Topic : 02/06 Pill Popping Twins

It can't be easy for the only clean and sober sister looking in from the outside and her two sisters destroying themselves and self-destructing infront of Maria's own eyes. I give her all the credit in the world for emailing the Dr. Phil show for help NOT for her BUT for her sisters. Maria could just as easily went on with her life, go and get married, have a amazing wedding and have a great life afterwards. But Maria willingly chosed to get involved into a EXTREMELY and HIGHLY volitile and difficult situation.

Yvette needs some serious and MAJOR intervention and professional help or she will be dead within 2 years. If you look at Yvette now, her face is so worn, the bags and lines under her eyes are soooo noticable. Its sad and tells the story itself.

This show has really touched home for me. My family was ripped apart, because of my mother's addiction to perscription drugs. I still don't know the full story to this day. My mother was a nurse and found the opportunity to start writting her own perscriptions. She soon became addicted. She was caught and lost her lisence. I was told by some of my family she left us childern one day, because of the drugs. I don't know if that is entirely true. I

 was only 3 at the time. I was also told she was in jail and was remarried to an abusive man. I grew up without a real mother, and when I asked where she was my father told me she was in a hospital. I know now that "hospital" was probably rehab. I wasn't able to see my mother until 10 years later when I was 13. The first day I saw her, she told me if I ever saw her taking pills and she gave me a stupid excuse to what they were,  I would know what she was really doing. She had not kicked her addiction. We actually we able to grow quite closer throught the years. Towards the end of my junior year, she told me the reason she popped pills. She would start thinking about how she abandoned us children, and she would get very depressed so she would take the pills. The pills would make the pain go away she said. Then should would feel guilty and get clean. When she was clean she would start thinking about us again and the vicious cycle would start all over again. Soon after that she was arrested again for writting another perscription. She was sentanced to 18 months and I was crushed, because I was afraid she wouldn't see her baby girl graduate. Fortunatlly she made paroll.

My older brother recently had a child of his own. He recently just started breaking down, because he is afraid he is going to do the same thing to his child. So instead of pills he dealt with it by drinking. He is suffered from alcoholism for something he didn't do. I felto bad for him. During xmas he got a DUI, and was so embarassed he was suicidle. Everything is fine now. He has sobered up and is a great father.

As for me, I have strick morals and beliefs. I don't believe in drinking, abusing drugs, smoking, chewing, etc. I fear that I am at a high risk for addictive behavior so I don't even want to give it a chance.  There are other ways to enjoy life. I want to someday become a wonderful mother and give my kids a life that I didn't have.

It is horrible to see these women's childern suffer from their addictions. It makes me sick. Their childern only have one life and they are ruining it for them. It is beyond me how they can't see what they are doing to their children. 

Perscription abuse is rampid in today's society. WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!

I am so proud of the sober sister for trying to help............ I hope she does not let these sisters make her feel guilty...........Thank GOD she called .......... maybe now the kids will stand a chance............ they sure do not belong in that house............ The mother does not deserve the CRAP she is being dealt either....... it is HER HOUSE isn't it........??????????? These drug users by choice................. probably do not even pay rent or help............ but they can sure put the blame every where except where it belongs...........THEMSELVES....

I too take pain meds but I have never abused them or felt high while using them.......and mine are prescribed.....by my DR.       ..  ,MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE KIDS AND THE SOBER SISTER................. THEY ARE THE ONES CAPABLE OF FEELING THE PAIN OF THE SITUATION............

 I am so angry at the sisters using that I could just spit.................. They have no feelings for anyone but themselves.............. PLEASE  PROTECT THOSE CHILDREN........... THEY DESERVE BETTER................

concerned in COLORADO