Lord, have Mercy!

 

here's a wake up call
http://www.drugfree.org/Portal/DrugI...ces/index.html

 

My neighbor is just a 150 yards away from me. The shop is a mile from me. I live in the middle of 2 acres that used to be a pecan orchard(trees are gone now).

I plan on moving this summer to Enid MS into a 140 plus year old house. My work is cut out for me there!

When I do move, I will be unable to post in this forum because all we will get there is dial-up and this cable connection has ruined me.

Another:
"You know I've smoked a lot of grass, oh lord I've popped a lot of pills.
But I never took nothin, that my spirit could kill.
You know I've seen lots of folks walkin round with tombstones in their eyes.
But the pusher don't care....if you live or if you die."

*** **** the pusher!"

 

That is most excellent, hawk.

 

mmmm...meth It's just not for breakfast anymore.

 

Yes about 2 years ago now. I had a tractor with a NH3 (anhydrous ammonia) tank attached. Parked it for lunch across the road from a neighbors house. Came back 1/2 hr later. The meth guys hit the tank for 1000 lbs (value $200) . They didn't know it but it had the red dye in it. It was painted on everything it touched. It will last a week on someone if you get it on you. We made a police report and they was really watching for someone to be caught RED HANDED.

 

Nice one!!!

Picture yourself in a boat on a river,
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly,
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

Cellophane flowers of yellow and green,
Towering over your head.
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes,
And she's gone.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Ah... Ah...

Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies,
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers,
That grow so incredibly high.
Newspaper taxis appear on the shore,
Waiting to take you away.
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds,
And you're gone.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Ah... Ah...

Picture yourself on a train in a station,
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties,
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile,
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes.

Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Lucy in the sky with diamonds.
Ah... Ah...

 

heres a classic that i like, about a nine daybinge


On the first part of the journey
I was looking at all the life
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The first thing I met was a fly with a buzz
And the sky with no clouds
The heat was hot and the ground was dry
But the air was full of sound

I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...

After two days in the desert sun
My skin began to turn red
After three days in the desert fun
I was looking at a river bed
And the story it told of a river that flowed
Made me sad to think it was dead

You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...

{instrumental}

After nine days I let the horse run free
'Cause the desert had turned to sea
There were plants and birds and rocks and things
There was sand and hills and rings
The ocean is a desert with it's life underground
And a perfect disguise above
Under the cities lies a heart made of ground
But the humans will give no love

You see I've been through the desert on a horse with no name
It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain
La, la ...

great song but no "major" drugs for me

 

I am ashamed to admit that I was once hooked on meth. It was in California where I grew up and lived until I was 36 years old. One day my employer called me into the office and they announced that they were moving to Texas and would I like to go with them. The alternative was to be laid off with a really handsome severance package or I could accept a $15,000 signing bonus and move to Texas with them. Even though I was a meth addict I was a good employee. I busted *** and never missed any days. Anyway, right about this same time I was beginning to realize that I was hooked on meth and that my life was a mess. I wanted to stop but didn't have the willpower. I was behind in my bills and broke even though I had a great job. I decided that moving to Texas with the company could be the change that I needed and what I had to do.

I left California and meth behind on June 18, 1999. I haven't done a single speck of that stuff since and I am thankful and feel lucky to be alive. I also have some feelings of guilt as I should have never gotten into that stuff. My family suffered for it.

I still work for the same company and am now their production supervisor. Once I got off of that crap my life took off like a rocket and I am the happiest now I have ever been in my life.

For those of you out there who have kids or loved ones that might be on this stuff the best advice I can give you is to not enable them. Do not loan them money. Do not accept their excuses for erratic behavior. Do not condone what they are doing. It's tough but you have to let them spiral and crash. This drug is so powerful and addicting that they will not accept help until it is too late. I was lucky, damn lucky in fact and I count my blessings every day.

This was tough to write and post here on this site but I feel like getting the message out there is far more important than me being embarrassed. I love this site and I feel that the people here are great, decent folks (y'all drive Ford trucks!) and I don't wish this drug and it's effects on any of you or your loved ones.

Hope this helps.

 

Texas Outlaw, thanks for sharing man. Pretty powerful story, I was all goosebumby. keep up the good work.

 

I second that Texas Outlaw.

 

Thanks. Sure hope that some kid reads this or a parent that is having trouble and that it does some good.

 

Scott, that was a great post. It took guts to tell your story. You should be proud of what you did to turn your life around.
Thanks.

 

Got an old buddy who went off the deep end after his wife passed away.Meth, crack,heroin all sorts of s***. We all smoked a little weed when we were younger but the rest of us quit 20+ years ago.This guy would still burn one time to time.Wish he would have quit when the rest of us did.Used to be I'd trust him with anything now I don't trust him at all.We met in 7th grade, we're now 46.I miss my friend.Flippin dope.

 

Texas Outlaw, thanks for having the guts to tell your story.You're a good man.