I am irreconcilably jealous. My parents became straight edge 12 step devotees after my REDACTED got out of rehab and as the philosophical blinders that often engenders grew thicker it's become damned near impossible to feel understood.

[–] JustSo@hexbear.net 13 points 15 hours ago

There's something really disconcertingly sad about losing someone to recovery. I completely understand the necessity for some people to "get with the program" so to speak, in order to survive, but it can get hauntingly lonely if you manage to avoid going over the edge yourself and still find value in substances that challenge consensual reality (and so on.)

You're doing Super Dangerous Drugs in their eyes no matter what your actual reality is, so the gap in understanding just continues to widen.