• Bizzle@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I spent my 20s addicted to crack and now I’m totally fine, if I can do it so can you. It ain’t over til it’s over.

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      1 day ago

      Unless you make the kind of mistake that leads to lifelong debilitating chronic pain. It’s brutal.

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      My brother fucked his life up by stealing 120k worth of goods from his employer and school, he and his friends got caught and had to do their time and pay the fines.

      He managed to get out on top tho, he lied himself into the army and now works there with a cushy office job for security supervision in the entire country.

      I never did any crime and always worked hard, i have trouble keeping my fridge filled. The wife and i ended up living in a 14m2 room as it was all we could afford at the time. My brother has managed to live the “American dream” even though we aren’t Americans haha.

      Another old coworker of mine was an alcoholic and after 16 years he got fired because of it. He left the country for a woman he met online, started a family and funded the local school…only to pass away a year in due to complications from his lifelong alcoholism.

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        2 days ago

        I definitely see how you read it that way but it was not my intention lmfao it’s pretty good don’t get me wrong but it’s not worth ruining your life over, and it ruins your life pretty fucking fast. To this day, I wish I never would have even done it the first time. My life would be different as fuck.

        My point was even if you think you’re horribly fucked for life, you’re probably not. Don’t give up on yourself.