Author Archive
Lynn’s Story: Addiction & Meth Use in Pregnancy
With two kids in DCFS custody she now uses meth to lull the pain and sadness it’s caused in her life. My heart breaks for her and her children…
i have been doing meth for almost 7 in a half yrs. i have been doing it none stop every single day for the past 2 in [...]
Meth Poem: The Scars of Ice last for Life
Poem submitted by: Yusuf L.
It’s been days since I slept
Can’t remember when last I ate
I’m consumed by anger and hate
Meth is leading me to hells gates…
Even tho I put it behind me
Everything I do constantly reminds me…
The wounds are so deep
The climb back to the top so steep
How did I ever get so deep…?
It disturbs [...]
Meth Poem: The Cook
A Poem About Cooking Methamphetamine
Poem submitted by: “Big Dog” – Written while in Folsom Prison
There are only a few who know the trade – How methamphetamine is made.
They live their lives always on the run – Just waiting for the next batch to be done.
Peeking around corners in fear of a bust – As they’re [...]
Meth Poem: Wife of An Addict
A Poem about Meth Addiction from a Wife’s Vantage Point
Poem Submitted by: Ericka T
I love you so much, with all of my heart.
From this drug, I wish you’d part.
I see you dying in front of my eyes.
You never these days have time for goodbyes.
Slowly but surely I watch you get weaker.
Behind your back, they call [...]
Well Here I am, Smoking a Foil as I Write…
A personal story about meth addiction submitted by a reader of this blog:
Well here i am , smoking a foil as I write wanting to be clean eventually but right now (just got off work early and have the house my boyfriend and I share -all to myself)couldn’t be as happy as i am without [...]
Meth Poem: I walked away
This poem actually brought me to tears and I won’t say much more than that – I will just let you read it for yourself…
Submitted by: Christy Hardy
I walked away,
from you that day,
never to return,
never to look your way.
My family is important,
they begged, and pleaded,
and sent me to rehab,
where treatment was needed.
I am so blessed,
they [...]
Meth and Violence go Hand in Hand
I went through that hell all of my life I did there drug so I could understand and be just as dangerous and violent as tweakers and its not good.
Meth Poem: The Person I Once Knew
Although I don’t know the story behind this poem about meth addiction, I will assume that it is something very personal to the author.
Thank you Christy for sharing this poem with us:
The Person I Once Knew
If only you had listened,
to what I tried to tell,
If only you had realized,
I knew you all to well.
Nothing was [...]
A Story of 3 Meth Addicts – One Family.
Addiction quickly progresses into something you can’t control
I always appreciate anyone who is willing to share their personal experience with Meth in order to help others. In this case, Bob learned how quickly an addiction can take hold. There is a domino effect that so many stories have in common in that once you start [...]
Ever wonder how meth use runs full circle in a family?
Written by guest author: Laura M.
When I was six years old and my brother was three years old, our grandmother took us from our parents because Mom and Dad were heavy meth users.
We would often be without a place to live, food to eat, a car for transportation, etc. I suspect that at one point [...]
