Wow. This turned into a heavy thread. Pulling for you guys and your fight against your personal demons. Thanks for sharing your experiences. Stay strong.
Most definitely. Nothing earns more respect from me than someone who has cleaned up and stayed clean. It’s tough. While not an addict myself I have lost plenty of family over the years to the mental health/drug/alcohol demon. Respect the heck out of you guys for what you’re doing.
Now as far as Gordon, some people aren’t going to be able to break that cycle. Be it because of mental health, the cycle of addiction, the hangers on, whatever, something keeps pulling him back in. I was hopeful for him when he gave the interview after he cleaned up the last time where he admitted to his issues and using a lot more than just weed. He admitted to Xanax cuz every soccer mom has her Xanax prescription right? That drug class carries some heavy drugs which all show up the same on a drug test. The other one he admitted to is in the same family as heroin. Not saying he’s lying, and not saying he was taking anything stronger. However what he admitted to are low level drugs in high powered drug families. He’s not serious about facing anything yet.