What are some of the biggest challenges you have faced?

Vitor CroCop said:
Mine was getting off of crystal meth. Had a 10 year run with it. Used to slam it everyday. Massive unhealthy porn addiction that went with it. Used to disappear for days at a time with my family frantically searching the streets and hotels for me trying to make sure I wasn't dead. Put them through absolute hell. I tried rehab multiple times and it never stuck. Finally I entered a year long psychosis where I heard voices coming to kill me every single day. Most terrifying experience of my life. I went to Spain to get electro-shock therapy which finally got rid of the voices and now I've got 6 months clean and will never go back to that shit. Share on sherbros.
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Having to read a post about a guy with Crystal meth psychosis who had electro shock therapy. That was tough.

But seriously, getting off opiates was a motherfucker.
 
Vitor CroCop said:
ok. besides that year. sue me for turning to drugs after being a medic with an infantry unit deploying to Iraq and coming back home as a shell of my former self.
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I love when people created problems in their own life (volunteer army enlistment) and then turn to drugs when they can't deal with the problems, and then overcome the drugs and are proud of the 'lived experience'. Guess what, most people didn't step in shit in the first place, and those who didn't step in shit and take a year off of work carry the financial burden of your 'lived experience' overcoming self-imposed hardship. Not trying to be a dick or anything, just giving you some perspective that you seem to lack.
 
Skevious Manholelicker said:
I love when people created problems in their own life (volunteer army enlistment) and then turn to drugs when they can't deal with the problems, and then overcome the drugs and are proud of the 'lived experience'. Guess what, most people didn't step in shit in the first place, and those who didn't step in shit and take a year off of work carry the financial burden of your 'lived experience' overcoming self-imposed hardship. Not trying to be a dick or anything, just giving you some perspective that you seem to lack.
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I apologize for joining the military at 18 after 9/11 and then forming part of a statistical norm of turning to drugs to cope with ptsd. You are so woke. Thanks for your enlightening perspective.
 
Vitor CroCop said:
I apologize for joining the military at 18 after 9/11 and then forming part of a statistical norm of turning to drugs to cope with ptsd. You are so woke. Thanks for your enlightening perspective.
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You're welcome. Also, I'm a medic in a very large EMS organisation and I can tell you that turning to drugs to cope is not the statistical norm. This new trend of wanting a Brownie Badge for overcoming a drug habit is horseshit.
 
Skevious Manholelicker said:
You're welcome. Also, I'm a medic in a very large EMS organisation and I can tell you that turning to drugs to cope is not the statistical norm. This new trend of wanting a Brownie Badge for overcoming a drug habit is horseshit.
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Since when did I say I wanted a brownie badge? It's a thread about the biggest challenges one has faced. This was my biggest challenge. Sorry for being honest and not having had bigger things to overcome. Care to stay on topic and share what your biggest challenge has been?
 
Trying to solo hogger in elwyn forest is amongst the most difficult things I've overcome.
 
loyalyolayal said:
Did the champagne came out of a can? bottle? or bags?
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Dunno, it came premixed in the glass when it was brought to the table. I think it was some german sparkling wine.

I overcame and still enjoyed my steak and eggs.
 
Vitor CroCop said:
I apologize for joining the military at 18 after 9/11 and then forming part of a statistical norm of turning to drugs to cope with ptsd. You are so woke. Thanks for your enlightening perspective.
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Apology accepted. I was pissed at the bait and switch and even more pissed when they allowed Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban to pass through that ravine right at the beginning but hey.
 
Vitor CroCop said:
Since when did I say I wanted a brownie badge? It's a thread about the biggest challenges one has faced. This was my biggest challenge. Sorry for being honest and not having had bigger things to overcome. Care to stay on topic and share what your biggest challenge has been?
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Watching my brother die slowly from an incurable disease.
 
Nothing really. I really have a hard time thinking of anything horrible that has happened thats unique to me. I've had short bouts of unemployment but that was more inconvenient than life altering. Of course, I've lost people to illness but thats life.
 
Jack Stevonovich said:
Apology accepted. I was pissed at the bait and switch and even more pissed when they allowed Osama Bin Laden and the Taliban to pass through that ravine right at the beginning but hey.
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18 year old testosterone fueled patriotic males are impressionable. I felt I was doing the right thing at the time.
 
Skevious Manholelicker said:
Watching my brother die slowly from an incurable disease.
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For reals tho. You don't got to bottle it up so much then tear people down rather than feel that hurt.
 
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Crystal meth and porn addictions are the vices ex-soldiers turn to?

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I never knew that
 
Beat cancer at 14
Getting sober at 23
 
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