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Originally Posted by Jason Tate

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I started reading through the two blink threads for the fun of it. My day has now been occupied.

Originally Posted by fjiaewov

I started reading through the two blink threads for the fun of it. My day has now been occupied.

haha I started to as well, but that's time-consuming and non-productive. Still interesting to see what people were saying. I didn't even know anyone confirmed it before the Grammys, other than that they were friends again and a reunion seemed a likely eventuality.

Originally Posted by ChaseTx

haha I started to as well, but that's time-consuming and non-productive. Still interesting to see what people were saying. I didn't even know anyone confirmed it before the Grammys, other than that they were friends again and a reunion seemed a likely eventuality.

I eventually just went through Jason's posts since he is a fanboy. way to much to go post by post.

Originally Posted by fjiaewov

I started reading through the two blink threads for the fun of it. My day has now been occupied.

I remember those threads haha. I stayed up reading through the first thread. I was pretty excited. Then for the grammy threads, I came back from class and group meetings to see the "interesting" stuff being reported. I was waiting for the official word from the band. Then the rest was history. It was pretty awesome couple of days indeed. It was threads like those and the Drive Thru one last week that make me glad there is a community like this. Not all of my friends are as into music as I am, so it's great to share these moments with like-minded people.

I think most of these people posting have NO idea how addiction works.

Originally Posted by Jason Tate

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Oh the Powerspace APnet chat. Good times.

Originally Posted by Jason Tate

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Ah well that answers that! I swear the Audition chat was longer though...maybe it just seemed that way because it was one of the first chats like that.

Originally Posted by Jason Tate

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RIP Powerspace. Favorite band chat/favorite news thread.

Originally Posted by Miss Heartcore

RIP Powerspace. Favorite band chat/favorite news thread.

Right On, Right Now. *Fist Pump*

Originally Posted by RyanFTW

Right On, Right Now. *Fist Pump*

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Originally Posted by explosion party

nick at nite. great hair episode for stamos. (psyche every episode is great for that)

Originally Posted by Joe DeAndrea

All I've eaten today were dried ramen and pepperoni sandwiches. I won't be living for long haha.

Originally Posted by john travoltage

i just screamed in my moms face and told her to STFU

Originally Posted by youareallfreaks

you heard it here first kids, still lives with his parents.

Originally Posted by explosion party

I feel like i just won the Olympics in every event.

Originally Posted by Miss Heartcore

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haha whoa blast from the PAST.

Originally Posted by Jason Tate

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what about that post we had with about 6,000 or 7,000 replies that was for The Almost? it was a news post we turned in to a chat thread from like 2005ish.

Originally Posted by youareallfreaks

haha whoa blast from the PAST.

such a great chat.

Let me preface this by saying I really wish I saw this a few days ago to be in the middle of this discussion and perhaps change someones perception of Jonny/addiction. I am in recovery and am extremely compassionate with anyone who suffers from addiction, I didn't expect to write this much on the subject, but I did. Addiction has so many intricacies it's hard not to. I really hope people see this and actually read it, if anyone does please let me know your thoughts after reading. Please keep an open mind and really thank you if you do spend the time to read my post regardless of what you think of it.



As a former addict and being in recovery, this whole story irks the shit out of me, as did the whole macbook scandal. I feel horrible for the guy to be perfectly honest, I do with any suffering addict no matter what they have done. For people that don't understand addiction (which if you fortunately never have been an addict you probably don't) Jonny has been in such a horrible position for a raging heroin addict to be in. His actions, which don't get me wrong are absolutely terrible, have been publicized and heavily ridiculed for a while now which does NOTHING but send an addict such as himself deeper into his addiction and abysmal lifestyle. I have done some pretty horrible things in my life as well, definitely not on his level, but I could not even fathom having my poor decisions covered and exposed for everyone to see. I can however see how resentful he has gotten towards pretty much everyone and the ONLY way an active addict knows how to deal with resentment is to go use more.

This is a progressive disease people, it only gets worse and worse and the downfall never stops until that person himself decides they simply want to stop. Until then, things only get worse, there is absolutely no reaching a plateau when it comes to addiction. Something that has majoly hindered Jonny from actually trying to get clean is that he was still being largely enabled by the people in his life. From his band to his record label to this tumblr dude who claims to have wasted over 10 grand on him, they all are obviously just trying to help someone they care about but these actions only prolong Jonny from seeking real help. Enabling behavior is the most common yet detrimental factor in an addicts life, it's from the people closest to you that just want to help and despite all the lies from the past, hope to god this time is different. Family members and anyone with a drug addict they are close to in their life even have their own meetings to go to so they can learn a program to stop enabling and begin detaching. Jonny, up until very recently, was still living off other peoples finances for his drugs/anything else. Living off money from others, not having to work and getting to do drugs all day is an addicts dream! Don't do shit and get high all day?! Why the fuck should I stop!? I don't care who i'm hurting in the process because I can't feel even a fucking spec of human emotion, I haven't in years!

Look my point is that every addict, even Jonny, needs to hit a rock bottom before they truly seek help and want to change. Up until now, Jonny had pretty much had a steady flow of cash (regardless of how he obtained it) he's had a roof over his head, definitely had told himself he doesn't need to stop using because he still is in his band and really hadn't faced any true consequences to his actions, until now. Hopefully this is his bottom now and the people in his life are truly cutting him off because he needs to be able to see where drugs have really taken him, which for him right now is homeless, broke, absolutely despised by the general population, hiding in Canada avoiding a warrant, kicked out of his band, and unable to proceed in music in anyway which obviously is his passion. I say hopefully because the next step lower from his situation is death and i've seen it happen way too many times. Addicts need to reach/experience the total extreme to come to a realization and quit living in horrible denial. Despite the countless times people have told him that he needs help, addicts usually always have to learn the hard way.

Last thing I want to stress is that addiction is a disease of the brain. For all addicts, it causes ultimate selfishness and self centeredness, to not give a FUCK about anyone else and only worry about themselves and think about how they can get their next score no matter how much they have to rationalize and justify their actions. How they are affecting everyone else never even pops in their head at the peak of addiction. Jonnys thinking is literally different than it used to be in his brain and the mind is what truly needs to be restored in recovery.

Jonny has done horrible things and deserves everything he has gotten, I feel for him deeply because I know first hand how fucking delusional, neurotic and deceiving this disease is and I know that his situation was the perfect storm for an addict to keep using, lying, stealing and scheming. Only a fellow addict can understand but this right now could be the best thing to ever happen to him. If he is able to recover and work/live a program, he can live a life that far exceeds anyones expectations. I pray for him.