It would be an understatement to say that if you are using meth you are abusing it. There are opinions out there that vary on the matter, including those who believe that meth can be used infrequently, without being considered abuse. I have personally never met a meth user who didn’t progress into a meth abuser.
Meth use usually starts out as a recreational activity (as most drugs do) and quickly becomes a habit. Abuse of meth is generally followed by some combination of abuse of health, body, family, relationships, freedom and life. Unfortunately, there aren’t many people who can say they used meth without abusing it, because that is the very nature of meth – it is extremely addictive.
The articles in this category discuss all types of meth abuse and the people who are effected as a result:
There seems to be a misconception that meth is something made far, far, away from home. Like, maybe in some clandestine lab in Mexico or in The Philippines or somewhere in a slum far away from our comfy existences; while those are all places meth is … Read the full article …
But, I have an addictive personality… Bullshit. Sorry, if that seems harsh. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this line as an excuse as to why someone is addicted to something. When discussing addiction with a friend recently, he told me “I … Read the full article …
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 … Read the full article …
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 … Read the full article …
Owner arrested for selling meth; Happy Moms and Kids Nutrition Store in Long Beach CA shut down. Happy Moms and Kids Nutrition Store sold food, clothing and other items to low income mothers – what they didn’t mention however is that they were also using … Read the full article …
So says her friend – Amy Winehouse O.D.’d on a mixture that contained crystal meth last year Just recently several sources reported that a friend of Amy Winehouse is telling all about how the singer overdosed on an almost-lethal mixture of drugs that included crystal … Read the full article …
A couple of weeks ago on the Rants from the Gaslit blog I read the post called “Breaking Hearts on Meth” (site has been taken down since this post) and I thought back to the many hundreds of times my friends told me they were doing … Read the full article …
I get pretty sick of hearing that only white trash, low lives & homeless people use meth. I want to ask these self-proclaimed critics: How do you think they got that way? Maybe at one time in their life they were “successful”; maybe they are … Read the full article …
There is no better example in my mind that illustrates the strength of meth’s destructive power, than when you look at cases of meth addicted mothers – especially pregnant women that use meth. Of the strongest forms of love is that of a mother’s love … Read the full article …
Although not approved by the FDA, Los Angeles-based Hythiam Inc., creators of the Prometa treatment program have been the subject of much controversy since it’s release in 2003. According to a recent article in the Chicago Tribune the treatment can be quite costly and has … Read the full article …