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RE: Psychology: Friends and Heroes... and the Darker Corners of Human Nature
Sadly that about sums up how those kinds of things goes. I’ve known a few people who take a personal joy in trying to “fix” other people’s lives. Then for whatever little success that is achieved from the change they will hold it over that person for an eternity. Many times it will also backfire and not work out and they are off going “I never said to do that.”
I think it is great someone made the decision themselves to get the help they needed. If they really did not want to do it they would not have or are faking it and will just fall back down that spiral. Drug addiction is nasty I really do hope that person is able to sort their life out for the better.
Those of us who purely care about his well-being are trying to clear the "bad apples" out of the system bit by bit. Our friend happens to be in the legal cannabis business, so it's tricky because of the "circles he runs in," to begin with... as we've progressed into the process, it seems he really did know he needed help, but wasn't ready to admit it... but yet was pretty open to his friends "forcing his hand."
I think sometimes we just need other people to give us "permission" to do what we know we need to do.