R.I.P. Philip Seymour Hoffman
R.I.P. Philip Seymour Hoffman
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- monkeyshine0
niko, you are beautifully naive and good for you. You sound like a great dad who is fortunate enough not to have psychological or addiction problems that become an obstacle to your life.
I had a friend who was a heroin addict and he was also a dad. He loved his little girl more than anything but he was sick. His addiction wasn't a choice for him and the guilt he carried around didn't give him will power, it made him weaker. I can't understand it but I saw how he struggled enough to know that it's not so simple as you seem to think it is.
Try to have some compassion for people you may not understand and be grateful that you are not sick and can be the dad your kids need.
- thanks. great points.
I've had close two cousins that were drug addicts and fathers, both great guys but shitty dads,_niko - one past away last year, kids were older the other might as well have passed away years ago since he's been mentaly_niko
- absent from this life for years. I love them both dearly but have little sympathy for them when it comes to their family and kids_niko
- they made the decision every step of the way to continue down the path of self destruction. Help was available_niko
- and free if they chose it. They never did. It's tragic and sad but I don't feel sorry for them. I feel sorry for their kids._niko
- Understanding and sympathizing are two different things. I understand but can't sympathize._niko
- thanks. great points.