Hindsight is 20/20 part 2 (470 hits)
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Submitted by your_arse_is_hanging_out (View user info) at 2005-07-06 16:05:31 EDT
Heroin.
Skyler went to Rosecrans for a couple days. He wanted to kick this habit.
Sick of this. Lying, cheating, stealing, and manipulating the ones he loved.
He made a lame excuse up and left rehab. Went back to using.
Tara came home for lunch, which was unusual, and saw Skyler at the table with his shirt pulled up his arm. She heard the needle drop on the floor. She flipped out. "You mother fucker, what the fuck was that?" He replied with a lie that it was an old needle from his room. Crying, she went upstairs. Skyler pulled her down and looked into his sister's eyes with his needle thin pupils pleading, "Tara, I'm not high. I didn't do it." Crazy eyes.
Weeks later, right before Christmas. Tara went to the basement to do laundry. As she was walking down the stairs she heard Sky's snoring. She walks by him passed out and puts her laundry in the washer. Damn, he was snoring really loud. And the TV was on loud too. She goes to turn the TV off. And then she noticed it. Skyler's arm was over his head, needle still in the arm. Screaming. Crying. Panic. He awakes and is confused then enraged! Yelling, throwing, swearing, threatening. Life was scary.
December 15th. Grandma dies. Just after the news, Skyler gets upset and runs downstairs to the basement. He's talking crazy. Mom goes down after a moment. She finds 19 year old Skyler with a spoon full of heroin. She struggles for it, to get it out of his reach, screaming, "Skyler no, don't do this! Please God." He won't let it go. He shoves it into his mouth before she could get it. This act showed his family how truly desperate and a slave he had become.
New Years Eve (Grandma's Birthday)
Dad. He is a mess. His mother died in his arms. He takes 4 bars of Xanax. Ends up on life support. Jimi Hendrix died from the same condition, but because of medical technology Dad survives. He detoxes off methadone. He's clean for the first time in 20 years. And so scared for his son. His siblings and children and ex wife come and visit him at the hospital. We tell him, we can't lose him. And that he almost died.
The week that Dad got off methadone, Skyler got on.
Mom did not want to put him on. Did NOT. Methadone was a crutch. It only replaced an illegal addiction for a legal one.
Skyler said, "I will kill myself if I stick another needle in my arm. I need help. I need methadone. I won't be on it for 20 years. I'm going to work the program right."
The doctors at the methadone clinic that prey on the weak for their living lost one Campbell and gained another in a week.
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He was put on 38 mg. Standard to start. The clinic had no sign. People stood outside of it and waited to take your dose. Scary. Mom drove him to the train every day. Aunt Donna picked him up and drove him home.
Things were not better. Skyler was drowsy and lethargic, constantly. He was so depressed. Happy and funny one minute, low and sad and lonely the next. The clinic prescribed him Valium. He was higher than a kite. Embarrassingly.
He would still get in rages occasionally.
Tara was sick of this manipulation. She felt as if she was duped. He lied and lied, and she resented it. She didn't get it. Didn't quite understand the extent. He said he wanted to get clean.
"Tara, take me to this girl's house."
"No, I have shit to do."
"You HAVE to take me to her house. She's going to kill herself."
"I'm not taking you Skyler, I have school tomorrow."
"Fine, but if she kills herself it's going to be all your fault."
"Fuck off, please. Get your own ride."
Skyler got in a rage and started swearing, tearing through the house, throwing shit. He would mumble shit to himself. He was so fucking high. He didn't know what he was saying or doing.
He threatened to kill Mom's husband. He threatened to kill Mom and Tara. And burn the house down. And kill himself. Mom told Dad about this. Dad called the police.
The police took him in, disregarded the bag of pot he had on him, and brought him to the behavioral health hospital.
He resisted. The beat the shit out of him, in front of Mom. The cut his face, "restraining" him. Mom was hysterical. She didn't know what to do. He was a threat to the family? Doubtful. But he WAS a threat to himself. He stayed there for 3 days.
He told them he never said those threats. He wasn't depressed. He wasn't homicidal. He wasn't suicidal. He told them that so he could be let out.
He didn't go home.
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Submitted by notyou (user info) at 2005-07-15 17:31:18 EDT (#)
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I have no idea what to rate this.
Submitted by YELLOW-MAN (user info) at 2005-07-06 19:07:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
But looking back it's still a bit fuzzy
Speak of mutually assured destruction?
Nice story ... Tell it to Reader's Digest !!!
man I love megadeth.
Submitted by yermom (user info) at 2005-07-06 17:50:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I like the story. You're really better off posting one long piece a day rather than two, as you can see, your ratings will suffer.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-07-06 16:32:01 EDT (#)
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Submitted by zakalwe (user info) at 2005-07-06 16:12:56 (#)
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double posting knocks earlier efforts off the front page. not advisable.
Submitted by jimthefiend (user info) at 2005-07-06 16:28:44 EDT (#)
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I cannot read anymore until you work on that grammar some.
Sorry arse guy.
Submitted by TheSpook (user info) at 2005-07-06 16:14:28 EDT (#)
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Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-07-06 16:08:05 (#)
Ranking: 2
Hey Buddy, your arse is hanging out.
Submitted by zakalwe (user info) at 2005-07-06 16:12:56 EDT (#)
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double posting knocks earlier efforts off the front page. not advisable.
Submitted by Xcuses (user info) at 2005-07-06 16:11:03 EDT (#)
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I'm still digesting Part one and here comes along Part two. Don't go into fine dining. I will read this in a minute...
Submitted by simple_catalyst (user info) at 2005-07-06 16:09:22 EDT (#)
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two in how many minutes?
Submitted by BLITZKREIG_BOB (user info) at 2005-07-06 16:08:05 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Hey Buddy, your arse is hanging out.