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Originally posted by stomachmonkey
One problem is his parents spoiled him. I remember sitting around one night with his father. My friend was complaining about his current job situation and how he was butting heads with his boss. I said to him "it's not your business, the guy had it before you came along and probably does not appreciate a 2 week old employee telling him that he's doing everything wrong. Why can't you just go in and work like he's paying you to?" His father says, "he was raised to be a boss, not a worker"
The other problem which I really believe is at root of this, when he took the silver spoon out of his mouth it went into his nose.
He was in rehab a long time ago and I'm pretty sure he's fallen off the wagon. We were roommates when he was using heavily, (which is why I moved out) I recognize the signs.
Scott
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Scott, Your advice to your friend was right on the mark and his father's was, frankly? stupid! Nevertheless, all things considered (and despite his substance problems) this is a grown man.
None of us is to blame for the way our parent's raised us. In most cases they were doing the best they could with the information they had at the time (that includes THEIR level of maturity, etc) But ALL of us are responsible for our actions. We are all responsible if we don't like the way we turned out and we dont do something about it. And if you have a hard time accepting that reality, better start looking at your own level of maturity.