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<blockquote data-quote="WSM" data-source="post: 258849" data-attributes="member: 5169"><p>OMG, I have a friend who was a heroin addict and prostitute. I forgot all about her past. </p><p> </p><p>Lori was a middle class kid who drifted into heroin in HS. By the early 80's she was on the street hooking for her fix. She's got the needle tracks to prove it. She did this for about 12 years, had the pimp, the beatings, the weirdo customers.</p><p> </p><p>She hit hooker rock bottom and heroin rock bottom (different from our rock bottoms), and joined a program and sort of got out. By sort of, she pretty much stopped hooking and heroin, but did recreational other drugs, like cocaine and pot, and slept around, and sometimes for goods or services (but opportunitistically, not the the streets). </p><p> </p><p>But she managed to keep a job, and keep an apartment, and pay her bills and get along. Not optimal, but a huge step forward. She met a guy, not the greatest, also a drug user and violent, but kept a job, paid his bills, and they rubbed along.</p><p> </p><p>Then she got pregnant. And she was about 35 and it just popped for her: she got herself straightened all the way out. No more drugs, no more drinking, worked harder, got promoted, got a certificate. Pushed her husband into cleaning up his act a bit; he got a better job, they bought a house.</p><p> </p><p>The baby was born austistic and had a few other problems. Husband was a rotten husband and father and had no interest in the baby and his problems except to get the kid to shut up. She divorced him.</p><p> </p><p>She spent the next 15 years being a regular mom, suburban single, office worker, advocate for her kid. She reestablished tied with her family (which took about a decade because they ...had...had...enough...back in her hooker/heroin days. </p><p> </p><p>She worked with her son and he's a nice kid, high functioning austistic with a future. She remarried a nice guy and is happy. She's now a supervisor at work. She has a number of leftover physical problems from her heroin abusing days: diabetes, arthritis, a perceptual problem with her brain, a very weak immune system so that she catches everything that goes around and is sicker with it. But all in all, her life is good and bright.</p><p> </p><p>She does remember the bad things she did and that happened to her and others. But altho she generally keeps it to herself (doesn't discuss it at PTA), she's not embarassed by her past, nor does it depress or shame her. It was what it was.</p><p> </p><p>I cannot believe I forgot about Lori's story--but that just goes to show you how 'normal' and integrated into regular american life she now is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WSM, post: 258849, member: 5169"] OMG, I have a friend who was a heroin addict and prostitute. I forgot all about her past. Lori was a middle class kid who drifted into heroin in HS. By the early 80's she was on the street hooking for her fix. She's got the needle tracks to prove it. She did this for about 12 years, had the pimp, the beatings, the weirdo customers. She hit hooker rock bottom and heroin rock bottom (different from our rock bottoms), and joined a program and sort of got out. By sort of, she pretty much stopped hooking and heroin, but did recreational other drugs, like cocaine and pot, and slept around, and sometimes for goods or services (but opportunitistically, not the the streets). But she managed to keep a job, and keep an apartment, and pay her bills and get along. Not optimal, but a huge step forward. She met a guy, not the greatest, also a drug user and violent, but kept a job, paid his bills, and they rubbed along. Then she got pregnant. And she was about 35 and it just popped for her: she got herself straightened all the way out. No more drugs, no more drinking, worked harder, got promoted, got a certificate. Pushed her husband into cleaning up his act a bit; he got a better job, they bought a house. The baby was born austistic and had a few other problems. Husband was a rotten husband and father and had no interest in the baby and his problems except to get the kid to shut up. She divorced him. She spent the next 15 years being a regular mom, suburban single, office worker, advocate for her kid. She reestablished tied with her family (which took about a decade because they ...had...had...enough...back in her hooker/heroin days. She worked with her son and he's a nice kid, high functioning austistic with a future. She remarried a nice guy and is happy. She's now a supervisor at work. She has a number of leftover physical problems from her heroin abusing days: diabetes, arthritis, a perceptual problem with her brain, a very weak immune system so that she catches everything that goes around and is sicker with it. But all in all, her life is good and bright. She does remember the bad things she did and that happened to her and others. But altho she generally keeps it to herself (doesn't discuss it at PTA), she's not embarassed by her past, nor does it depress or shame her. It was what it was. I cannot believe I forgot about Lori's story--but that just goes to show you how 'normal' and integrated into regular american life she now is. [/QUOTE]
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