Another example of Drugs ruining your life

[Mjolnir]

I found out today that my ex-biz partner/friend plead guilty to possession of meth while on probation for Domestic Violence. He was sentenced to 16 months state prison.
We started a biz together 5 yrs ago, kicked ass, made good money in a very competitive business and he threw it all away for meth and drug skanks. Unfortunately, I'm a dumbass and didnt recognize his behavior as being an addict (just thought he was an asshole), and the company was destroyed. I was a schmuck and didnt pay attention to the finances. Thank god my name wasn't on any corp paperwork or the vendors would be coming after me for the hundreds of thousands the company owes.
I had to walk away from the company with nothing just to get away from the toxic environment. Starting over @ 42 with very little is brutal. I'm fortunate to have good friends and a good reputation and everything is looking better.
I know 99.9% of you are smarter than me, but that .1%, please pay attention so you don't go through what I did.
The worst thing about it is that he has a 20 yr old daughter who wishes he was dead, just to stop poisoning her life.
Don't want to be a bummer, just pointing out that this can happen to people around you, so be careful...
Peace to all of you !

 

[UGA12]

You escaped the situation with things money cant buy. Its hard at times, but focus on those things rather than what you lost!

I too have seen the rath this drug can bring upon people. Watched my best friend go from being a husband, father, hard worker with good job, my fishing/camping partner and an overall asset to society to stealing from his parents and friends in order to feed the devil known as meth. Sad does not even begin to describe it.

 

[Sportsaholic]

Good luck going forward Mjolnir :toast:

 

[Mjolnir]

Life is good for sure. I'm fortunate.
Thanks for the well wishes !
:toast:

 

[Jaxx]

Sorry to hear that Mjolnir. Lucky you made it out of the situation with the shirt on your back. Drugs are very powerful and will decimate your life as it did your associate. Just say no.

 

[Cie]

Life is good for sure. I'm fortunate.
Thanks for the well wishes !
:toast:

Glad to see a positive attitude from you, sir. Best of luck moving forward:toast:

It might sound corny, but I always liked this quote despite not knowing its origin... "Nothing great can be accomplished without enthusiasm"

Whatever you do, do it with a positive attitude and enthusiasm, and very difficult for you not to forge your way towards the top.

 

[Old School]

we self medicators destroy more lives than our own.

but we usually don't give a shit until it's to late.

 

[layinwood]

Mjolnir, I went thru the exact same situation except I was on all the corp paperwork. My business partner was a coc addict. We both worked for a company and the owner offered for us to buy it from him. He was really just setting us up because he liked both of us and his wife considered us both sons. At the time I knew my partner liked to party as did I but I didn't know the problems he really had and what it had already cost him in his life. Once we took over the company we both started making too much money. I partied but kept it to the weekends and never let it mess with my weekday work.(although looking back it did because I was always pissy Mon and Tues and by Friday was ready to leave early to go have fun. The difference with him is that he would leave on a Friday and I wouldn't see or him from him for a week at a time. He literally would lock himself in a hotel room, his guy would deliver to him and he wouldn't go anywhere for days upon days. By the time he would come back in he was always angry, felt bad and just looked like crap. A year and a half into I had settled down, was getting married and then had my first child. Once all that happened I decided I couldn't take it anymore. I walked away with nothing at all except a big debt that I shared with him to the IRS. He kept our clients and ended up doing VERY WELL.(finally kicking his problem a year later because he had to. He didn't have me to lean on and do the work while he was out screwing off) I had a new wife, baby girl and lost everything. It took me several years to start over but I did it. He and I are now good friends and I'm happy he's clean more than anything.

 

[Mjolnir]

Thanks for all the well wishes, it's really cool !

Layinwood. It's amazing how much we have in common. I was supposed to be on the corporate paperwork and what saved me was his incredible greed. I was on the sales side and dealt with the customers, infrastructure,some paperwork. Basicly anything that involved people skills.and he handled the purchasing and money. When I decided to wake up and review where we were as a company it was too late. His greed actually helped me.
I was single at the time and started seeing someone special but realized I was in for a rough time to recover financially and spiritually and we split.
I am truly sorry for your pain and just know that all of your abilities and characteristics that helped you earn what you had are still there and when you succeed again ( and you will ), it's all under your own steam and no one can take that from you. It's made me a better person and it will do the same to you.
I wish you the best that life has to offer !
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