feel good story of an drug addict and alcoholic turning his life around - Page 2

WitherGlove

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Originally Posted by DeadLikeMe

If you pave lots for a living and make six figures I absolutely do have a problem with it...and he absolutely does make more money than me doing it.

But why r u mad at him, I got 2 degree's a honorable military discharge, never fired from a job, and finally just getting a good job, should I be mad at everybody doing better than me?

jose830

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Originally Posted by joe strong

a good friend of mine from my teens & early 20's who i haven't really seen much of the last 10 years has completely turned his life around. he was an A student in school, got a university degree in business, & was also a foreman for a huge paving company in edmonton. he turned to cocaine & the bottle. he was a violent drunk & couldn't stay away from crack. he lost his house & job & disappeared with no contact with his family for sometime. when he didn't show up for xmas 7 years ago his parents got worried. they are wealthy so they paid a P.I to find him. when he was finally located in a slum hotel he was found by the police with a big rock, a bottle of vodka & a loaded gun. he was ready to shoot himself. he was put into lockdown to dry out for 90 days... 7 years later i just saw him today & he is the superintendant for that paving company now. makes $110000\year salary, has paid off a condo in that time & has $200000 in the bank at 38. $800\month bills & gets $6600 after taxes each month working or not. he doesn't drink but smokes pot. he looks like he's aged alot but he looks good. he will be retired at 51 as a millionaire & his only issue is he doesn't know what to do with all his money. he stays at home & plays video games. he won't travel because he's not a site seeing type of guy, he doesn't go to bars because he said if he has a beer he might as well give his boss the keys to the company truck. he golfs sometimes with family but has no social life. he says he doesn't care though. he has a FWB he sees once or twice a month but wants no steady GF. he has no worries in his life but running the job. it was great to see him doing so well but he told me he hasn't found that thing in life that makes him happy. he lives a paranoid life in a sense because at anytime he could fall off the wagon because everyone he knows drinks & he was a raging alcoholic to the point if he didn't drink a bottle of vodka he would get sick & Go into convulsions, etc.... i wish i could give him advice on what to do with himself. he smokes pot to relax so he is not completely living a sober life but what can a guy do? i told him if he ever wanted to join me in cuba he was welcome. i wouldn't drink around him if he came with me or if we go hang out...

what ever you do don't let him read all this...all these words bunched up will stress him out and he'll go back to doing drugs...

DeadLikeMe

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Originally Posted by WitherGlove

But why r u mad at him, I got 2 degree's a honorable military discharge, never fired from a job, and finally just getting a good job, should I be mad at everybody doing better than me?

So wait...you're the subject of the thread, "randomly" started by your friend...or what?

WitherGlove

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Originally Posted by DeadLikeMe

So wait...you're the subject of the thread, "randomly" started by your friend...or what?

No I just don't hate on the next man..I realized at a young age... life just ain't fair but I do what's best for me and don't worry about what others are doing.

StruggleSnuggle

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Originally Posted by WitherGlove

No I just don't hate on the next man..I realized at a young age... life just ain't fair but I do what's best for me and don't worry about what others are doing.

Good stuff. Life isn't fair so the best thing to do is pick up your head and do the best you can. I can't stand people that feel sorry for them self's yet don't bother to do a thing to change for the better. If you want something get up and go get it.

joe strong

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Originally Posted by DeadLikeMe

Good for him for screwing up and getting his **** together and making it right. Does he want a cookie? Because I'm really not one to hand out congrats for people I don't know being really really good at paving driveways and/or holding yield signs...

he's running the show. he doesn't pave driveways or hold a yield signs. he paves major highways & important travel routes. he is actually running the jobs. he is the superintendant. he gives the orders. only the ceos & owners are above him.
the last time i saw him we were at a CFL playoff game & i had to get him out of there early so he wouldn't get arrested for wanting to fight everyone in the bathroom.

joe strong

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Originally Posted by Tino Quintero

his family is rich so what do u expect he is like paris hilton man version,

every cent he has made he earned. his parents didn't give him anything. he was a very smart kid & His parents pushed him really hard growing up & tried to groom him to be something he didn't want to be. he didn't want to go to university. his parents took him away from his friends in high school & shipped him off to boarding school in the middle of no where. they pushed him hard to go to university & do something special because he was that smart but he just rebelled i guess & took business instead of something bigger. he did get his degree but chose to stay in construction. i think he was bitter at his parents for many years for not letting him be what he wanted to be & things got out of hand. he just wanted to be a regular kid like the rest of us but his parents wanted to mold him the way they saw fit. he had lots of built up anger & turned to drugs & booze...