I just got sad news

[XemaSab]

A friend of mine died of a heroin overdose two nights ago.

I didn't know him well, but I'm still sort of shocked by it.

I don't understand how people can do drugs like that, and throw their lives away.

It's such a waste.

[WCGreen]

1. From someone who has been there and back (alcohol)

You will never understand.....

Jut feel the pain for your loss

[Maddy McCall]

2. XemaSab...

Big hugs to you. I lost a friend this past weekend, too. Still waiting on autopsy news, though. :( :hug:

[XemaSab]

21. That's terrible

I'm sorry to hear that. :hug:

[xchrom]

3. sorry to hear that.

heroin can be a bad, bad life to get into.
as your poor fiend found out.

[Shell Beau]

4. That's him? That really is too bad.

[XemaSab]

24. That's him

4 or 5 years ago.

He was so young.... younger than me.

[redqueen]

5. So sorry for your loss...

I don't know what to say...

I lost someone to drugs earlier this year... if only we treated drug abuse as the health problem it is, and not a crime. :(

[enigmatic]

6. Oh man, I'm sorry

My sympathies.

[skygazer]

7. I'm very, very sorry

Unfortunately it's all to easy to get sucked into addiction. And once you're there, it's very hard to escape. :hug:

[JimmyJazz]

8. I am terribly sorry for your loss.

:hug:

[GOPisEvil]

9. That's very sad.

Such a waste. I'm sorry for the loss of your friend.

[Taverner]

10. My heart goes out to you

From someone who had a bit too much fun with sniff sniff in the 80's, let me say it's incredibly easy for someone who's intelligent and has the world ahead of him to give in to a drug.

First time you try "that drug" you want to repeat that experience again and again. Problem is, the second and third time are NEVER like the first...and when you realize that it's too late.

[gmoney]

11. Awww, XemaSab...

That's terrible... I'm sorry to hear about your friend.

:hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug: :hug:

The availability of cheap, high-purity heroin is such a scary problem because it's everywhere, and people you'd never imagine touching the stuff are getting hooked. It's a sad day when a young person like this falls victim to it... :mad:

[intheflow]

12. I don't get it either.

My son's father's family has many alcoholics who are also either coke or herion addicts. His father (my ex) was murdered by his brother-in-law during a drunken fight where both had been doing other drugs as well. Both men were fine people when sober, but their addictions stripped away their sense until they were left with one dead and the other a murderer.

I think living in this fucked up world is just too hard on some people. Easier to cover the pain than to face it. Which only leads to more pain... vicious circle. :cry:

[texanwitch]

13. So sorry to hear about your friend, my cousin died from a od

when I was a teenager, we were close.

This will be hard on his family. A big:hug: goes out to them.

[Zuni]

14. much love Xemasab

I am very sorry

:grouphug:

[jane_pippin]

15. I'm sorry XemaSab. Love to you and those who miss him.

:hug:

[texastoast]

16. I'm very sorry

But please know he can see you, and if you are careful, observant, and open-minded, you might be able to pick up on his communication to you, especially for the short term. And you WILL see him again in joy.

[Wapsie B]

17. I'm so sorry.

My deepest sympathies.

[xmas74]

18. I'm so sorry.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. I am so sorry... was that him? *hugs and prayers*

[XemaSab]

20. That's Jason on a birding trip we took

up in Washington state.

Thanks for your sympathy.

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. What a sweet and beautiful looking young man. What a loss to his

friends and family. His parents must be beside themselves with grief.

[merh]

23. (((((hugs)))))) I am sorry for your loss.

I lost a friend last week due to an overdose. He was only 45. :cry:

If you don't mind, I would like to include you and your friend and the friend's family in my prayers. :hug:

[XemaSab]

25. I would like that,

thank you.

[merh]

26. Consider it done and on going. ((((hug))))

If you don't mind, may I pmail you an essay I wrote after the death of my friend? It might help - I know that writing it helped me.

:hug:

[XemaSab]

27. Certainly.

Thank you so much!

[merh]

29. I pmailed you.

((((((((:hug:))))))))))))

[XemaSab]

30. thanks

((((((((:hug:))))))))))))

that was very nice what you wrote. I pmailed you back.

[blondeatlast]

28. I'm so sorry. May he rest in peace. nt

[tibbir]

31. Gosh, I'm so sorry.

My brother was (really is, just not active) drug addict and alcoholic. He's just damned lucky to be alive today. After seeing what they did to him I'm glad I just dabbled a little with smoking dope years ago.

[BikeWriter]

32. I'm so sorry to hear that. My own youngest...

has attempted suicide with drugs twice.

[XemaSab]

34. That's awful!

I hope he gets the help he needs to be healthy.

:hug:

[BikeWriter]

36. Thank you, he knows how I feel about his addiction.

[no name no slogan]

33. oh no

Kurt Cobain said it, but i'll repeat it: opiates come directly from satan. they are so insidious, so evil, and so addicting, and screw up so many people....

i'm so sad for your loss. :hug:

[bigwillq]

35. Sorry to hear of the loss.

:hug:

[Beware the Beast Man]

37. That's terrible, XS.

:hug:

[sandnsea]

38. It is tragic

Heroin is a real beast, I've never known anybody to get off of it permanently. The people I've known who were on it were some of the nicest people I've ever known too. Just so tragic, sorry for your loss.

[WhollyHeretic]

39. I'm very sorry to hear that. It's tough to understand. I lost the best

friend I've ever had to heroin. He died nine years ago as of next month. He was one of the smartest people I've known. It is such a waste of what should be a terrific life. I still sometimes think about all the things he's missed, he never got to meet my son or even little things like the last Star Wars movie. It's kind of silly but years ago when we were in high school we promised no matter where we were we would see the new Star Wars movies when they came out, I cried for a couple minutes during the movie.

Heroin is a horrible drug and I've never known anyone to get free of it. I've lost several other friends to heroin, they are not dead but their lives have been destroyed for years, occasionally I'll hear something about them and it's never good. I can't even watch any movies with heroin users in them, it just upsets me too much.

I am very sorry for your loss.

[XemaSab]

40. I got an email from a friend with more details

It's too grim to share, but he had been clean for a year so he probably miscalculated the dosage. He was at his dad's house, and his dad found him the next morning. The coroner said he probably just went to sleep and didn't wake up.

He will be cremated and his ashes scattered over the Pacific.

[ScreamingMeemie]

41. Xema, I'm sorry. My heart hurts for you and for your friend's family.

How horrible for his dad. You're in my thoughts.

~Laura

[u4ic]

42. I'm so sorry, XemaSab

A friend's brother is struggling with a crack addiction, and we're concerned he will end up as your friend did.

:hug:

[Swede]

43. I lost a friend to alchohol a few years back.

Some people get taken over by the substance and can't beat it. Sorry for your loss.

[indigo32]

44. I'm sorry

addiction is a terrible illness.