(CL ad) "worthless Tweekers in a Festiva!!"

[festyxfi]

http://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/1286129318.html

[batstiva]

:laughing6::laughing6::laughing6: In all caps too. My favorite kind of CLer.

[TominMO]

I notice he posted in Cars for Sale. But since he has the license plate, why not just go to the police?

He refers to "worthless tweekers". I am not sure what a tweeker is, but are there also worthwhile ones?

[festyxfi]

Tom, "tweekers" are often the term used for Meth users. The worst kind of drug user out there, pure poison....

[Biglay5150]

Yea and there all worthless!!

[festyxfi]

I use to be very hard on "tweekers" since they manufactured all over my hometown in Nor-Cal growing up, steal everything, generally creep everyone out. But then I learned a little about the sick culture behind it, and made a friend in MT that recovered (quite well) from an addiction of it, and somehow found compassion for them. They're easy to hate, trust me, I know, but can't help but feel sorry for folks addicted to such an evil, soul killing substance.

FX

[TominMO]

I use to be very hard on "tweekers" since they manufactured all over my hometown in Nor-Cal growing up, steal everything, generally creep everyone out. But then I learned a little about the sick culture behind it, and made a friend in MT that recovered (quite well) from an addiction of it, and somehow found compassion for them. They're easy to hate, trust me, I know, but can't help but feel sorry for folks addicted to such an evil, soul killing substance.

FX

I saw an episode of Cops that showed a woman who was a habitual meth user. She had degenerated into an animal, no longer really human. Her mind was just gone.

[Biglay5150]

I have no compassion for them. They stuck the stuff up there nose in the first place. Its not a sickness its a choise they make to do it.

[milehighbear]

Yea, that stuff is bad news. It's called the walk away drug cause once you use it, and it only takes once, and you walk away from your family, job, the world. My niece got hooked on it and luckily she got arrested, sent to rehab by judge, and is now married and doing good. We are proud of her. Kids just don't understand, it only takes one time and your hooked.

[TominMO]

I have no compassion for them. They stuck the stuff up there nose in the first place. Its not a sickness its a choise they make to do it.

The underlying reason that many people "self-medicate" by taking drugs is depression, or a temporary escape from a hellish situation, e.g. at home. For sure it's a bad choice; but some people can't see good alternatives, or a way out. Granted, maybe they aren't looking hard enough. The worst kind of tragedy is unnecessary suffering, even self-inflicted.

But don't think I'm some kinda softy bleeding-heart type. I just try to see all the angles.

[festyxfi]

The underlying reason that many people "self-medicate" by taking drugs is depression, or a temporary escape from a hellish situation, e.g. at home. For sure it's a bad choice; but some people can't see good alternatives, or a way out. Granted, maybe they aren't looking hard enough. The worst kind of tragedy is unnecessary suffering, even self-inflicted.

But don't think I'm some kinda softy bleeding-heart type. I just try to see all the angles.

Me too!... Not cutting them any slack per say, just pointing out that it's one nasty substance that turns people into zombies.