All dried out and feeling good. Put on a couple pounds while I was in. Here's how it went and expect a wall of text.
Got in. They do preliminary screening which is a bunch of questions and giving a urine sample. They took my clothes and my books. Changed into scrubs and headed to the DT ward (detox.) That's where they keep ya while waiting for a bed in the rehab wing.
I was notified of payment when I got there. $1300 a day. Seeing how many folks were there looks like they'd be bringing in around $26k that day.
I was assigned a room with a really hard mattress and pillows cased in vinyl that smelled of band aids. I had a roommate for a little while. He just slept and ate Valiums so no big deal.
The food wasn't bad at all and we were fed about every four hours with snacks and other drinks. Actually had BBQ beef brisket with Mac and cheese, scalloped potatoes, side salad and a cherry Italian ice once. Pretty decent for facility food.
Most of the folks including staff were White which was pleasant. Most patients were there for fentanyl, alcohol and meth. Talked to one of them and they had been there 19 times. Glad they're going but damn.
Course we had a queen b. Theyre moderately attractive women who flirt with nearly all the men. It's fake and obvious. Annoying too.
I spent most of my time reading and planning that I'd do when I got out. It gave me peace and thinking clearly I could formulate plans better.
Made two friends and sponsors while I was there too.
Classes were pretty good and largely run by recovered addicts. It did get a little tiring everytime someone new joined and the social worker would go through their life story again.
I did take my time to explain central banking, Rothschilds, Rockefellers and Saudi oil shieks to a few folks. Explained Epsteins island to a few more and why we're never gonna get any evidence. Shit all over reddit. Explained to two guys how bottom surgery works for mtf trannies. They were horrified. One being a 50 year old country guy that slurs his words together and thought there were lasers attached to our rooms to keep us in. I figured I blended in ok after talking to one patient about the anunaki.
So quite the host of characters. Margo was likely the most wild and funniest. Seemed like a genuinely good woman that made some really bad decisions in her life but her stories were hysterical. She was wanting to bounce early and go back with her bf that cooks crack and sells weed, lsd and shrooms. My buddy and I were vehemently against it and told her as much. Hopefully she stuck around.
I could see the blue ride mountains from my room and outside in the yard. Talked with some locals about hurricane Helene that experienced it first hand. Some locals told me the town next door was infested with users and homeless after the city council decided to tell the whole US if you are using and homeless we have housing. Native population is around 70k so I bet ya know how well that's working.
Anyway. I missed yall and I'll catch up with everyone over time. Got a lot to do and will be attending local meetings to keep it going. Thanks again for all your support!
That's the thing dangus. If ya go in closed minded it's gonna be shit. If you can parse through some of the shit rhetoric like "I put all my faith in a higher power." You'll learn some stuff. It was also nice being around folks that knew what it's like.
[ - ] __47__ [op] 1 point 1 weekApr 20, 2025 20:08:03 ago (+1/-0)
Private. My father and sister have money as do I but no way at over $10k for my short stay. That's why a lot of folks don't go. They take medicaid and that will pay for it too.
Apparently so says the patients the place is mobbed in the winter.
[ - ] __47__ [op] 1 point 1 weekApr 21, 2025 00:08:21 ago (+1/-0)
Oh you'll love this. I also had to dump the paper bags that were trash cans and take my bedding to get washed. I didn't like this one. She was a right fat cunt that wore salt life t-shirts and was slow.
Not enough indeed. They should pay me at least something.
Since i got your attention, you ever heard of a channel "soft white underbelly"? Watch some interviews about junkies. Then come back and answer to this question: How was your childhood?
Nope. Good family structure. Stay at home mom til I was old enough to fair for myself. She got a job at that point to get her out and socialize a bit. She berated the fuck out of a cop for harassing us in our neighborhood because we were skateboarding.
Yes. Infested with yuppie liberals from the west coast and homeless and users now. Fucking nigger tiger woods cleared out a huge area of trees for a golf course and just abandoned it. Locals call it meth mountain. Ultra rich live up top and in the valley huge swaths of trailers where they cook meth. Story of America I'm afraid.
Yep. My mom is from Haywood County. Goddamn shame what's happening to the area. I don't even recognize Waynesville anymore. Overrun with niggers, junkies and rich hipsters acting like they're poor.
It's a travesty. Some spots in NC are still OK. I wish to see my old hometown in Iowa but given my old high school friends lived I Chicago and never saw a problem with it I don't think it's faired too well.
Change the people, places, and things. That is the formula. Don't go where the crowd is drinking, smoking, snortin', or huffin'. None of it. For me, something new and wholesome I want to become involved in is rambling. Maybe a hiking group once or twice, but just some nice rambling. I'll have you in mind when I say my prayers tonight. Check in with good news, then even better news.
I love this comment. If common sense accounting was taught in grade school, we might actually have people who avoid addiction in the name of financial freedom. I always believed that time and motion studies should be a part of early education, also. I have watched people kill themselves to drag large heavy objects around large areas in work environments, without considering the stupidity of it.
Farm person here too. Having to get up really early in the morning and function well enough to work and focus keeps one off the droogs and drink as well.
