A father's love knows no bounds; "Father overdoses on heroin to shock his addict son into going to rehab-told his son "if you won't stop I will do the same as you"-Son is now seeking rehab". Time we stop forgetting fathers in the rush to put all mothers on pedestals.

overly_optimistic_ox · 2017-06-04T00:36:05+00:00

Kids, do not try this at home

fractalphony · 2017-06-03T20:50:22+00:00

What a childish father. Read into his actions. Selfish stupid father. " oh you want to be a fuck-up? Ill show you fuck-up."

fractalphony · 2017-06-03T21:05:32+00:00

I want to say, THIS IS NOT LOVE IN ANY FORM.

serioussiracha · 2017-06-04T01:44:14+00:00

This is a parenting tactic to shock his son into going to rehab. For rehab to succeed, it is best if the person is seeking to be well, not trying to stop dad from hurting himself.

Creature_73L · 2017-06-04T01:08:37+00:00

I may not agree with his method, but it's clear he cares about his son

gingerbreadxx · 2017-06-03T21:07:46+00:00

This comes up a lot in corporate team building/emotional intelligence workshops.

The "facilitator" writes the words "sympathy" and "empathy" on the whiteboard and explains the difference using the following analogy:

If somebody is stuck in a hole, and you stand on the edge looking down and feeling sorry for them, that's ... I've forgotten which one.

If somebody is in a hole, and you jump down into the hole with them and feel sorry for them there, that's ... whichever one the other one isn't.

I can't remember if the facilitator said that it's better to get into the hole and to empathize or sympathize there or to do your sympathizing or empathizing without getting into the hole.

WhoooCares · 2017-06-04T04:02:01+00:00

Jesus Christ. Hard fuckin core.

littlegreenrock · 2017-06-04T05:22:52+00:00

That's incredibly heroic.

2017-06-04T05:41:26+00:00

It's some weird bizarro world version of "I LEARNED IT FROM YOUUU!"

rg57 · 2017-06-04T05:44:07+00:00

While his performance was poor, failing to recognize that a newbie taking the same dose as an experienced user will result in an overdose, his overall strategy was sound, and is indeed working.

This man is a hero. He was almost an hero. Thin line.

Taxus_Calyx · 2017-06-07T07:31:02+00:00

Lets all pray for Rethgil.

Rethgil · 2017-06-07T20:55:43+00:00

To those seeing this particular debate for the first time. The TL, DR version.

I reported dodgy behaviour in line with mod rules by certain people.

Then one particular individual got desperate and childishly tried to smear me because I reported them as a feminist lurker. They were so inventive they actually said "no, you are"....

Then the mods replied they'd caught them out doing this. See pic.

https://ibb.co/fZRAkv

Taxus_Calyx · 2017-06-11T18:38:57+00:00

Wow, you're really rude.

Taxus_Calyx · 2017-06-12T02:19:20+00:00

Thanks for all the valuable info ;)

Rethgil · 2017-06-03T22:52:35+00:00

Those bashing this father have never dealt with a stubborn loved one before. We never see our own addictions but we quickly see how fucked up others are, so the father showed his son how fucked up drug abuse is for the person watching. The son was thrust into his father's shoes and recognized his own failures.

IDontLikeLollipops · 2017-06-04T02:47:03+00:00

If this was a couple, rather than a father son, you would realize how manipulative and horrible it is.

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