tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316895433129716754.post7110746296113245688..comments2023-10-16T13:17:17.552+01:00Comments on Being of Sound Mind: The Drugs Don't Worklucy joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863146546863419637noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316895433129716754.post-72733183805770291252011-07-31T17:28:08.406+01:002011-07-31T17:28:08.406+01:00You may not have spoken at her funeral, but you...You may not have spoken at her funeral, but you've given her a lovely tribute here xxLooking for Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010049814419812468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316895433129716754.post-47243424101147581492011-07-30T19:52:34.769+01:002011-07-30T19:52:34.769+01:00So sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. S...So sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. Someone fairly close to me lost their life due to alcoholism as did a young man in my social group a few years ago. We felt so helpless observing their deterioration and their deaths shook us to the core. Now as I look at my lovely children, I worry about how they will cope with the drinks and drugs culture. xDeb @ aspieinthefamily.comhttp://www.aspieinthefamily.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316895433129716754.post-11442629692509842432011-07-29T17:32:25.051+01:002011-07-29T17:32:25.051+01:00Im so so sorry to hear about what happened to your...Im so so sorry to hear about what happened to your friend, i cant even imagaine the effect on all her family and friends like yourself to lose someone in their prime to drugs. Ive been quite lucky growing up in that I never saw an drug taking and no friends even smoked! When i went to uni I saw the drugs culture then in the clubs but never heroin. Such a waste of life :o( Scarlett xScarletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06127736256417833208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316895433129716754.post-80984894355038115662011-07-28T11:01:07.454+01:002011-07-28T11:01:07.454+01:00I'm so sorry about your friend. Amy Winehouse ...I'm so sorry about your friend. Amy Winehouse too. Such a massive waste. Even if you don't touch hard drugs they can still affect your life - Amy and your friend both left a hole that will pull other people in to the misery. Another very heartfelt and thought-provoking post xxLakota [Faith Hope and Charity Shopping]https://www.blogger.com/profile/04247624645636227130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316895433129716754.post-28820665240294615462011-07-27T22:15:51.584+01:002011-07-27T22:15:51.584+01:00You hit the nail on the head with that post. I too...You hit the nail on the head with that post. I too have a childhood friend who has lived with heroin addiction until recently. In some ways I am fortunate that she is still here but in other ways the longing continues, longing for us to recapture what was but as time passes I am left with the feeling that too much water has passed under the bridge. Its so hard when you remember how things were so clearly, I am glad you spoke about your friend, thanks xKatryoshkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13965851242996278413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316895433129716754.post-20863264449045868382011-07-27T15:39:29.253+01:002011-07-27T15:39:29.253+01:00I can't begin to imagine how this affected you...I can't begin to imagine how this affected you over the years. It's such an awful thing to happen. My best friends partner was a drug addict and it made him lose his life too so her Son (now 18) grew up never knowing his Dad. <br /><br />A really powerful post xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769929947721828254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316895433129716754.post-2680129554054277252011-07-26T21:21:21.269+01:002011-07-26T21:21:21.269+01:00wow Luce, very affecting, writing and subject. Liv...wow Luce, very affecting, writing and subject. Living in the back of beyond Amy Winehouse means very little to me but the rest, all too familiar. My best friend from school died of alcoholism 15 years ago. I visited her grave when I went home to England in December. Chilling, in the horror story meaning of the word. Before I left for New Zealand I worked ran detox beds in a hospital (I can only remember one lasting success in 4 years re heroin) and literally the day before I left I saw a reference in a young womans admission note, about her pimp...who was my half-brother. The last time I saw him he was a nine year old, eating sweets, fishing. I still blame it all on Thatcher.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18387407423793099797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316895433129716754.post-31934676785663248142011-07-24T20:26:33.736+01:002011-07-24T20:26:33.736+01:00Heartbreaking. I was a 60’s teenager - and yes I r...Heartbreaking. I was a 60’s teenager - and yes I remember it - I was there - and at college in the early 70’s, when we all knew someone who was into drugs. Like you, it never appealed to me, but that’s not to say that I was holier-than-thou about it. Drink is just as bad and a mixture of the two positively lethal - poor old Amy. Your friend’s life was tragic too, a waste of a creative individual. You write that you don’t know what to say but your words have offered a memorial to her and possibly laid her ghost for you at the same time. A powerful and thought-provoking piece.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316895433129716754.post-66574066577345487302011-07-24T17:54:15.694+01:002011-07-24T17:54:15.694+01:00It's tragic. I think your home town is very si...It's tragic. I think your home town is very similiar to mine, a wasteland made desolate by the Thatcher years, no jobs, no prospects, no decent housing, no bloody hope.<br />During the Eighties I lost many acquaintances to drugs and someone heartbreakingly close to me chose to drink herself to death only last year, it's so sad and no matter how bad we feel when someone's so hell bent on self-destruction there's bugger all that we can do to convince them otherwise.<br />I adored Amy, I saw her live on numerous occasions and she was the reason I dyed my blonde hair black. The last time I saw her, during a particularly shambolic set, I was reduced to tears with a funny feeling that this would be the last time I'd ever see her sing live. xVixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05263970600699632661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7316895433129716754.post-89518265099226260712011-07-24T17:37:48.185+01:002011-07-24T17:37:48.185+01:00I don't know what to say :-( It's an awful...I don't know what to say :-( It's an awful thing when a friend takes the 'experimenting' many of us do as teenagers and runs across continents with it. It's all the more sad because they lose themselves as well as we losing them, I can't imagine what it must be like on the inside of it but on the outside trying to find a way to help it felt very bleak.<br /><br />I'm so sorry your friend was lost to it xXxJem https://www.blogger.com/profile/03909795752665059574noreply@blogger.com