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My dad let me watch freddy krueger and chucky back in the early 90s when I was like 6 and I had vivid nightmares until I was like 12, I'd get killed, wake up, figure out how I could do it differently, go back to sleep and change what happened. Is that what you're talking about? (I've never actually heard of "lucid dreaming" before. )

We seem to have a lot of this in my area, especially among my brother's peer group (25-30).

I've seen seen/heard of a couple of his friends/ acquaintances die.

I've seen a bunch of them get it together and then fall back down.

The only 2 "kids" I've seen get their lives together long term were "sent away" by their parents in their early 20s (probably 2 years into addiction). They went no contact with all of their Friends. My brother used to go to the one guy's parents house to get updates, they would give him vague details but nothing identifying about where he went.

They were both (not connected at all) sent out of state where they didn't know anyone, to live with some random ppl from some random church that their parents found (no official rehab program). Both are clean for like 5+ years, married with kids and a job.

I tried convincing my parents to do this when my brother was younger but they thought it was a terrible idea. (luckily hes not into opiods/herion, but he does have a lot of addiction issues and everything else self destructive that you can think of)

Do you think this is a valid way of handling it? Or do you think these ppl just got lucky?

Also, another question, what do you think about ppl carrying narcan? I went to a gathering for ppl that lost loved ones to Heroin and there was a speaker there that recommended everyone with an addict in their life get some to keep on their person. He said you can walk into a pharmacy and get it?? This was the first time I had heard about that. Why isn't it more widely "advertised"?

I've recently heard that you should teach your kids that if a drowning person grabs them, they should go underwater. Is that good advice?

Ie: my 4 year old is a pretty good swimmer. Obviously I watch him 100% of the time ..bc he's 4. But when he's a little older, if he's at a crowded pool and is swimming independently and another kid grabs onto him, is that good advice for a kid that is a good enough swimmer to swim independently, but not to rescue another panicked kid?

Not to be a Debbie downer, but do they "wear out"?

A friend of mine got one in his early 20s and it's closing in on 2 decades. I think his kidney is about a decade older than him. I'm wondering if he'll be looking for another one. Haven't thought of a tactful way of asking and I can't seem to Google it right.