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peja donloadMonday, July 16, 2007
Quick Rant #1
Could Amber please make up her mind as to when she stopped doing speed? She's said multiple times she was addicted to speed for a year. Yet, her length of sobriety has been different just about every time she's told her "three life-changing events" stories.
Her length of sobriety ranges from a year to 9 months to 6 months to 3 months. I know drugs do bad things to the gray matter upstairs but come on already. Can't you at least get the month that you quit using correct???
Certainly Big Brother does hair follicle tests?
grrrrr
Posted by HamsterDame at July 16, 2007 07:22 PM
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Okay, let me see if I can explain this for you. Speed is not physically addicting, it's psychologically addicting. When you're up, you don't want to come down. So if you quit, the main problem is psychological, not physical. Most people get involved with speed at the same time as all their friends. So even if you decide you want to stop, it's still everywhere you look.
I had this problem over 20 years ago, when I was a waitress. I basically had to move out of town to quit. However, when I moved out of town, I met other people who still did speed. I would get offered free lines. It took about a year after I tried to quit, before I was able to consistently turn it down.
So what probably happened with Amber, is she probably decided to quit a year ago, and has done it occasionally for the last year. This is just my guess, from personal experience, if that makes any sense. At least she's trying. Most of the people I knew, who didn't quit, died.
Posted by: sandic at July 16, 2007 11:13 PM
Dustin - GET OUT OF THE HAMMOCK! Stop listening to Joe!!! Dang it - yelling at the computer doesn't help!
Posted by: CanadianGirl at July 16, 2007 11:15 PM
Maybe she should start praying to God for help with her sobriety instead of praying for staying off the Chopping Block.
Posted by: Stephie at July 17, 2007 05:37 AM
Let she who casts the first stone...
All I can say is, who cares when she quit as long as she did quit. Addiction is not pretty and those who suffer from them could usually use some support. The praying for superficial stuff bothers me a lot more for sure.
Posted by: Gregor at July 17, 2007 06:05 AM
I would say the longest term is probably the one. I can't imagine BB getting someone in that hasn't been sober for a very short time.
It is just great that she is clean-
Posted by: hoxharding at July 17, 2007 06:26 AM
Maybe it's just me.
But, if I was a single mom on a live broadcast I think I might not make my speed habit a topic of conversation. Even if she is straight now for an unknown ammount of time. And, if this is a story line she is spinning for her fellow hamsters it probably isn't a great one to tell.
There has to be something about being stuffed into that house for so long that makes people a little wacky. The praying thing is another example - we haven't seen her pray since so perhaps it was just an emotional breakdown. I'm not a prayer but catch me late for work and looking for a missing shoe, key, sock, whatever and I'm bound to get frustrated and send out a "please god".
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Posted by: verity at July 17, 2007 07:00 AM
Amber needs to goooooooooo!!!
Posted by: Nicahoney at July 17, 2007 08:34 AM
There is a friend of my family who prays for everything-I do mean everything.
She wakes up and prays to see what she should have for breakfast and goes from there.
Frankly, I find it odd,but there you have it.
Posted by: hoxharding at July 17, 2007 08:51 AM
