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**Gunnerhibby** · 19-10-02, 03:10

It's a subject that has never been raised, to the best of my knowledge, on the COWSHED, let alone the HIBEES BOUNCE.
When I say DRUGS I'm talking about the hard stuff, H, Smack,Heroine, whatever you want to call it.
The shit that has done most damage to countless people/families.

I'm talking about the things that happen when, years later you meet someone who you once remembered as "a friend", you would now ignore/walk past, fail to recognise or recognise but not talk to.

This such scenario happened to me tonite, and I'm now having a conflict playing through my mind of -WHY-.

I put myself in the catagory of "a good guy " someone who can get on with most people irrespective of their colour, religion, even their footballing choices, if that is even relevent, but tonight I went against most things that I hold relevent to what I think is classed as being civil.

Tonight,I attended a wedding reception of a very good friend of mine, and I came across a guy I had not met, socially, in a number of years. In fact the guy was in my class at school and we stayed in the same scheme as each other. I had seen him in the passing, over a long period of time(years), and had seen him deteriorate into the "junkie" lifestyle that he chose/fell into.
I had never really spoke to him, but, tonight we were put in a situation where we could'nt really not speak to each other and I chose to ignore the guy because of his "junkie" tendences.
Now, in normal circumstances, I would have de-cried anybody for doing such a thing,but now I'm in a state of mind where one part of me is saying "fair enough, he's a junkie, so what". The other part of me is not so clinical, that's saying "hey , he used to be a mate,what the fcuk are you up tae".
But I walked away.

Please dont get me wrong I'm not looking for any kind of absolution or sympathy, that I either done right or wrong, I think when the alcohol has dispersed, I will make my own mind up on that.

What I want to know is, has anyone else went through this sort of conflict of interest/friendship and how they handled it.
Not only that, does anyone have thoughts/opinions of mates/friends who have went on a similar path.

Having lived in Muirhouse since the late60's/early 70's, which has been ravaged by drugs for more than twenty years, it would be interesting to get some feedback from anyone who has had this kind of conflict/situation

GUNNERHIBBY

19-10-02, 03:10	#1
Gunnerhibby Freeloading Admin Radge Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Muirhouse Age: 50 Posts: 12,666 Thanks: 0 Thanked 28 Times in 18 Posts Rep Power: 27 vCash: 4000 Arcade Stats:	DRUGS.....A PERSONAL THING It's a subject that has never been raised, to the best of my knowledge, on the COWSHED, let alone the HIBEES BOUNCE. When I say DRUGS I'm talking about the hard stuff, H, Smack,Heroine, whatever you want to call it. The shit that has done most damage to countless people/families. I'm talking about the things that happen when, years later you meet someone who you once remembered as "a friend", you would now ignore/walk past, fail to recognise or recognise but not talk to. This such scenario happened to me tonite, and I'm now having a conflict playing through my mind of -WHY-. I put myself in the catagory of "a good guy " someone who can get on with most people irrespective of their colour, religion, even their footballing choices, if that is even relevent, but tonight I went against most things that I hold relevent to what I think is classed as being civil. Tonight,I attended a wedding reception of a very good friend of mine, and I came across a guy I had not met, socially, in a number of years. In fact the guy was in my class at school and we stayed in the same scheme as each other. I had seen him in the passing, over a long period of time(years), and had seen him deteriorate into the "junkie" lifestyle that he chose/fell into. I had never really spoke to him, but, tonight we were put in a situation where we could'nt really not speak to each other and I chose to ignore the guy because of his "junkie" tendences. Now, in normal circumstances, I would have de-cried anybody for doing such a thing,but now I'm in a state of mind where one part of me is saying "fair enough, he's a junkie, so what". The other part of me is not so clinical, that's saying "hey , he used to be a mate,what the fcuk are you up tae". But I walked away. Please dont get me wrong I'm not looking for any kind of absolution or sympathy, that I either done right or wrong, I think when the alcohol has dispersed, I will make my own mind up on that. What I want to know is, has anyone else went through this sort of conflict of interest/friendship and how they handled it. Not only that, does anyone have thoughts/opinions of mates/friends who have went on a similar path. Having lived in Muirhouse since the late60's/early 70's, which has been ravaged by drugs for more than twenty years, it would be interesting to get some feedback from anyone who has had this kind of conflict/situation GUNNERHIBBY