV, people quickly become immune to the familiar. We've seen these shock tactics for years, they mean nothing anymore, especially to a generation of kids raised on violence, sex and gore.
Every one of the people in the pictures had the option to stop at any time they wanted, no one forced them to do anything against their will. Perhaps it would be more prudent to actually arm people with facts and information so as they could determine through reason whether they want to do a drug or not, if they did it would be their choice and them who would pay the price.
This kind of shock therapy fails every time. Just like the images on cigarette packs, just like violence on TV, people quickly become immune to the familiar. We've seen these shock tactics for years, they mean nothing anymore, especially to a generation of kids raised on violence, sex and gore.
Every one of the people in the pictures had the option to stop at any time they wanted, no one forced them to do anything against their will. Perhaps it would be more prudent to actually arm people with facts and information so as they could determine through reason whether they want to do a drug or not, if they did it would be their choice and them who would pay the price.
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