Speak for yourself. Not all addicts fit this mold. It’s best you share your own experiences when replying to posts.
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Lol. Wtf. Yeah you got me. I’m clearly drunk that’s why I called you out on your arrogance 
that’s the only possible explanation! Haha.
Really wanna go back to ignoring you now.
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Maybe its time stop ruining this tread with all this discussion thats going on now? 
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First off I’m not heated If I was heated this would all be in capital letters everybody else is the ones getting heated and upset because they cannot debate without getting run over because see I like the truth and I deal with true factual facts see I’ve been an alcoholic drug addict all my life since I was six actually my grandmother started feeding me rum and cokes in the restaurant She would order them give it to me and order another one for herself I’m also a sexual abuse survivor, rape survivor, And my addiction does not just stop with drugs So I have been in and out of counseling all my life since the age of seven I learned probably about 25 years ago you don’t heal until you learn not to lie to yourself and counselor
1.The true fact is that nobody likes the truth nobody wants to tell the truth That is fact. What is not fact that we hurt everybody we love when we’re in an active addiction over and over.
2.That we are liars, thieves, and habitual at all, when we’re in active addiction
3. That we will still rob and kill to get our needs done and heard when we’re in active addiction
4. We lie to ourselves when we are sober until the next drink about the next drink and we will enable the next alcoholic or drug addict.
I don’t understand what part is a lie
5. That as long as someone tells us that it’s okay that we used we’re going to continue to slip and fall that’s not true?
6. it’s true when we are made accountable for our actions is the only time we will not use that is fact and when I say accountable is when we have to stand up and face the facts that we used and say some in reality not that oh that’s okay you use you’ll get over it that is not ffacing. I’ve been taking hydrocodone since I was 7 years old I’ve been drinking alcohol since I was 8 I’m 58 years old now you figure those numbers out I was they started giving me Demerol shots at 15 0 mg of Demerol and 150 mg of phenergan I’ve been an addict all my life been sexually abused since the age of probably 13 so I’ll tell you anything you want to know about facts and I can speak about them openly I was prostituting at the age of 18 and that is facts. I’ve been in and out of counseling all my life only to know that only the truth works if you want to get well I’ve not had one set back since I started on the truth and being honest I have a good life God has blessed me since I started telling the truth and being honest I’m not being mean here I’m not being hysterical I’m just being honest and I can be that way because I’m clean and sober and honest with myself with my friends and with God
No posts were deleted, other than the one you deleted.
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Yes there was… and that’s why I decided to delete mine
I can assure you, no posts were deleted but yours. I’m done with this. Speak from your experience only and stop with the “we”.
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I’m sorry that my post to this post has upset you I didn’t mean to but this is where it is taking me and I guess that maybe knowing that what he has done and will how he lost friends his friend over what he did took me there because I found myself at one point in my life doing the same thing but me getting sober I lost a lot of friends that never came back but me being a user I lost even more friends that meant a lot to me
By being honest is how,That’s how I got here. be honest!
Circles,goes nowhere,doesn’t help the addict that’s asking for advice in the first post. Derailment topic 
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He has to be honest w/ his self. Why his friend is upset? If he’s on here asking what to do, then he’s not being honest with his self, or he wouldn’t have to ask what to do. It’s going to take time, He’s already done this once? So he knows what to do! I feel for him I really do in my heart! But he’s lying to him self Just like an active addict if he has to ask what to do…
Please stop picking
Lisa, Hi how are you My name is Liza I have been here in this community for a long time. It is nice to meet you. I don’t mean to come off as a note all but I’m a very honest person as that I’ve grown up in a very large world of liars from birth until my sobriety even on my mother’s deathbed. But in my sobriety I’ve learned one thing and that is forgiveness and honesty. Can I ask you a question please? Aren’t we all addicts here? Don’t we all suffer from the same disease? And that is what I mean by we? I’m not pointing any fingers at any particular person. I’m sorry if you felt like I was pointing my finger at you and no way or shape, when I say we I’m pointing my finger at The Disease of Addiction! I apologize if I have touched a sensitive area, because in no way shape or form was it meant for you directly or anyone else directly. If I would have meant you I would have pointed you out by name or said the word you. As addicts we seem to take everything personally and I apologize, but this is part of getting well to learn not to take things so personally as we grow in our program and work our steps we will show so much growth and not get so defensive, and take responsibility for things that are not ours, for such minor things. Again I apologize 
this is not meant for you directly.
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Hi Liza, it’s nice to meet you. I’ve been in this community for quite some time now. As a moderator, I’ve moved these posts as I don’t think it’s fair we overtake that person’s thread.
As I stated before, it’s best we post using our own experiences rather than grouping all addicts under “we”. There are many of us here that have not lied, cheated or stole during active addiction. Let’s end this discussion and get back to doing what we do best by supporting those in need. Have a great day.
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Her response to my comment on the original thread got deleted during the app crash and thank goodness because it saved me needing to reply yet again.
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You’re right, you aren’t typing in capital letters… Though your previouly perfect punctuation has gone missing somehow. How peculiar 
There’s no shame in being heated. I’m heated often and have been flagged often during those instances. I’ve found it best to remove myself from the situation then as for me the anger towards members or situations on TS found it’s way into my physical life.
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Thank you for your assessment… 
. I will try to stay on topic.
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Okay everybody I apologize for my misunderstanding of this young man’s post and I apologize to him for my misunderstanding. I did not mean to upset anybody or offend anybody. I will try better the next time. To keep my opinions to myself. Please forgive me that I have upset you all was not my intention. That’s all I can do is ask is for forgiveness. I’m only human, And I have an addiction and I make mistakes again I am sorry and will try better:heart:
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I think this week’s just hard maybe because I’m getting ready to have this surgery, You’re taking four disc out of my neck and I’m scared because their getting ready to put me on all this pain medicine! I don’t know. I’m sorry I really am
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I’m sorry this ain’t about me. It’s about the way I acted, I shouldn’t have acted that way. That’s not me at all, since I’ve been clean I have been a different person this It’s like the old me. I went back and apologized to Eric.