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juels101 (897.6 days ago)
My oldest brother is a severe drug addict and alchoholic. He has been for many years, but still tryes to hide it. I have practically no relationship with him anymore, he is certainly not trustworthy at mine, or anyones home for more than an hour and certainly never un supervised. He has mental problems as well and growing up was hard for him. Not sure what to tell you, they have to decide to help themselves, until they are willing the drugs and or alchohol will be more important. I`m certainly not saying totally leave them alone, he knows I love him, he knows I know about his problem and that I love the Daniel (that`s his name) behind the disease. I throw in there I know he can make something from his life if he chooses too. It`s hard when they are adults because you can`t force them into treatment. It`s so bad, for years now I have been prepared to get the call that he is dead, or has killed someone..... sorry, depressing, but that is some of my story :(

abbyquiet (897.6 days ago)
before i got pregnant, i was a meth addict. nothing helped, no one could stop me. the only thing that snapped me out of it was getting pregnant. my son literally changed my life. if i`d never gotten pregnant, i`d be in a much much different place right now.

larryslady (897.6 days ago)
My mom is an addict.. And she is in such denial, My baby girl is 4 months old and she has not seen her yet. And with my eight year old she didnt see her for the first time until she was 1 yr old. I don`t think that you can really fix them until they admit that they are broken,So all I do is just sit and pray. As long as no one calls me and tells me that she is dead, I`m fine!

hillaryandmikesbaby (897.7 days ago)
my brother is a heroin addict. I`d say for about six or seven years now. He just got out of rehab but I am not holding my breath. Even off of the drugs he is a sick demented person. He also has anti social personality disorder.. basically your a total dick and only care about yourself. I`ve decided that my baby will never meet him, and he will not be apart of our lives. We have all tried helping him countless times, but eventually you can`t help anymore.

blondie9504 (897.7 days ago)
My mom is an addict. I can`t even begin to list the things she takes. She called me when I was 4 months preggo and told me I was going to die in a horrible car crash and the she called my SO at work and told him the same thing and I had just miscarried a few months before. Needless to say, I had her admitted but it didn`t fix anything, she went right back to it. My daughter is now a month old and she has seen her 3 times that maybe add up to 2 hrs. I trust a rabid pitbull with my child before I would trust her. I actually changed the locks on all my doors and am planning on getting a rottweiler or german shepard soon so I can at least know if someone is around since I`m here by myself 95% of the time. It sucks how I have to treat my mom like a child and not trust her but she was a worthless mother to me so I don`t want her treating my daughter like shit too.

SarahLJ (897.9 days ago)
My little sister was on drugs for years. I have no idea what she was on because she won`t say anything but from what the police said (they were called out once on her for serious violent outbursts) they were serious drugs she was on. She is now only 17 years old and 18 weeks pregnant with her first. Nothing we did or said helped to get her off them. She managed to get herself the help that she needed to get off them when she met her current partner and decided to try and start a family. This we are not happy about either but thats another story. I know its hard and heartbreaking to watch a close family member go through this when you know what it is doing to them but like kinta said try to not let it consume your life.

vickyfoofoo (898 days ago)
yes, my husband is a recovered heroin addict, he went through rehab, and came out `clean`, actually it was much worse than before he went in. he had a methadone perscription, which he abused with his vallium, codine, subutex, anything he could get his hands on really, and because it wasnt heroin he thought it was ok, so did the rest of his family, but they didnt have to live with him!! hed pass out most nights, and many days, at school, work, anywere really!! in the end hes done it, he hasnt touched a drug for 4 years now and im realy proud of him for doing it. it took a long time and a lot of support and patience though. it isnt an easy thing to live with, or try and help someone with. i agree with mumbo, they have to want it for themselves 1st and foremost, then you can help them, but if they dont want to stop youre fighting a loosing battle. good luck x

kinta (898 days ago)
My ex partner has been addicted a few things but mostly he has a problem with prescription drugs like vallium and morphine, he is CURRENTLY in rehab now (this will be his 8th relapse) I have an 8 month old with him and this is the 3rd time I`ve gone through this with him, honestly, u can do as much as u want but at the end of the day, its up to them. I`ve stepped backed from the whole situation this time round because he has to do it for himself, not do it for me and our bub. Its heartbreaking, and its a horrible thing to go through but u cant let it consume ur life, because it can.

alijo (898 days ago)
One of my closest friends has a serious drinking problem. I tried so many different things to get her to stop, but truthfully, what happened in the end is that she hit rock bottom in a serious way, and decided to get help herself. Now she is in AA and sober. I wish I had advice, but I honestly didn`t know what to do with my friend, other than just be her friend. Maybe I enabled her? I don`t know. I am just grateful that she is sober and happy.



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