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<blockquote data-quote="DarkwingPsyduck" data-source="post: 686271" data-attributes="member: 20267"><p>It's not so much about who hard it more difficult. I have yet to meet a person who had a perfect life. Even the most Brady Bunch appearing families have skeletons. People aren't perfect, thefore families aren't perfect. My twin sister's drug of choice is meth. It's so very different from my drug of choice, but we suffer the same underlying problems. When a meth addict just stops, they sleep and eat... Like, A LOT. Sister was in jail for 3 months. She was clean during that entire time. When she got out, before running off again, she did little else but sleep and eat. Physically speaking, meth is not as uncomfortable as opiate withdrawal, but it lasts SO much longer. For me, my drug of choice was oxycodone, and other fast acting, short half life opiates. As bad as the physical discomfort was, it only lasted a couple of weeks. A terrifying, depressing, lonely couple of weeks... But sister gained so much weight. Which she needed. I am naturally very thin, but she isn't. So it was easy enough to tell when she was using. She could put on 20 pounds in a month after getting clean, then lose 30 pounds in 2 weeks while using. The effects of habitual drug use are nuts. </p><p></p><p>But, yeah. Your daughter is a man among little boys. So strong and independent, even after going through a severe drug addiction. It is kinda hard to play the pity game when you hear about somebody like her, who got her <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/2012/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /> together through seemingly impossible odds. She is living proof that there is no excuse good enough to justify continuing to use. I truly mean that. Before her, no reason to put off quitting is good enough. The fact that she did it, successfully, despite her situation at the time, shows that it isn't so much the situation, but the person. She is strong. Very strong...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DarkwingPsyduck, post: 686271, member: 20267"] It's not so much about who hard it more difficult. I have yet to meet a person who had a perfect life. Even the most Brady Bunch appearing families have skeletons. People aren't perfect, thefore families aren't perfect. My twin sister's drug of choice is meth. It's so very different from my drug of choice, but we suffer the same underlying problems. When a meth addict just stops, they sleep and eat... Like, A LOT. Sister was in jail for 3 months. She was clean during that entire time. When she got out, before running off again, she did little else but sleep and eat. Physically speaking, meth is not as uncomfortable as opiate withdrawal, but it lasts SO much longer. For me, my drug of choice was oxycodone, and other fast acting, short half life opiates. As bad as the physical discomfort was, it only lasted a couple of weeks. A terrifying, depressing, lonely couple of weeks... But sister gained so much weight. Which she needed. I am naturally very thin, but she isn't. So it was easy enough to tell when she was using. She could put on 20 pounds in a month after getting clean, then lose 30 pounds in 2 weeks while using. The effects of habitual drug use are nuts. But, yeah. Your daughter is a man among little boys. So strong and independent, even after going through a severe drug addiction. It is kinda hard to play the pity game when you hear about somebody like her, who got her :censored2: together through seemingly impossible odds. She is living proof that there is no excuse good enough to justify continuing to use. I truly mean that. Before her, no reason to put off quitting is good enough. The fact that she did it, successfully, despite her situation at the time, shows that it isn't so much the situation, but the person. She is strong. Very strong... [/QUOTE]
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