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Families often struggle to express themselves
regarding someone else’s drug use due to fear of stigma and
concern that they won’t be properly understood. This section
gives families the opportunity to discuss their feelings in a safe
environment
Paul fought drug abuse for 17 years. Paul didn’t want to be on drugs and sought help never but never really found it. Paul was tormented by drugs and over the years they sapped his body of all goodness, health, energy and emotions. Finally numbing his soul. Feelings of love and happiness were hard to find.
I found this note in Paul’s papers on stress and anxiety after his death. Paul was on subutex. He had been to hell and back and his thou
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Posted by lynn on 16th August 2010
Stuck...
At the age of 14 (he is 5 years older than me) my older brother began taking anphetamines, acid and LSD with his friends. After a bad "trip" (as he calls it) he began suffering from anxiety and paranoia and has ever since. That was 15 years ago and its progressively got worse.
things have happened in his life that definitely did't help him, our mum died when he was 18 and his fiance left him in 2005. I do feel he uses these as excuses, however
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Posted by Anon on 2nd August 2010
cycle of change for a person whose parent is doing drugs
My life was great, friends, family, school, dog and more. We were normal family however relative that can be. I never went without anything that I needed. As I rolled on with my life, my parents’ life became quite different to mine. There were parties, music, dances and eventually drugs. First it was weed and then one day I woke up both from my defiance and sleep and found out that it was something much more serious. My parents were doing coke an
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Posted by stop, play, pause on 24th July 2010
help with a job
Hi new to this but here goes.My son was aheroin addict.did stupid things and got arrested.did his probation and drug reabilitation.was clean and free for almost 2 years.met a new girl.last october although he is on methadone he shot up and was bought back to life in the back of an ambulance.6 monthes clean and his girlfrield took him back.two weeks ago hesmoked a joint with heroin in it.now his girlfriend has left him and he has told the truth an
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Posted by peaceful on 10th May 2010
My Boyfriend and his Mephedrone Problem
My boyfriend and I have been together for 6 and a half years, we met when we were young and have had the strongest loving relationship anybody could every wish for.. all up until about 6 months ago.
I noticed that he was acting different around me, he was secretive and sly about everything he did. I didn't say anything to him and let it carry on for a couple of months thinking nothing of it. It started to get worse, he wasn't sleeping, eatin
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Posted by sheena123 on 30th April 2010
My boyfriend
I met my boyfriend 8 years ago it was a normal happy relationship and we were very happy, I got pregnant 3 years into our relationship and we both where very very happy. It was after our son was born when everything started to go wrong. About a year after money was going missing and I never knew where my boyfriend was or were his money was going he worked but never seemed to have any money. I never dreamed it was anything like a drug addiction. O
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Posted by sarah on 12th March 2010
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