Oh I do remember that one too, found it eye-opening, and yep probably because it’s right in his wheelhouse so to speak.
So very sorry about the pain - I’ve been adjacent to it, which of course is not even a sliver of what it’s like to experience it. Someone close to me once had to wean themselves off Methadone, unexpectedly, and without help, which he had been (eventually) prescribed cuz nothing else would touch the pain. I don’t really understand how he’s still alive TBH (not just from that), but he’s the kind of old-school stubborn that defies logic of any kind.
Chronic pain and chronic isolation (esp. of the elderly) are two titans of misery just hiding in plain sight, stomping on life. I hate it.
I didn’t understand quite what you meant about a “suicide machine” unless that’s just a euphemism for something obvious. If you want to elaborate I’d be curious, but I fully understand if not.
I am doing much better now, between learning new limits and some other things that are unwise to write down. My sympathies to you friend, even when opiates are needing to be discontinued — i.e. someone is actively being harmed by addiction — the correct response is /always/ a controlled taper.
Re suicide machine. I built a device what for apply to self to extinguish self quickly, reliably (assuming no emergency medical intervention within about 10 minutes), and with minimal discomfort. I didn’t want to die, but knowing I could always take that option quickly made it possible to take it minute by minute and not kill myself out of fear that it would later be unbearable.
I don’t really want to describe the device as there are ethical and (regrettably) legal reasons why being frank about suicide is something to handle carefully.
Oh I do remember that one too, found it eye-opening, and yep probably because it’s right in his wheelhouse so to speak.
So very sorry about the pain - I’ve been adjacent to it, which of course is not even a sliver of what it’s like to experience it. Someone close to me once had to wean themselves off Methadone, unexpectedly, and without help, which he had been (eventually) prescribed cuz nothing else would touch the pain. I don’t really understand how he’s still alive TBH (not just from that), but he’s the kind of old-school stubborn that defies logic of any kind.
Chronic pain and chronic isolation (esp. of the elderly) are two titans of misery just hiding in plain sight, stomping on life. I hate it.
I didn’t understand quite what you meant about a “suicide machine” unless that’s just a euphemism for something obvious. If you want to elaborate I’d be curious, but I fully understand if not.
I am doing much better now, between learning new limits and some other things that are unwise to write down. My sympathies to you friend, even when opiates are needing to be discontinued — i.e. someone is actively being harmed by addiction — the correct response is /always/ a controlled taper.
Re suicide machine. I built a device what for apply to self to extinguish self quickly, reliably (assuming no emergency medical intervention within about 10 minutes), and with minimal discomfort. I didn’t want to die, but knowing I could always take that option quickly made it possible to take it minute by minute and not kill myself out of fear that it would later be unbearable.
I don’t really want to describe the device as there are ethical and (regrettably) legal reasons why being frank about suicide is something to handle carefully.
Totally understand, almost didn’t ask for that reason. Glad things are going better for you.