News Ben Cousins in the news again. 10 years on and it still continues. (2016 edition)

[Matera92]

Pretty much had to sign a permission slip just so we could watch The Last Starfighter at the end of term brah.

That film was scary as shit in parts.

 

[ChampRevesby]

And to think only a decade later his dickhead drug dealing "mates" set him on the path of destruction. Sad.

 

[Keys]

And to think only a decade later his dickhead drug dealing "mates" set him on the path of destruction. Sad.

WTF is he doing in a Claremont jumper

The trauma of that probably sent him down the dark path he took

 

[kane249]

And again

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/fo...s/news-story/942be69f790530f6a1ff9255440613ed

 

[Dark Sharks]

Oh Benny, you are your zany lifestyle choices.

 

[Matera92]

Gawn surely.

 

[Woobla Stainz]

Needs to be put in jail for a while to calm down its getting ridiculous.

 

[kane249]

 

[EagleShore]

The story's already been written, and he's just riding it out IMO. It will end in either prison reforming him or making him worse and ultimately leading to his death.

 

[RookiePick]

And again

http://www.news.com.au/sport/afl/fo...s/news-story/942be69f790530f6a1ff9255440613ed

Well really it's at the stage where you just have to be a happy it isn't that he's turned up dead

 

[Natho]

what more can you say

 

[Hap Hapablap]

he was doing the stuff when he was at wesley as a year 12 student.

been in his entire adult life

 

[MWPP]

Cousins was my favourite player as a kid (and a big reason why I got into the footy/picked our beloved team)
I will always have a soft spot for him, but these days, all that means is that I hope that I don't one day wake up to the news that he has passed away

 

[2006_Eagles]

Cousins was my favourite player as a kid (and a big reason why I got into the footy/picked our beloved team)
I will always have a soft spot for him, but these days, all that means is that I hope that I don't one day wake up to the news that he has passed away

 

[dave123]

he was doing the stuff when he was at wesley as a year 12 student.

been in his entire adult life

Not true

I'm a drug counsllor and have met his dad through a dual friend and that's rubbish categorically

 

[dave123]

Cousins was my favourite player as a kid (and a big reason why I got into the footy/picked our beloved team)
I will always have a soft spot for him, but these days, all that means is that I hope that I don't one day wake up to the news that he has passed away

Meth doesn't generally kill you like heroin does....however it slowly cooks the brain

You'll die from car accident or from violence associated with meth but not the drug itself

 

[Marlin01]

Not true

I'm a drug counsllor and have met his dad through a dual friend and that's rubbish categorically

It's completely true.

 

[kane249]

Not true

I'm a drug counsllor and have met his dad through a dual friend and that's rubbish categorically

Ben himself admitted that he started dabbling in drugs when he was in high school.

If anything your anecdote just highlights he started hiding his habits at a young age.

 

[WCErevival]

Parents are usually oblivious until later on

 

[Hap Hapablap]

Not true

I'm a drug counsllor and have met his dad through a dual friend and that's rubbish categorically

how so, is every parent going to know what their child is doing at school?

it was well known from many wesley classmates of his who i know said he enjoyed that lifestyle. granted he wasnt an addict

 

[dave123]

how so, is every parent going to know what their child is doing at school?

it was well known from many wesley classmates of his who i know said he enjoyed that lifestyle. granted he wasnt an addict

He dabbled like most teens ...his problems escalated when he started using ketamine

 

[Feeling Groovy]

It felt good to read this. https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/be...s-of-former-teammate-sam-butler-ng-b88416696z

 

[Keys]

It felt good to read this. https://thewest.com.au/sport/afl/be...s-of-former-teammate-sam-butler-ng-b88416696z

Yeah, but what would he know it's not like he was there or anything

And why isn't he out robbing banks and blaming it on West Coast like Sharpe

 

[WCErevival]

Is Cuz giving the bird in that picture?

 

[06Premiers]

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