Topic : 12/04 Heroin Twins: The Intervention, Part 3

I heard that Sarah is not doing so well. I'm beginning to have some concerns now about Tecoa. She is in a sober living and she will get extensive dental work and laser to the face if she stays. Dr Phil's show will be paying for it. I would say she is on the fence right now and could go either way! Hope it's the right way!

"Chipping" is using heroin, but not so often that you get addicted.

Most users start out chipping, but all but a few end up addicted.  

I too couldn't believe how those girls (and their mother) blamed their father.  After the girls sat down with him and his wife they went back and lied to their mother about what their father said.  He didn't say "I don't want anything to do with you anymore", he also didn't say " your mother couldn't handle your problems so I wanted you to live with me" (duh she obviously couldn't handle their problems anyway). 

How was their father suppose to parent them when their mother didn't keep him truthfully updated?  Blame, blame, blame, that's all I heard and make Mum feel better by putting down Dad and his new wif and then  join in with her while she did it too.

The step-mother voiced her concerns about the girls saying they'd get her little daughter high (before she was born), they were still going to visit their father then, that shows they WERE taking drugs before their father "abandoned" them (another lie).  So their father wanting to distance himself from their actions (stealing and lying- signs of drug use) wasn't when they started taking drugs. 

That baby will be born with poblems because of the drugs the mother chose to put in her body.  When the child comes to her one day and asks why she/he has developmental problems will that be blamed on the mother's "bad" father and step-mother too or will she accept her own responsibility?  (I'm guess the former)

I've never been so touched about a story then this one.  I haven't been near people with drug problems.  I never had really hard time in my life (of course here & there some sad moments, frustrations,misunderstandings).  But this story got me right to the heart.  The only one I did a follow-up after seing one of the episode on Dr. Phil's show.

If someday girls you think you are alone, that nobody cares about you, you feel that life is nothing I wish you could know that I do think about you.  I admire all the courage that you have to try to go thru this, to try to get better, to try to believe that a better day will also be for you.  You should be proud of every little step you make.  I hope you realize all the beauty that's in you.  You may not see it but the world had the chance to see the sparkles that your eyes can have.

May you both find the strenght to look ahead, with few regrets but grow in the future with this experience as a life's lesson not has a bullet that will follow you.

Words are not strong enough to express you everything I would like to tell you.  I really admire the courage.  Don't give up.  It really worth it.

Take care

I just have to say, Sarah and Tecoa, you look amazing now:) It's probably a while since your story was on tv in usa, but it has been on tv in Norway now, and I've been watching it over the past 3 days. 

You should be really proud over your change, and I'm amazed over your strong will to change.  I have close friends who's been addicted to drugs, so I guess that's why your story really touched me.

Take care and I hope you both will have good lifes in the future, you deserve it.

Wow, your story sounds just like my identical twin and me. We both were addicted to crack-cocaine for about 4 years. We both have been clean for about two years now. We were headed to death. My twin sister actually taught me how to smoke it. We were in a lot of terrible, scary situations. We were both gang-raped once while trying to buy more. The best thing is though, is that God delivered us from our addiction. We did not attend NA meetings or anything like that. God was all we needed. We both have children and they suffered terribly during those years. We weren't there for them or for ourselves. It all seems like a bad memory now. My twin and I sometimes talk about the bad days, but, we talk more about how our life has turned around. Keep the faith, girls! I've been praying for the both of you since I saw this episode. Continue to stay focused. Keep away from the triggers. Try to stay encouraged. God bless you both!

http://www.amenclinic.com/bp/spect_rotations/viewimage.php?img=da_CS.gif

SPEC scans can open a drug abusers "eyes" when they actually see what they have done to their brain!

Check out  a drug users brain at the above link. One image has more "swiss cheese" holes than actual brain matter.

I wish DR. Phil would use this type of visual to help people stop!