¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 just found out a client i work with just got busted for dealing heroine. not a bummer that he's busted for dealing, a bummer that he went back to that life. great way to start the week, right? had an interview for a health job lined up for him, too. unreal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseydave77 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 I've seen drugs lead very smart people, people I love, down horrible paths and on a few occasions into a casket. I'll never get used to it or understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 me either dave, me either. the worst part about this is that he came here at 19 years old with nothing and left with his HS diploma, his CNA license, a drivers license, and had just became a father. I saw him at graduation with his 1 mo kid and he was so ecstatic to get life going for his son, it was awesome, and to read the paper and see that he was busted in a hotel room dealing heroine just really bums me out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzersonKillwell Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Oof. Shit. That sucks. Sorry man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isavedlatin54 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 i used to hang out with a group of kids until i was like 15, now they are all either in jail, or dead because of drug use. last time i saw one of them (about 4 years ago) he was working at a burger king, was clearly strung out and still using. 6 months later I read the he overdosed. he was one of the only kids in my little group that wasn't a down right criminal. meaning he was a nice guy and other than drugs lived his life pretty decently. it was a bit sad but then i just thought about how lucky i was to cut ties with all of them. sorry to hear that man, hope things start looking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 i'll be fine, its just depressing to watch someone come from a troubled background, try to and succeed in getting the tools they need to begin advancing in life, only to end up back where they began 7 months later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 What's your job Mike T? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hipsterasfolk Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 That sucks :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbruise Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Should have stuck with weed... Bummer is also a rad band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingvinyl Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 What's your job Mike T? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 I work as a career transition specialist for WPA Career Transition Services with Job Corps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unwound Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 @Mike T what's the biggest hurdle you have when it comes to transitioning someone with that kind of lifestyle? What do you re-assure them with as a notion to stay clean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 @Mike T what's the biggest hurdle you have when it comes to transitioning someone with that kind of lifestyle? What do you re-assure them with as a notion to stay clean? well, to clarify first, I am not a social worker, and I do not have a social worker background or education, but my job basically entails all of it. it really depends on the young adult. through the final couple months of the program before graduating, we focused on his newborn, or soon-to-be newborn, and that he's doing this all for his child. that was his driving motivator to getting everything he ended up getting. i dont know if that was the right way to go about it, again, my job is mostly focused on career services, getting employed, and staying employed, but any barriers that come up before/during/after employment that he may need assistance with, referrals to other local, state, federal programs/assistance, I help out. unwound 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maneatingcow Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 i'll be fine, its just depressing to watch someone come from a troubled background, try to and succeed in getting the tools they need to begin advancing in life, only to end up back where they began 7 months later. You have to look at it as though you helped to give him the chance at turning his life around. If people like you weren't doing what you do then he never would have had the opportunities to turn things around. You didn't fail him. Either his addiction got the best of him, or he chose the "easier" way to live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBech Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 I used to work with this guy who would sit there and say how dumb everyone who did drugs we worked with. Turns out he OD on opiates about a year after I quit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 i've been working under a financial advisor for 2 months now. last month, she met with a client.. he went home and discussed his financial situation with his husband, and that conversation lead to a divorce. this month, she was scheduled to meet another client. he e-mailed us last week saying he couldn't work with us right now, because his boyfriend became ill and was submitted to the icu. when she checked in today to see how it was going, he had just gotten back from the funeral. upon hearing that, i was able to put the pieces together that his boyfriend was the guy i went to school with who has been all over my facebook for the last week. got sick, went to the hospital, had pneumonia, and it was bad enough to kill him. it was really heavy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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