My son was a meth addict for five years and during that time I lived with a constant level of fear and anxiety twisting away at my gut. It was ever-present but I didn’t realise that until he died and it went away. It’s back now. Meth was killing my son just like this coalition of monsters is killing everything that is important to me abo…
My son was a meth addict for five years and during that time I lived with a constant level of fear and anxiety twisting away at my gut. It was ever-present but I didn’t realise that until he died and it went away. It’s back now. Meth was killing my son just like this coalition of monsters is killing everything that is important to me about beautiful Aotearoa. My boy was murdered by men that would be classed as bottom-feeders by Christopher Luxon, men who never had a chance to be anything other than what they became. On a philosophical level, I oppose everything this government stands for. And on a wholly pragmatic and practical level, I see that the policies of this coalition government - and the entitled, privileged, punitive, vicious and ignorant attitudes of many who voted for them - will produce more men just like the ones that murdered my son. That is a tragedy for all of us. We’re a small country, the physical degree of separation of the
“A-list” and the “bottom feeders” is also small. If it’s not possible to have empathy, compassion and kindness for the people who have the least, in every regard, in this plentiful and blessed country, then we will reap the consequences when we’re forced to live in South African style guarded compounds and to be in fear every moment we’re not locked up inside them.
My son was a meth addict for five years and during that time I lived with a constant level of fear and anxiety twisting away at my gut. It was ever-present but I didn’t realise that until he died and it went away. It’s back now. Meth was killing my son just like this coalition of monsters is killing everything that is important to me about beautiful Aotearoa. My boy was murdered by men that would be classed as bottom-feeders by Christopher Luxon, men who never had a chance to be anything other than what they became. On a philosophical level, I oppose everything this government stands for. And on a wholly pragmatic and practical level, I see that the policies of this coalition government - and the entitled, privileged, punitive, vicious and ignorant attitudes of many who voted for them - will produce more men just like the ones that murdered my son. That is a tragedy for all of us. We’re a small country, the physical degree of separation of the
“A-list” and the “bottom feeders” is also small. If it’s not possible to have empathy, compassion and kindness for the people who have the least, in every regard, in this plentiful and blessed country, then we will reap the consequences when we’re forced to live in South African style guarded compounds and to be in fear every moment we’re not locked up inside them.
Your comments totally resonate with me as a mother of a meth addict
Mothering my boy through that night are was the literally the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. Big hugs to you xx