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December 6, 2005, 1:42 pm PST
Safe Place...
Quote From: dsut49Which is relatively very good news for me as her mother. My daughter is 24 yrs. old and has been shooting up drugs for a couple yrs. now. She has been in 5 rehabs, 3 halfway houses and detoxed in hospitals numerous times. Her latest doc was shooting up what they call "scramblers" in Baltimore city, which consists of heroin, cocaine and amphetamines. She had reached the point of doing anything and everything necessary to keep scoring.
I've been in recovery for quite a while now but find my knowledge and experience fairly useless when it comes to my daughter. There is only alanon in the area that I live in and though I attend meetings, there aren't any people who have gone through seeing an adult child go to the depths that my daughter has. I sure could use some advice/support on this. I cannot relate to you as a parent but I can relate as an 26 year old RECOVERED ALCOHOLIC/ADDICT. My parents always bailed me out-fixed my car-took me to the hospital to have my stomach pumped-held me down during my violent rages....finally they completely cut me off....i spend 8 years in the bottle (any kind i could get) and finally I myself hit rock bottom and asked for help. It was a Sunday night 4 months ago when I called my mom and begged for help, because I thought I was going to die from my addiction and I didn't want to die---I wanted to get better. The next day my mom and dad put me in the car (with a horrible hangover-i might add) and we drove to Hunt, Texas---I then checked myself into La Hacienda Treatment Center-after 32 daysI was released and 4 months later I am SOBER and happier then I have been in my entire life. The ONLY advise I can offer-which is the best thing my parents ever did for me-is to CUT HER OFF! The only person who can help her is herself and until she wants to get better she will continue to live as and addict!
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