Exactly. Worked in a corn farm when I was a teen. Had to be there round 4am. Grueling work. Needed gloves because corn leaves are like razors. Made a good bit of dough and was done by 12 when it was too hot. 90+ degrees in direct sun by then.
[ - ] __47__ [op] 1 point 1 weekApr 21, 2025 16:06:12 ago (+1/-0)
I know. My girl is pro Adolf and hates shit skins but her lack of awareness sometimes gets me. I'm watching everyone. She's showing me something sparkly and I'm on a fucking swivel.
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Good luck to you.
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[ + ] __47__
[ - ] __47__ [op] 1 point 1 weekApr 20, 2025 20:08:03 ago (+1/-0)
Apparently so says the patients the place is mobbed in the winter.
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[ - ] GreenSaint 1 point 1 weekApr 20, 2025 20:08:12 ago (+1/-0)
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[ - ] SirNiggsalot 1 point 1 weekApr 21, 2025 16:20:18 ago (+1/-0)
Stay Strong Brother
[ + ] __47__
[ - ] __47__ [op] 0 points 1 weekApr 21, 2025 16:22:56 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] RMGoetbbels
[ - ] RMGoetbbels 2 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 19:04:38 ago (+3/-1)
You got kicked out didn't ya? I'm pretty sure no rehab program works in 1 week.
[ + ] __47__
[ - ] __47__ [op] 5 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 19:10:21 ago (+5/-0)
For what it's worth, it was a good experience I can go back whenever. Just felt the drive and determination to fix a lot of shit I broke.
[ + ] RMGoetbbels
[ - ] RMGoetbbels 4 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 19:45:19 ago (+4/-0)
I bet your shower buddy misses you now that there's no one to drop the soap. You find love in this world wherever you can!
[ + ] __47__
[ - ] __47__ [op] 6 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 19:48:22 ago (+6/-0)
It wasn't prison lol. However some of the women in there were definitely looking for new partners. "We met in rehab! It was so romantic!!"
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[ + ] Sleazy
[ - ] Sleazy 2 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 22:10:39 ago (+2/-0)
Do you think that wasting all that time and money there is going to keep you off whatever it was you felt you needed to go there for?
[ + ] __47__
[ - ] __47__ [op] 2 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 22:24:34 ago (+2/-0)
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[ + ] __47__
[ - ] __47__ [op] 2 points 1 weekApr 21, 2025 00:44:12 ago (+2/-0)
Does the fed not pay you enough?
[ + ] albatrosv15
[ - ] albatrosv15 0 points 1 weekApr 21, 2025 00:48:03 ago (+0/-0)
Since i got your attention, you ever heard of a channel "soft white underbelly"? Watch some interviews about junkies. Then come back and answer to this question: How was your childhood?
[ + ] __47__
[ - ] __47__ [op] 1 point 1 weekApr 21, 2025 00:52:56 ago (+1/-0)
My attention can be fleeting but yes i have. A reasonably decent documentary series.
My childhood was pure White.
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[ + ] RabbiKinderschtupper
[ - ] RabbiKinderschtupper 2 points 1 weekApr 21, 2025 04:23:50 ago (+2/-0)
Asheville? Goddamn shame and a disgrace.
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[ - ] GrayDragon 3 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 21:21:52 ago (+3/-0)
"Talked to one of them and they had been there 19 times. Glad they're going but damn."
That made me laugh.
[ + ] __47__
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I'll have you in mind when I say my prayers tonight. Check in with good news, then even better news.
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[ + ] bobdole9
[ - ] bobdole9 8 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 19:35:03 ago (+8/-0)
At some point someone needs to do a cost-benefit comparison.
[ + ] HelenHighwater
[ - ] HelenHighwater 7 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 20:00:31 ago (+7/-0)
Mise en place. Yeah?
[ + ] bobdole9
[ - ] bobdole9 5 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 20:50:29 ago (+5/-0)
Conversely, how much money does a junkie need to buy a final dose?
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[ + ] __47__
[ - ] __47__ [op] 3 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 22:07:22 ago (+3/-0)
Not much.
[ + ] bobdole9
[ - ] bobdole9 2 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 20:51:29 ago (+3/-1)
There were perks to being a farm kid.
[ + ] __47__
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[ + ] bobdole9
[ - ] bobdole9 2 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 20:48:39 ago (+2/-0)
Let's play with a couple assumptions: heroin rehab is one week or two weeks.
$1,300 x 7 = $9,100
$1,300 x14 =$18,200
No junkie could possibly buy a survivable dose with that amount of cash.
If it was a loved one, I'd throw you in twice. After that, it's just cheaper letting you finish the job.
[ + ] __47__
[ - ] __47__ [op] 1 point 1 weekApr 20, 2025 20:52:35 ago (+1/-0)
Also they're likely not paying for it tax dollars.
[ + ] KosherHiveKicker
[ - ] KosherHiveKicker 16 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 19:13:48 ago (+16/-0)
Keep doing what you should be doing.
[ + ] __47__
[ - ] __47__ [op] 9 points 1 weekApr 20, 2025 19:16:35 ago (+9/-0)