Comments on: Ever wonder how meth use runs full circle in a family?

By: Aprilfish08

Aprilfish08 — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 16:20:00 +0000

I have a awsome 2 year old son and I’m still with his dad but my mother inlaw is on meth and has been for about 20 year ifnot longer! I have set a rule she isto have to contact in anyway until she gets into a 90 day proogram! I have found her bag of dope on the floor and when I drug tested her she was dirty mind u she had been watching my son that day. So hats why I have set have set hat rule and she also steels my stuff from my house! Well my mans sisters say I’m worng and that I am punishing my son but I feel I am protecting him!? Anyone feel thati am wrong with what I’m doing? My grandma has been a drug counseler for 30 years and says it’s called tough love! What do u guys think?
Thanks from April in Cali!

By: SomeChick

SomeChick — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 21:07:47 +0000

Laura, thank you so much for coming back to share your update. I am so sorry for the loss of your mother. I wish you and your family the very best.

By: Laura M.

Laura M. — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:48:07 +0000

This is my story. I thought I would update you guys.

I am still clean. It has been over 8 years now. My younger brother is now 20 and he is also still clean. He just started school to become a nurse.

Last year, my mother admitted to me that she had relapsed. She told me that it only lasted a short time, that she was clean again. She wanted to be a better mother for my then 2 year old half brother. A few weeks later, she died in her sleep from heart failure at the age of 43. I do not know if her relapse had anything to do with her death, but it certainly did not help. My half brother is now 3 and he lives nearby with his father and grandparents, I get to see him as often as I like.

I miss my parents. They were not bad people, they were good people who were sick.

By: Randyslilmonkey4life_2000

Randyslilmonkey4life_2000 — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 03:09:21 +0000

Hey Your Story is really inspired me to get clean i have a young child in the house and hostly i dont want to see her the way her mom is now. I would really love to keep in touch with you I am around your age and that story touched me alot so please email me at randyslilmonkey4life_2000@yahoo.com thank you for that story you have posted

By: Rjkmetalman

Rjkmetalman — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:20:07 +0000

I can relate to this story, just as many can. Exactly the same… Ive been sober for a year+ and loving every minute

By: amberswain

amberswain — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 15:54:45 +0000

the whole time i read this story i cried, this is just like my life. except with cocaine, and a few other things are different. but im sure we could relate. id like to talk to this write

By: Tommy Melb, Australia

Tommy Melb, Australia — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:00:57 +0000

This post brought me to tears, although I never like using ICE, I always had it on me, (From an ounce, 7grams to myself that was my profit, after selling the other 3/4 to one person, so you can imagine, what to do with such an amount everyday!) and it is very hard not to use it when you deal the stuff (I was more of a heroin user than ICE, but I was dealing in both)
When I stopped dealing (bit over 2years now) I never used ICE again. but I find it very hard not to use heroin.. I still dibble and dabble every once and again.. But not a heavy user as before..
For me I was never hooked on ICE (although I used it straight for 2 years when I was dealing)
Overall it is still an addiction, but I think the only way to battle the addiction, starts from the head.. if you can find a good enough reason and stick to it, it will be possible for you not to use ever again.
Although I haven't quite gotten that far, i know I am in control of my use (which is at most 1-2 times a month, you can say I use casually - but it is not an important factor in my life anymore)
Considering how I was 4 years ago, I have done very well, and I am pleased with myself.

I too hope you will find that good enough reason to finally stop living in the pass and look towards the bright future!

By: Tommy melb, Australia

Tommy melb, Australia — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:00:45 +0000

By: narcononarrowhead

narcononarrowhead — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:37:08 +0000

Meth is one of the most dangerous drugs out there. I think that's because it is easy to make and there is a lot of it. There are millions of people that are affected by it, thousands of which die. I was a meth addict for 14 years and I thought there was no way out. There is a way out! I came to Narconon Arrowhead and they showed me the way out.

By: narcononarrowhead

narcononarrowhead — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:37:08 +0000