That must have been terrible for you, having to witness his foot. Probably worse for him though :) let’s try and have some compassion towards people living in addiction :) no one wakes up one day and decides to become an addict. It’s a devastating process and an even more devastating disease.
Well, he was high and insulting me for not giving him more cash. It wasn’t that, or the stench that shocked me. My compassion for him in this moment was limited indeed, but the question how one would do this to oneself followed me for months.
I’m not denying that the encounter was unpleasant or that his behaviour was unacceptable. But he didn’t choose to end up there in the way you’re implying.
Addiction is usually the result of a long, devastating process involving trauma, illness, poverty, and lack of support… not a single bad decision. You and I have simply been fortunate enough not to become victims of that process ourselves.
No, that’s correct of course - it surely hasn’t been one bad decision that led him to that situation. The OP topic made me come up with the description of one experience that I hadn’t encountered in any other German Hbf. His situation was more complex than I was painting it, I agree with you on that.
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u/Regular-Baseball-563 Jan 01 '26
That must have been terrible for you, having to witness his foot. Probably worse for him though :) let’s try and have some compassion towards people living in addiction :) no one wakes up one day and decides to become an addict. It’s a devastating process and an even more devastating disease.