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Am I the Only Recovering Meth Addict Out There?

I've really enjoyed the series because it shows me my "bad old days" and I'm glad I'm not there anymore. A friend asked me if Breaking Bad is realistic. Pretty much. Ya gotta have cajones to cook and distribute, for sure. Then if you get a stupid tweaker for a partner, it's gonna go against you big time.

I think this series would be good for older kids to watch so they could see for real what they are getting themselves into, and not be pampered by some "After School Special" version.

I LOVED the "Mormons as killer bikers" episode, except, you only feel that scared of the Mormons coming, you don't hallucinate quite that badly. Though I never had anything as pure as the tweaker had, nor as large a quantity.

I pray they have the series on again. Well written, well acted, and entertaining is a rare commodity on TV. This show has it all.

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I agree, moondreamer. During the anticipation to the show's premiere, so much of the buzz was focused on whether or not Breaking Bad was glorifying this drug. Quite the opposite, I think it lifts the rock and shows us the dark underside of this world that Walt has most disastrously entered.

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This show is brilliant! I don't usually watch TV and I have never left "comments" on a web site, but I want this show back on the air. It is pure genius. Please bring another season, the show was just gaining momentum.

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Let's face it. If people are going to do meth, they will and if they aren't, they won't. No amount of money spent or lives shattered will change it. I also used meth in the past, a long long time ago. I was not a dealer or really had much interaction with one, but I love this show. This show is just one more example of how things are never black and white at their core.

I just hope they put the next season on before I get burned out trying to find it and forget about it!

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I am not but my brother is a recovering heroine adict and my mom is a recovering alcoholic. Watching this has reminded me of the past and connected with me in many levels. The whole cancer and chemistry bit have also interiged me. I'm studying and it's very interesting how somthing as important as chemistry can bring such things to the world. I like everything about this show. I love chemisty and hate drugs, love-hate.

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i love this show!!!!!!
i am 15... probably too young to understand this kinda stuff according to adults.....but i understand a lot about life i am an ex meth user as well..i dont really think like a young teen should....i dont really relate to this show but it still makes me think and wonder and its sooo exciting to watch!!!!
i hope that the second season comes soon!! i cant wait!!

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Anna8: Unless you got really heavy into cooking meth and distributing it right from the get go, you couldn't relate to the show. You didn't relate to the paranoid trip of thinking Mormons were killer bikers coming to get the guy? I did. It's not like I hallucinated someone as being a killer biker, but I was as scared of a regular person knocking on my door as I would be a killer biker.

Everything that could go wrong with the chemist's enterprise has gone wrong so far. Stupid partner, ex-cop brother in law. Yikes.

Actually, because I was a meth freak for so long, I didn't know I had asthma, because Meth masks the symptoms. If I were writing the show, I'd probably blow it, cause I'd want to write that meth cured his lung cancer. Not realistic at all, but a lovely fantasy.

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Hi, This is Jack Dawson,
I really love this show and i recommend it to anyone who likes 2 watch real entertainment not those dumb reality shows of now-a-days... i was wondering why is it that the new season hasn't started..is there even gonna be
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Jack Dawson
Crystal Meth Addiction

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