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by road2recovery, Jul 02, 2007 12:00AM
Tags: Addiction
i really feel the post from the post from steve , really hit home to everyone...For it getting deleted i will never understand. ya'll delete alot of drama and that is fine..BUT this was real..how could you delete this one..What if after he typed and went out to take a ride and came back and there was nothing there...No help , no nothing...I think this is the one post that should have never been deleted..Please tell us why you would delete that post, compared to the ones you have deleted before.
I don't think i am the only one that feels this way
R2R
Member Comments (9)

by rooftrash, Jul 02, 2007 12:00AM
To: road
You got all that right!I hope he got to read the posts.if i were in his shoes i know i could have used that support.it was so cool.i went to feed my cat and think about what to say and the post was gone.Thanx MH

by marcatj, Jul 02, 2007 12:00AM
To: the flipside
hey guys, i just wanna give ya the flipside - i know a couple of people on here that were really rattled by today, so assuming Steve read it all, well, maybe it was wise to be taken down.

as well - does anyone see the irony of a bunch of us addicts telling these medical professionals what is best here?

don't get me wrong - i'm NOT saying anyone is right, or anyone is wrong - i'm just givin' ya the flipside, is all...

honestly, i am on the fence, so you don't need to convince me...

-mj

by HUBBY CHOO, Jul 02, 2007 12:00AM
To: Roof
Doing Great, Just glad we are in communication again!!  I swear I miss U!!!

I hope u are doing Well!!


C


by rooftrash, Jul 02, 2007 12:00AM
To: CHOO
Yea. miss u 2 bro.I was so good until i had this last surgery for the second time in 4 months.Fing doctors give it like candy.I told him thursday to reduce my scripts as i didn't need that strong without red flaging myself.just in case i really need the shi11 in the future .ya know bro?
   How's work?I miss the roof like you wouldn't believe.loosing a lot of money.can't even go on a decent vacation this year.I should be at the beach right now.@#$%$^&&

by HUBBY CHOO, Jul 02, 2007 12:00AM
To: Roof
WE WILL TALK LATER!\

c

NIGHTY

by LadySundown, Jul 02, 2007 12:00AM
To: Roof and HubbyChoo
You guys crack me up. I hope the cat is found and you both can sleep so you can pick on each other another day. You can tell you're really friends, as much as you two bad boys try to hide it. It was good to read your convo tonight. Sleep well both of you.....LS

by Gypsygirl66, Jul 02, 2007 12:00AM
I know that I am going to take some heat from this, but this is just my opinion and we are all entitled to them. Mine actually comes from having a history not only in the medical field, but in the psychiatric field also. Most of all though from losing both my best friend and another very close friend to suicide.
Although, it may seem that leaving that post up could be beneficial to some. It has the potential to cause great harm to many also. That post was very disruptive in the sense that it already left everyone that read it feeling helpless, just like anyone else that reads it will end up feeling helpless also. It has no therapeutic value, except to Steve. Who hasn't contacted us to let us know that he is okay. If he had said that he was "having suicidal thoughts" and wanted advice, ya know, reaching out. That would be a different story, but he said that he had a 357mgn and that he was going to end his life. That he would read a few posts, but he had made his peace with God and wouldn't be back.
I have to agree with Med Helps decision to remove his post, they could have left the response's, but his post upset a great deal of ppl.
I myself am having a very difficult time with this. I lost my beat friend and another very close friend to suicide. I was the last person to have a real conversation with my best friend and the very last person to speak to my close friend before both their death's. I can't even begin to describe to you the agony and the guilt I felt and still go through and how at times it's still so overpowering. I know in my head that it was their decision, but I will always feel like I could have done something, that somehow I missed something they were saying.
Unless you have been on the other side of suicide you won't understand what I'm about to say. The grief that it causes and the pain it leaves behind is just as debilitating if not worse, than the pain they are going through and we never get over it( there is no cure for grief over loss of a loved one). I personally think that suicide is one of the most selfish acts a person can ever do to the ppl they love. The people left behind don't think "well he was bipolar so I understand", they will ALL think that either they should've, could've done something about it or they will blame themselves for the rest of their lives for it. So if there are ppl out there considering it (Steve or anyone else) please, I'm begging you as a suicide survivor. Fight for your life and the lives and future's of you loved ones. They don't deserve what you are about to put them through. The help you need is out there, you just need to be diligent until you find what works for you. Don't give up, don't take the selfish road. If for right now you can't do this for yourself, then do it for your family and loved ones.
I in no way am putting you down, I know you're struggling. I'm just sharing my experience and my point of view. You and your family have and will continue to be in my prayers.
God Bless,
Gypsy

by sprstar, Jul 02, 2007 12:00AM
To: gypsygirl66
Your post makes sense. I was so all consumed worried about Steve yesterday and it's almost 4:am now and the first thing I did was come on here to see if he had posted or not.

I think we are all very vulnerable, and yes indeed that was some real s***.

Steve if your reading just a tiny  hello or something to let us know you got through it.

by beachtowel, Jul 02, 2007 12:00AM
To: road2recovery
I work at the N/A hotline and get suicide calls occasionally, this is a very sensitive area.......

Personally I don't think this is best handled publicly plus there are privacy laws to contend with...

I feel bad from one post that I made here to pregnant women sorry I forgot her name......
I guess her attitude about defending herself because she recieved her fix from doctors and she was not scum who bought drugs in the street........

I let my emotions get the best of me so my point had a sharp edge to it.......

They say judges and counselors have to operate without emotion I wonder how that is possible.....if a judge lost his family to a repeated drunk driver in a terrible bloody car crash how can that judge not show prejudice when he is in front of his next drunk driving case and sentencing.....

I hope Steve got some help he truly was in a bad place........when someone is talking suicide and is serious about it I don't think people here are qualified to deal with suicide issues.....it could do more harm then good even if not intentional.........I think we should all let this be and move on.............
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