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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 646401" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Until he quits, and remember it is HARD to quit heroine...it is the most addictive drug there is...you won't see him. I believe he has quit for spurts, but then relapsed and he is uncaring about all but his drug when he relapses. I read something interesting in an article about drug abuse. It is often treated now as a chronic illness, as one does not usually totally get better with certain drugs, heroin being one. There are other drugs he can take to make him not crave the heroin, but I'm sure you know about them.</p><p></p><p>I did date a guy whose brother had used heroine and at the time had then been on methadone for three years and functioned well. He did relapse eventually and his brother drove down to chew him out and drag him home because he has custody of his little boy and he left him in the care of his grandparents who were in their late 70s. He got on methadone again and stopped using heroin. I have no info as to how long it worked or if it is still working because the relationship with the brother ended, but I think of him when I read about parents of heroin addicts. Maybe that is what "they" (whoever "they" is) mean when "they" say some professionals treat drug addiction as a chronic disease. I think that's smart. Continue treatment and cheking in and maybe use a less harmful drug so that the other drug is no longer desired??? I don't think NA meetings are enough.</p><p></p><p>Have you tried this?</p><p></p><p>I feel badly for you and wish you did not have to deal with this. Sadly...you do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 646401, member: 1550"] Until he quits, and remember it is HARD to quit heroine...it is the most addictive drug there is...you won't see him. I believe he has quit for spurts, but then relapsed and he is uncaring about all but his drug when he relapses. I read something interesting in an article about drug abuse. It is often treated now as a chronic illness, as one does not usually totally get better with certain drugs, heroin being one. There are other drugs he can take to make him not crave the heroin, but I'm sure you know about them. I did date a guy whose brother had used heroine and at the time had then been on methadone for three years and functioned well. He did relapse eventually and his brother drove down to chew him out and drag him home because he has custody of his little boy and he left him in the care of his grandparents who were in their late 70s. He got on methadone again and stopped using heroin. I have no info as to how long it worked or if it is still working because the relationship with the brother ended, but I think of him when I read about parents of heroin addicts. Maybe that is what "they" (whoever "they" is) mean when "they" say some professionals treat drug addiction as a chronic disease. I think that's smart. Continue treatment and cheking in and maybe use a less harmful drug so that the other drug is no longer desired??? I don't think NA meetings are enough. Have you tried this? I feel badly for you and wish you did not have to deal with this. Sadly...you do. [/QUOTE]
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