No idea. Hope so. Might be a good distraction for him. I can find out if u really wanna know?
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All calls from jail are recorded. He hasn't been targeted in any way.
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I think it didn't bode well for Muzza ...... the Club didn't allow him to play. Didn't Andrew Krakour play for Hakea when he was banged up?
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Ahhh ....yes! Maybe he can get a transfer to Wooroloo then ..... he would be a free agent wouldn't he?
Totally agree but think it's more of a farm and Ben has a habit of running. Good behavior maybe?
Woooloo is fenced and is actually stricter on security than some of the other higher security prisons. He won't stay in Hakea for long as it is extremely full and used for remand and high security. Will most likely end up at Wooroloo, Karnett or Acacia.
I have Worked in the prisons as a contractor and know quite a few of the guards, will be interesting to hear the updates on him.
same as what I posted in the main board
I'm a drug and alcohol counsellor and have 6 years of clinical experience with meth users
My take - its good a thing overall because finally there is significant consequence to his drug use and associated behaviours
he wasn't sent to jail for his drug user per say, it was for breaking a court order on seeing his ex partner because he was addicted to meth, not sent to jail for the meth use itself, we have to keep that in mind.
will he turn his life around after a stint in jail, it will come down to how much Ben puts into it when he is finally released, if he goes back to the same mates - errr so called mates then he will relapse straight away I think, I see it everyday.
guys think they can get clean yet hang around other users and rely on willpower to just say No....hmm it fails
I have empathy for people with addictions and seeing it first hand its a very misunderstood area of health
if You have a broken leg it gets fixed - if you have an addiction you are often labelled a Junkie or some other term.
On going to Prison - There are plenty of drugs in WA prisons especially. I've had clients tell me how swap shoes under the table and the drugs are packed into a sole of the shoe, prison guards are corrupt also. Hep C and HIV is easily spread in prison as people use chicken bones for syringes and share spoons to use. And if ben goes down that path he is in more trouble than he's in now. One of my clients was sent to jail for importing ecstasy inside an Xbox console which was from the silk road drug site which is now defunct. he did turn his life around and is now working in the mines as a 2nd in charge. On 200K a year. HE studied engineering in jail and got life back on track. I visited him fortnightly for 2 years in jail.
I hope all meth users can face their demons and get life back on track not just ben, its an insidious drug which is highly addictive and destroys the brain and the family of the users is often left helpless. Ben needs to face reality in prison, find a career pathway and find a good counsellor to work on a long term plan.
I'm a drug and alcohol counsellor and have 6 years of clinical experience with meth users
My take - its good a thing overall because finally there is significant consequence to his drug use and associated behaviours
he wasn't sent to jail for his drug user per say, it was for breaking a court order on seeing his ex partner because he was addicted to meth, not sent to jail for the meth use itself, we have to keep that in mind.
will he turn his life around after a stint in jail, it will come down to how much Ben puts into it when he is finally released, if he goes back to the same mates - errr so called mates then he will relapse straight away I think, I see it everyday.
guys think they can get clean yet hang around other users and rely on willpower to just say No....hmm it fails
I have empathy for people with addictions and seeing it first hand its a very misunderstood area of health
if You have a broken leg it gets fixed - if you have an addiction you are often labelled a Junkie or some other term.
On going to Prison - There are plenty of drugs in WA prisons especially. I've had clients tell me how swap shoes under the table and the drugs are packed into a sole of the shoe, prison guards are corrupt also. Hep C and HIV is easily spread in prison as people use chicken bones for syringes and share spoons to use. And if ben goes down that path he is in more trouble than he's in now. One of my clients was sent to jail for importing ecstasy inside an Xbox console which was from the silk road drug site which is now defunct. he did turn his life around and is now working in the mines as a 2nd in charge. On 200K a year. HE studied engineering in jail and got life back on track. I visited him fortnightly for 2 years in jail.
I hope all meth users can face their demons and get life back on track not just ben, its an insidious drug which is highly addictive and destroys the brain and the family of the users is often left helpless. Ben needs to face reality in prison, find a career pathway and find a good counsellor to work on a long term plan.
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What job does he do?
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drug counsellors on average last about 8 months ...I was told that at the interview stage
6 years later still going - excuse the pun but it has its highs and lows. its a lonely existence though - when a client gets clean and rebuilds their life and does well you wont hear about him or her as confidentiality is premium - we cant put it in the paper - I cant even tell my partner much
yet when one of my clients loses the plot (common and gets arrested) everyone knows about him
I loved Forrest Gump life's like a box ....
well being a dug counsellor is the same ...each day you just don't know what your going to get - one client whom I thought was going to die sorted himself out ....he now owns a big company and is filthy rich ...you wont read about him
another 13 year old meth user whose mum had killed herself in her garage and found her hanging ......she now has a life but still does the odd crazy thing but she's now clean
people see drug users as scum or oh its their fault...blah blah. People don't see what we see. I remember driving home one day after seeing an 9 year old kid petrol sniffing from rusty cans .....that was week one of the job - the stuff we see no uni degree prepares you for ...I was an older recruit to and had my life sorted but there are still days where you drive home a mess and somehow I just will myself back for another day the next
a lot of my work isn't done in a plush black leather chair nodding away ....so tell me how you feel" ....it isn't like that and self care is imperative.
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it was refreshing to see this in the paper - makes some good points
http://www.watoday.com.au/comment/b...-protection-not-leverage-20170405-gve3si.html
http://www.watoday.com.au/comment/b...-protection-not-leverage-20170405-gve3si.html
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I also heard from a mate that he like his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti, ffffffffffft.
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Don't believe what you have read from the main stream posters, its all fake opinion.
Wouldn't be the first time I've visited a dumb campaigner in jail.
I'm happy to come along if you shout me a few cones
Hakea isn't too bad,too many flies tho is the outdoor visit area
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I share Simon's view on the VRO issue. Silly law that was passed.
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