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Tue 12/09/08 05:24 AM
well my daughter use to say that I was born in 1865, she did that for almost a year before I caught on to it. :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

but everyone says that I look older than I am.sad2 sad2 sad2

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Tue 12/09/08 05:22 AM


that's awesome!!! The one drug that controlled me was nicotine. Some ppl don't look at it as a drug but it is. I quit smoking 3 months ago and I just keep taking it one day at a time with no cigarettes.


ugh.. i quit cold turkey about 9(??) years ago.. something like that.. after smoking for about 7 or 8... and it was so f*n hard... I would sit and cry cause I didn't want to smoke... and that was just a cigarette.. after quitting smoking and feeling how addicted I was just to a cigarette.. I got a very small taste of how a drug addict must feel... and I can't imagine the strength of the addiction when it comes to something like heroin... I used to think they were weak, horrible people throwing away thier lives and family for drugs... After quitting smoking.. instead of hating addicts, I feel sorry for them more than anything now.. I know its like mountains to molehills.. but I can understand...


Good for you for quitting, and as I am a former smoker I can totally relate to what you are saying. I still cant totally understand how anyone can let a drug like that take total control over them. Maybe its something that I will never understand. I know that my friend loved his family so much, but the drug took over his life. It is just a sad situation all the way around.

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Tue 12/09/08 05:18 AM

God Bless you and his family....so sad that one feels the need to miss out on life and leaves in such a tragic way....praying that God holds all of you during this time and may his soul now be free:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: brokenheart brokenheart brokenheart brokenheart brokenheart


It really is MsKimm323, and that sad things is that he was such a good person when he wasnt on drugs. But as I have said now he is not fighting those demons anymore.flowerforyou

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Tue 12/09/08 05:15 AM
beloved Mother and friend

just really simpleflowerforyou

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Tue 12/09/08 05:13 AM
flowerforyou No I dont, but maybe in time.

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Tue 12/09/08 05:11 AM
that is so beautiful, I miss the winter months here in Florida.flowerforyou

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Tue 12/09/08 05:06 AM
I truly believe that you have to have both to be truly happy. flowerforyou flowerforyou

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Tue 12/09/08 05:01 AM







My old addiction
Changed the wiring in my brain
So that when it turns the switches
Then I am not the same.

First lines from a song by David Wilcox.

I think he knows.

I have lost several friends to drugs and alcohol. Some in recovery, some not.
Some intentional, some not.
Always sad just the same.




I dont think that it matters either way, we miss them and it is really hard to get over.


We also miss them when they are alive and using drugs. They are not themselves anymore. It's like an invasion of the body snatchers took over their body and their body is only the shell of whom they are.flowerforyou


Winx.flowerforyou
More than one person I've known has refered to addiction as the living death.



The person that I was close to that was using once said this when he was actively using, "He wouldn't wish it on his worse enemy."


I know a couple of people that have said the same thing.


They're living in a private hell.


yes they are, and I could not imagine the hell that they are living.

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Tue 12/09/08 05:00 AM

From the age of 13 until I turned 21, I was a full on drunk.

What made me quit?? My daughter was born. I stopped drinking that very day.

These days, I'll go out a couple times a year and get polluted. Occasionally have a drink at home when it's been a long frustrating week at work.

It's kinda funny. I'm the guy who will go to the bar with friends and have just a couple of drinks ( literally ) the whole night.

I am constantly being asked " How can you DO that?? "

I really don't know. I just do.



I quit drinks a few years back, because I found that all it did was make me sick the next day and sometimes for a week. Now I am the driver for my friends when they want to go out and get plastered.

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Tue 12/09/08 04:55 AM

You and your family will be in my prayers during this season. One of my oldest friends just recently found her mother on the couch, passing away from pain killers and such. Her mother was only 48 years old and I feel horrible because she had to do all the preparations for the burial and everything. It happened 3 days before Thanksgiving....And I am sorry that I cannot be in Arizona with her, during this time.

I'm very sorry to hear what has happened. flowerforyou


I hope and pray that your friend is doing well. I will keep her in my prayers. It is never easy no matter what time of year it is.flowerforyou

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Tue 12/09/08 04:52 AM
Just a quick update, things are great with me and my daughter. We talk everynight and in fact I think that we are spending more time together since all of this has happened. She knows that she can come to me about anything. At her 18th birthday last week, she told me that she knew that she had to rebuild my trust on that one issue before she moved out to go to college and I told her that I was just happy that she had waited as long as she had. So things are good.

Thank you for all of your help.

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Tue 12/09/08 04:48 AM


flowerforyou I would want both, but if I had to choose I would want to be in love and unhappy with my life.

Thank you for your response. I'm curious in how much people really value love.

Most people would want both, but I am guessing that if they had to choose, they would choose love.

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Tue 12/09/08 04:44 AM
flowerforyou I would want both, but if I had to choose I would want to be in love and unhappy with my life.

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Tue 12/09/08 04:42 AM
forgive yes, keep the gift and then take it back to the store and get the money.happy

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Tue 12/09/08 04:38 AM
I dont think that they do. flowerforyou flowerforyou

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Tue 12/09/08 04:35 AM
Hello and welcome, I hope that you have fun here in the forums.flowerforyou

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Mon 12/08/08 08:39 PM
in a long time, but it is time for me to bid you all a good night. flowerforyou flowerforyou

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Mon 12/08/08 08:35 PM
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Mon 12/08/08 08:34 PM





My old addiction
Changed the wiring in my brain
So that when it turns the switches
Then I am not the same.

First lines from a song by David Wilcox.

I think he knows.

I have lost several friends to drugs and alcohol. Some in recovery, some not.
Some intentional, some not.
Always sad just the same.




I dont think that it matters either way, we miss them and it is really hard to get over.


We also miss them when they are alive and using drugs. They are not themselves anymore. It's like an invasion of the body snatchers took over their body and their body is only the shell of whom they are.flowerforyou


Winx.flowerforyou
More than one person I've known has refered to addiction as the living death.



The person that I was close to that was using once said this when he was actively using, "He wouldn't wish it on his worse enemy."


I know a couple of people that have said the same thing.

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Mon 12/08/08 08:28 PM



My old addiction
Changed the wiring in my brain
So that when it turns the switches
Then I am not the same.

First lines from a song by David Wilcox.

I think he knows.

I have lost several friends to drugs and alcohol. Some in recovery, some not.
Some intentional, some not.
Always sad just the same.




I dont think that it matters either way, we miss them and it is really hard to get over.


We also miss them when they are alive and using drugs. They are not themselves anymore. It's like an invasion of the body snatchers took over their body and their body is only the shell of whom they are.flowerforyou


Your right, and we do get a few encounters with the person that they use to be when they are not on drugs. It is a no win situation either way. Because the sober, kind and loving person isnt around that long. flowerforyou

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