highschool sads
By the way, this Tiller IS NOT @/CptnTiller@mastodon.social
This was a guy I knew in highschool, he was sorta like a brother to me, and sadly he started doing a lot of bad drugs and stealing stuff, so I had to cut him out of my life.
I still wonder if I did the right thing... but I wasn't really in a place to help, and I was afraid he'd get me into trouble. He'd tried to steal booze while he was with another mutual friend and they both almost had the cops called on them.
highschool sads
I still feel like such a prick for kind of abandoning him... If we don't help each other, who will?
He meant a lot to me, I had so many good memories with him... but... I needed to worry about my future. Saying that kind of leaves a sour taste in my mouth, but it wasn't just me I had to worry about. My family kind of needed me to be self sufficient. Hell, I still have to funnel money to my mom or her and my siblings would be way worse off...
re: highschool sads
@Saintajax33 You say "if we don't help each other, who will" but what exactly could you have done? tell them what they're doing is hurt themselves? how often with out them changing.
The praxis of helping others implies you know how to help or have the tools to help effectively. Just doing things without a plan or tools isn't inherently helpful and can exacerbate. Especially if the person isn't directly asking for help.