I can tell someone who I think is a friend is doing way too many drugs.
they need help.
should I initiate an intervention in phoenix?
they need help.
should I initiate an intervention in phoenix?
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you should get some other webmaster friends to help, get a group together, the ones they have had beers with and are close withWebmasterchecks Affiliate Payments - fully compatible with nats/mpa3 -
They have to want to help themselves. An intervention doesnt work if the person is not receptive..for them to be receptive, they have to be at the point of wanting help.Comment
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Can I take pictures of it? Who will be the sponsor?Comment
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they have to want help, nothing you will be able to do unless they are wanting to help themselvesComment
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You should include someone sober. Someone in recovery who has been where they have been and pulled out of it. The key is to let them know that if the WANT help, that it is there. The choice to take advantage of that help will have to be theirs.
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tell them but not in phoenix for the world to know. it's a private matter. close friends and family only
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Bruce & I actually have tried this before. On multiple firends. It has gone two ways: 1. Really badly! Because she wasn't ready to hear it. After a few months months, she came around and agreed that she was out of control and needed help. She said we may not have gone about it the right way but she thanked us for caring enough to speak up. And 2. They blew us off and said they were ok and then avoided us.
If you care you should let them know you think its affecting them.Comment
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glad i quit partying and drinking back in july of last year. otherwise, shit, people would for sure think it was me. LOLLLLLL.SHANES WORLD ONLINE! - BETA IN 11 DAYS!
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Serious question, what is their drug of choice?Comment
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Until they have their moment of clarity, your wasting your time.Comment
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Scott,
I can quit anytime I want, I just dont want to quit yet.
Is this about the time I lost my pants when we were skinny dipping in Curacao?
Or the time I sold you to that Ladyboy in Bangkok?
OK, I was drunk. And the Lexipro didnt help.
But I found my pants, and I bought you back ( Even made a couple bucks on the deal).
And now I only drink clear liquors. No more bourbon, whisky, tequila (cept silver) or that blue stuff that makes me so violent.
And they have reduced the meds to the point where I can legally drive in Mexico.Comment
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If you're going to start interventions for the webmasters who do "too much" coke, you're going to be pretty darned busy.
Personally I wouldn't do it at Phoenix - I doubt CCBill wants the reputation of "The forum that had the drug intervention". Wait until it's over and do it right. There are intervention specialists you can talk to.Comment
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When they "catch" this person, the chances that they are going to "catch" many others is quite high. Plus media has nothing to do with it. All it takes is one person to know about it and it will be all over the show and then the entire industry within a week.my understanding in how this company does it is thatthey catch them in the act(set up) and then they are presented with a choice when caught with an illegial substance..... rehab or jail.....
Waiting until they get home would be better and like I said, hire someone who does this professionally.
I respect what you're doing and you're a damn good friend for doing it and your heart's in the right place for sure - just make sure you do it the right way. Getting them to accept going to rehab is the hardest thing and being at a show when his/her buddies are partying right along with them will make it harder for them to make that decision.
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When they "catch" this person, the chances that they are going to "catch" many others is quite high. Plus media has nothing to do with it. All it takes is one person to know about it and it will be all over the show and then the entire industry within a week.
Waiting until they get home would be better and like I said, hire someone who does this professionally.
I respect what you're doing and you're a damn good friend for doing it and your heart's in the right place for sure - just make sure you do it the right way. Getting them to accept going to rehab is the hardest thing and being at a show when his/her buddies are partying right along with them will make it harder for them to make that decision.
they have assured me they will do it in the right wayThis dog, is dog, a dog, good dog, way dog, to dog, keep dog, an dog, idiot dog, busy dog, for dog, 20 dog, seconds dog!
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"Cocaine is not addicting ... I have friends that have been doing cocaine everyday for more than ten years and they're not addicted"
(Quote, Richard Pryor)Comment
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OK, seems like you've already made your decision. I hope your friend gets the help they need!Comment
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The idea of doing an intervention at a webmaster convention is ridiculous. And no, the person does not have to be ready to quit for an intervention to work. The idea is for close family and friends who are affected by the addict to give them an ultimatum and back them into a corner by deciding to have nothing to do with that person anymore or help them, give them a place to live or give them money so the group can pressure them into going to rehab immediately *before* they think they are ready and before they kill themselves or hurt other people.Comment
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If you were REALLY his friend, you would lend him $200 so he could get another ball after he maxes out his credit card...Comment
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This didn't work for me ........
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NA NA NANANA... I won't be in Pheonix ;-)Comment
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This is a question you shouldn't need to ask. If you believe he needs such an event to realize what's going on, then do it. If you don't think he's at that level yet, then don't.
If you only follow GFYers' votes, then perhaps someone else needs the intervention
Either way, see ya in Phoenix Scott
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Good luck to both of you.
That speaks volumes about the level of your commitment to that person.Comment
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only works if they want it, but im too drank to see so disregaurd my commentComment
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Do you have the rehab place already setup?
If they say they will go to rehab, do you have the plane tickets to take them to the reheb place you already setup?Comment
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Lets intervent the shit out of them, I will sponsor the drinks for the intervention LOL!Comment
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My best friend committed suicide after a 3 year battle with meth.
Was the smartest, nicest, most responsible guy I ever met. But meth turned him into a basketcase. He hung himself and left a 6 page suicide note. His family and half his friends didnt even know he was on drugs cuz he was so good at hiding it from everyone. I felt incredibly guilty that I knew but didnt try to intervene. He kept saying he was fine and its no big deal, just something he does on weekends to blow off steam and thats it. I took him at his word and had no idea it was that bad. Now I wish I had intervened. I miss him very much. The last 2 years have been so quiet.
Had I known how bad he was I would have told his family and he would be alive today.Last edited by clickhappy; 03-24-2008, 08:16 PM.Comment
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Damn it Scott, this better not be me! I haven't been out of my office since Costa Rica and I need to have a good time.
It'll be just my luck, I'll be hitting a line and getting my dick sucked when the door will bust open and it'll be SleazyDream with a straight-jacket.-Robbie
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hopefully the word will get out to other people on where "not" to be at what time. would suck to turn a corner in the hallway of the hotel and run into the keystone cops of arizona hauling someone away who got pissed that people sprung something like this on him and started swinging, taking down whoever was in the path.
i personally dont think a trade show is any place for something like this, but not my business. good luck though.SHANES WORLD ONLINE! - BETA IN 11 DAYS!Comment
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