verso
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Yeah my life has been a pretty awesome journey so far... never thought I'd meet such interesting, albeit some disgusting, people. lol
Definition of a "junkie"
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xstayfadedx
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^ agreed. I was a junkie to oxycontin even tho I never shot up either. I would do everything it took to obtain it. Like others said I lied, cheated, stole, robbed, burned literally EVERY bridge I had. It was bad, & a very dark time in my life. I'm grateful that I was able to snap out of it like you, xstayfadedx.
I'm happy to hear about someone else being able to get better. Much love to you
especially since I know you've must of went through SO much bullshit. Ah, time lost that can't ever be gotten back... Oh well we live and we learn.
thizFreckles
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I'm happy to hear about someone else being able to get better. Much love to you
hey, thanks so much faded!! that means a lot. i definitely did go thru a lot at such a ripe young age. but like you said, we live & we learn, definitely. & i don't regret anything (besides the whole robbing, stealing, cheating, lying thing) because it truly did make me a MUCH stronger person.
i still do opiates every once in a while, however. but NEVER like i was. & i don't do anything terrible to obtain them anymore either...
much love & SUCCESS to you as well!!
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^no problem and thank you as well . Yeah, I still do opiates as well but not even nearly as heavy as before and I don't ever plan on doing the shit I once did ever again. I wouldn't be able to live with myself. Wasn't the best time of my life and my life has barely even begun. So at least I can move forward. I won't dwell on the past since I can't change it. I just can only hope for a better future.
. Yeah, I still do opiates as well but not even nearly as heavy as before and I don't ever plan on doing the shit I once did ever again. I wouldn't be able to live with myself. Wasn't the best time of my life and my life has barely even begun. So at least I can move forward. I won't dwell on the past since I can't change it. I just can only hope for a better future.
beengerman
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i hear you on that. i mean think back to when you were a little kid. never would of thought, its crazy.
A "junkie" is a person who uses "junk" which is slang for heroin. (i believe junk is more commonly used in the UK area than stateside, in my area "dope" is mostly used to heroin along with "boy, brown, diesel, china, tar, dogfood, and beans/buttons").
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Close. It was coined from from heroin users in 1913 who would go down the street with a cart and collect scrap metal to bring to the junkyard for cash. Hence the name, junkie.
Stoned Immaculate
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Based on the above answers....I think I may just have started dating a junkie...oops.
^doesn't necessarily mean they're a bad person, right?
I think a junkie is someone who is past a blurred line as to a drug meaning so much to someone that it has become a part of their personality
they are addicted and would be much different without it, perhaps unrecognizable
I think a junkie is someone who is past a blurred line as to a drug meaning so much to someone that it has become a part of their personality
they are addicted and would be much different without it, perhaps unrecognizable
Master_Khan
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Junkie is certainly a perjorative term, but for me there is one that is even worse: alcoholic. At least people who sell out for illegal drugs are necessarily creative and resourceful because the despicable drug war forces them to be so. Alcohol abuse is at least as dirty and destructive as any drug use as far as I'm concerned, but because it's a socially and legally accepted taboo, we have alcoholics judging other drug users every day in this country. From where I sit, 'junkies' look down on alcoholics from a lofty perch. my 2 centavos.
Sometimes I think about what it would be like to turn the tables for just one day and make alcohol (and cigarettes for that matter) illegal and make all the illegal drugs legit, and shake all these establishment alcohol abusers right out of their comfortable trees and then maybe this ridiculous pathetic racially motivated drug war would come to a thunderous halt. Maybe. It would be such a delight to watch all these drinking hypocrites have to head down into the ghetto to cop their DOC.
Sometimes I think about what it would be like to turn the tables for just one day and make alcohol (and cigarettes for that matter) illegal and make all the illegal drugs legit, and shake all these establishment alcohol abusers right out of their comfortable trees and then maybe this ridiculous pathetic racially motivated drug war would come to a thunderous halt. Maybe. It would be such a delight to watch all these drinking hypocrites have to head down into the ghetto to cop their DOC.
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Znegative
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I really like this post, and couldn't agree/word it better. I don't see being a "junky" as a sign of low morals or a lack of willpower. In fact, I personally call myself a junky all the time. I wouldn't randomly call other users that, but I have no problem with the term for the most part, because if I'm to really look into the mirror, I see someone who's become obsessed with drug use, trying to control it, trying to obtain it, trying to stop it.
Junkie = Great actor
Most hopeless drug addicts learn this by survival necessity, like thieving and scamming people. They'll always say things like "I'd never do anything like rob or scam someone for drugs", and it can seem completely genuine, but what it usually means is just the opposite of what they're saying and they're just trying to make themselves look good or make you trust them.
I just assume most I run into in the streetdrug-scene is a potential robber/rapist/worse no matter how they come across, even if I'm a good judge of people. It's kind of sad really, I don't think it even matters much what they were like before they started out. If they get desperate enough they're all pretty much the same.
Most hopeless drug addicts learn this by survival necessity, like thieving and scamming people. They'll always say things like "I'd never do anything like rob or scam someone for drugs", and it can seem completely genuine, but what it usually means is just the opposite of what they're saying and they're just trying to make themselves look good or make you trust them.
I just assume most I run into in the streetdrug-scene is a potential robber/rapist/worse no matter how they come across, even if I'm a good judge of people. It's kind of sad really, I don't think it even matters much what they were like before they started out. If they get desperate enough they're all pretty much the same.
Znegative
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I dont think that's true. Yes, to a certain extent, when people become hopelessly addicted they often will bend their moral code if it means getting high. But I don't think that means that most addicts become willing to commit any crime for cash/drugs. I've definately done some dirt that I regret, and am ashamed of, but there is definately a line I would never pass, even at my worst. I'd rather kill myself than rape/murder/torture another human being.
However, it doesn't hurt to have that judgement when you are dealing with people on the street. Addicts can be very cunning and manipulative, so assuming the worst is not a bad measure to take if it means you'll stay more vigilant.
However, it doesn't hurt to have that judgement when you are dealing with people on the street. Addicts can be very cunning and manipulative, so assuming the worst is not a bad measure to take if it means you'll stay more vigilant.
McHigh_HMG
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Ive done some fucked up shit and cant even remember the last time i went through a whole day without telling a lie.
I dont fuck people over anymore cause i dont need to and i felt like karma caught up to me.
I dont fuck people over anymore cause i dont need to and i felt like karma caught up to me.
I drew the line at severe physical harm. Definition of "severe" is up for interpretation though... That and store robberies/bank robberies. Too easy to get caught. If i could have got away with it, you bet your ass i would. My lines were drawn on possibility of success of the crime as well, if there was a high chance id get busted, i wouldnt do it.