From: theirony2013@gmail.com   
      
   On 2025-12-16 15:05, JTEM wrote:   
   > On 12/16/25 2:49 PM, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   >> Yes. You're leaving out the misery he and his wife   
   >> must have experienced for MANY years as their son   
   >> fell into drug addiction   
   >   
   > I read that his first stint in rehab was at the age of   
   > 15. When I was 15 it would have been a rare day when I   
   > could afford a pizza or a trip to McDonalds! This kid   
   > was buying drugs!   
      
   I feel sad for you that you couldn't afford McDonald's.   
   At 15 McDonald's was one of my staples.   
      
      
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   > What I'm saying is that as much as it comes across as   
   > victim blaming, you can't pretend he didn't have a   
   > role in his family problems. By definition, he did.   
   >   
   > I imagine he raised his kid very much like he had been   
   > raised, only in an extremely different world.   
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