Meth stories

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

A Story of Crystal Meth Addiction and Recovery

Misery and Pain leads to one of two things: Death or Perseverance This is the story of Emily’s crystal meth addiction and ultimate triumph over what could have been seen as a lost cause. With horrible statistics like “only 5% get clean after meth addiction” it’s easy to get discouraged. Reading a story like this [...]

The challenges of staying sober

Staying sober can be a daily struggle, but it is possible. The hardest part of trying to get sober is said to be in the very beginning. Depending on the length of the addiction, those first weeks of learning to stave off cravings and keeping out of touch with those who cause you to fall [...]

Intervention: Tressa – Follow up

Finally a follow up to Tressa’s Intervention story! I while back I blogged about Tressa from an episode of A&E’s Intervention. She’s an amazing woman and athlete who traded in her dreams of being an Olympic shot-put champion for IV meth use. If you haven’t already seen it, I recommend watching the video of Tressa’s [...]

Quitting Meth IS Possible

Written by guest author: Yoko I began using meth when I was 15 years old. I have never smoked or touched any drug before this. I only started because I knew a member of my family used and I was curious why she did it. So one night, I slept over at a friends house [...]

Meth Story: Kelsey

This is just one story of the many that I have received via my submit your meth story form. I pasted it verbatim here because I believe what she is saying is important and maybe there is someone out there who needs to hear it from a family member’s vantage point. Hello everyone i am [...]

Meth Intervention: Cristy

The show Intervention on A&E is sometimes too painful for me to even watch – Cristy’s story most of all. I saw the story of Cristy (or Christy) on Intervention quite a while back and of all the episodes, this one really affected me the most, truthfully it was her story along with those of [...]