Another sad passing

[Anonymous]

I have just found out that another of my former comrades has passed away.
It turns out that a real Doctor diagnosed him with Schizophrenia after his time is AARC. His real disease caused him much pain and turmoil.
I am once again reminded why I fight. If AARC is a medical facility that is equipped to treat addiction then why through all the indepth work they did with him could no one see that his real issue was a chemical imbalance. His real issue was destroying him.
I recently had a cancer scare. After my surgery was complete and all tests run I was relieved to find out it was merely a cyst and the complications it caused were due to it's size, not it's make-up. My stomach was distended and the pressure was causing bruising to appear on the skin.
If I had gone to see the surgeon and he had advised me that I actually had psoriasis things would have ended very differently. That is how I view AARC. These children have issues far beyond addiction. These children were abandoned by parents, hurt by friends, abused by relatives and some of them have serious medical issues that need to be attended to.
The twelve steps could not cure my friend of his Schizophrenia. The twelve steps could not help my brother with the abuse he suffered as a child. This program cannot help children whose underlying issues are their reasons for using. The drugs are a symptom for a far greater problem.
Who will save these children? You and I. We can help so the next sick child who needs medical attention receives it.
I know sometimes this forum can get heated. I know it can get frustrating to not see the action, but the wheels are turning. Progress is occuring we just can't see it yet. Don't lose faith in this site and in the fight.
AJAX, I know you are frustrated but just keep on. There is no need to name-call, or bully. Those tacticts belong to them. Let's stay above the mire.
So keep reading, keep writing and keep believing.
Goodbye to my friend. Another name on the wall to remind me what I fight for.

Thanks again for listening.

[ajax13]

(AJAX, I know you are frustrated but just keep on. There is no need to name-call, or bully. Those tacticts belong to them. Let's stay above the mire.)
I am not frustrated.  This is going to blow, one way or the other, and sooner than people think.  I will not resort to name-calling.  Thus I will no longer refer to the Speedy Creek Pervert as ... well gosh, he just is the Speedy Creek Pervert.   On the subject of The Wizard's cutting edge medical practises, I look back with regret on my treatment at the hands of old Dr. Crooks, my orthopoedic surgeon.  I had a broken tibia that required an open reduction.  Instead of giving me a shower with delousing soap and letting someone look up my ass, he gave me an x-ray.  Then, instead of treating my ailment by keeping me away from my family while a bunch of distressed teens had their way with me, he set the bone and screwed it back together.  Had he allowed another teen with a prior broken leg to sodomize me at his parents' house, how much better my life would be today.  Curse you Doctor Crooks, curse you!

[Mel]

Steve and I were newcomers together. He had absolutely no signs of addiction whatsoever and had extremely minimal experience with drugs or alcohol. I personally don't feel that he was mentally ill when he entered AARC, but I'm not a psychologist. If he did have schizophrenia it can develop later in life. During AARC he was just a normal kid who had a lot of weight on his shoulders due to some hardships his parents were facing.

He escaped once, and I believe I prayed for him to NOT get caught. AARC staff found him at the workplace of his girlfriend and they drug him back. I had to hold it in and "confront" him on what he'd done, meanwhile I was crushed that he'd be set so far back again and be there even longer than me. I vividly recall the first moment I saw him being led back into RAP when they caught him, and I can still feel what that felt like.

I'm so sad we've lost one of our group members.