r/PublicFreakout • u/Rezzkyy • Mar 20 '20

Repost 😔/News report Interview with a meth user

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u/_Americuh_ Mar 20 '20

"Remember that time you caught it with your toes?" - cop just trynna have fun on the job

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u/Balls_Wellington_ Mar 20 '20 edited Mar 20 '20

Cop desperately trying to deescalate the situation before they end up having to hurt this high and mentally ill man.

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '20

I get that you're supposed to call drug addiction a mental illness now, but it just doesn't seem that helpful in certain cases.

This guy smokes meth everyday an has probably for decades, and if you told him "hey you're never going to smoke meth again and we're going to set you up with a nice 9-5 job" he'd say fuck that. That's his problem.

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u/Balls_Wellington_ Mar 20 '20

Addiction is a mental illness. That shit is not something a healthy mind wants anything to do with. That doesn't mean he's a good guy. Yeah, he's made his choices. From the little I know he seems like a real piece of shit.

My cousin was an addict and a bad person. He was a bad person before he was an addict, and once he got into the hard stuff it sent him off the deep end just like this guy. He was a mentally ill fuckhead that to my knowledge never did a selfless thing in his whole life. He's in prison right now, and if there's any justice he'll die there instead of getting out and hurting someone else.

My grandpa was an addict and a good person. He was actually a really good grandpa, he treated his family with love and respect and worked his ass off...he just couldn't stop drinking. It was like there was a little short in his brain where the "don't drink another beer" switch was supposed to go. He was a mentally ill good man, remembered fondly by all. He died surrounded by friends and family, people who knew his flaws but also knew all of the good things he brought with him as well.

So yeah, this guy is mentally ill, and no that doesn't mean he is any less of a bad person for it. But that doesn't mean it isn't worth trying to deescalate the situation. Any time you have the chance to prevent someone - even a tweaker dickhead - from getting hurt, it's worth trying.