how strong is the link between addiction issues and already existing mental health problems? my dad's family is riddled with alcoholism, but they're yer typical fucked up donegal family of half buried seething resentments.
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I found that on the Luas too, especially during the colder months where (I presume) people bought a day pass and stayed in the warmth of the Luas all day, walking up and down every few minutes to beg for change. It was such a different vibe compared to now or before Covid.My friend's Dad drives for Dublin Bus. During lockdown, he said all he did was shuttle junkies around the city. With fewer regular commuters and shoppers etc the junkies slowly reclaimed a more dominant presence, where traditionally they were largely hidden. Now, as has been said they are openly scoring, smoking, and shooting up wherever they feel like it. It's a weird sort of progress, in that we can't pretend they don't exist anymore.
Very strong and complex. A lot of mental health/psychiatric disorders will have symptoms associated with poor impulse control and increased risk-seeking behaviour. Couple that with self-medication or with drugs as a triggering episode for an underlying problem.how strong is the link between addiction issues and already existing mental health problems? my dad's family is riddled with alcoholism, but they're yer typical fucked up donegal family of half buried seething resentments.
Massive, evidently. Not quite the same, but there was a thing on the radio the other week saying that 50-80% of male prison inmates have suffered head trauma at some point. Guys not right in the head (sorry for the old fashioned lingo), getting messed up because that seems like the best way out of whatever they're feeling right now.how strong is the link between addiction issues and already existing mental health problems? my dad's family is riddled with alcoholism, but they're yer typical fucked up donegal family of half buried seething resentments.
I kinda got a feeling of a huge shift in social structure over the weekend. The people who were from there found it hard to relate to the place. I sorta suspect if we'd a lightswitch type overnight event that people wouldn't go back to their previous circles - everyone has not dealt with this in the same way, be it a few beers or lines and wines or fit - its a strange thing. Kinda thinking out loud here. Occasionally i meet another person i've not seen for a bit and been taken aback by how different their experience was to mine.I wonder what impact the year and a half of imbibing at home is going to have had on people's behaviours and habits. I've gone from being basically teetotal to fully being someone "who'll take a drink," as in I've noticed myself thinking "I'd love a drink" from time to time in the day and to be honest I'm not entirely happy about that. How many people have gone from a few drinks in the pub to being accustomed to wines and lines or whatever where they might not have been before?
It's so easy to just get some drink in, knowing there is no commute in the morning.I wonder what impact the year and a half of imbibing at home is going to have had on people's behaviours and habits. I've gone from being basically teetotal to fully being someone "who'll take a drink," as in I've noticed myself thinking "I'd love a drink" from time to time in the day and to be honest I'm not entirely happy about that. How many people have gone from a few drinks in the pub to being accustomed to wines and lines or whatever where they might not have been before?
I'm quite looking forward to when we won't be going out to the pub probably but the stage where we can feel safe visiting our friends' houses and I resume my previous function of being my girlfriend's totally dry chauffeur when we visit people.
It's so easy to just get some drink in, knowing there is no commute in the morning.
I need to cut down on it to be honest
But not tonight
Why do people do it, does anyone know? My 16 year old, who has all the problems of the world figured out, naturally, was haranguing me the other day saying that addiction stems from poverty, but ... well, in my experience people will try Drug X because their friend tried it and said it was fun. Junkies are clearly not having much fun though
I can empathise. I lost €80 or so on a Leonard Cohen box set when PledgeMusic collapsed. No emails to update backers, just left to eventually figure out that you’re fucked.lost 49 Euro on a kickstarter project that seems to have scammed alot of us.
didnt know chargeback was only within a 4 month window of transaction. thought itd actually be longer than Paypal's 6 month window. SONOFABITCH
SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOMEEEEEIt's so easy to just get some drink in, knowing there is no commute in the morning.
I need to cut down on it to be honest
But not tonight
The bigger trousers was my wake up call tooBeen getting locked pretty consistently every friday, saturday and sunday night since we started. Previously would have only drank at gigs. Not great is it. Really look forward to friday night cans all week.
Had to buy bigger trousers last week. Going to knock it on the head this weekend.
I've got into the habit of having about 30-40 bottles of beer a week. Hops and barley are part of my 5 veg a day regimen
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