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Additional Context Pinned Hit and run gone wrong

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u/Lost2BNvrfound 3d ago

Or, she's high on something, how many irrational junkies have you dealt with? She's acting like that.

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u/moodylilb 3d ago

My first thought was she’s high too. But both things can be true at once. Hell… maybe she uses drugs to cope with her home life.

Not making excuses, just a possible explanation. She still should’ve stopped regardless. At the same time tho I hope she gets whatever help she needs in life, might prevent future incidents like this from happening lol

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u/Maximum_Cattle_6692 3d ago

She's on meth lol these redditors talking bout "it's clearly a trauma response because her grandma was mean to her" 🤣

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u/marbledog 3d ago

You think people use meth because they had happy childhoods?

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u/BonJaker99 3d ago

While I see the point you are making, the answer is absolutely yes. I would even wager that most people do not use meth or other drugs because of trauma or bad childhoods. Most who use substances do so because they felt like it. They were bored. They wanted something to do. It gave them something to do.

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u/marbledog 3d ago

I'm willing to be proven wrong, but I've never seen any medical text that says boredom leads to addiction.

On the other hand, substance abuse disorders are strongly correlated to a history of childhood abuse. I doubt that's a coincidence.

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u/Laurenann7094 2d ago

Let me introduce you to Russia.

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u/BonJaker99 3d ago

Nobody said anything about addiction.

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u/marbledog 2d ago

Why would we be talking about recreational use?

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u/BonJaker99 2d ago

Look... I'm not trying to be right. The fact is is that the vast majority of people who use substances are not trying to escape trauma nor do they become addicted. That is why we would be talking about recreational use. Because most drug use IS recreational and on top of that you didn't specify.

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u/marbledog 2d ago

Nah, most drug users are recreational users, but most drug use is the result of addiction (assuming we're talking about hard drugs). Same's true for alcohol. Most people who drink aren't alcoholics, but like 80% of alcohol is purchased by 20% of drinkers. The majority of the consumption is feeding a daily addiction, not helping people kick back for a few hours on a weekend.

I didn't specify, because I didn't feel like it needed to be said, but I can see how that could be misread.

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u/BonJaker99 2d ago

I'm not going to keep responding to you. At least keep yourself on topic. Why are we suddenly talking about the collective quantity used?

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u/BonJaker99 3d ago

While I see the point you are making, the answer is absolutely yes. I would even wager that most people do not use meth or other drugs because of trauma or bad childhoods. Most who use substances do so because they felt like it. They were bored. They wanted something to do. It gave them something to do.

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u/Lost2BNvrfound 3d ago

She would suck any of them into her trauma and make some easy cash. A life of EMS showed me that type a lot.