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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 260658" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>As the mom of an ex-addict, I can tell you NOTHING will help him unless he wants help. And I do mean nothing. I was shocked by the determination of an addict--the way they lie, manipulate, turn on the tears, look pathetic, play on our hearts, then turn around and steal from us, make promises just to get us to back down and let them come home so they can do drugs in comfort, etc. </p><p></p><p>Heroin is terrible. He can get on Methodone, but he has to want to or he won't do it. Did you ever bring up that he could get AIDS using needles? I doubt he'd care, but it's worth bringing up. Not to mention Heptatitis C and a host of other diseases. My daughter thankfully didn't shoot up too much, although she did a little. She wanted to quit when she saw her friend with track marks up and down her arms and thought, "That will be me one day!" But it took her another year and a change of environment to actually stop using.</p><p></p><p>Detach. You can not fix your child. Go to every Narc-anon meeting you can and you'll get tons of love and help and understanding. Take care of YOU or you will be useless for both this child or anyone else whom you love!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 260658, member: 1550"] As the mom of an ex-addict, I can tell you NOTHING will help him unless he wants help. And I do mean nothing. I was shocked by the determination of an addict--the way they lie, manipulate, turn on the tears, look pathetic, play on our hearts, then turn around and steal from us, make promises just to get us to back down and let them come home so they can do drugs in comfort, etc. Heroin is terrible. He can get on Methodone, but he has to want to or he won't do it. Did you ever bring up that he could get AIDS using needles? I doubt he'd care, but it's worth bringing up. Not to mention Heptatitis C and a host of other diseases. My daughter thankfully didn't shoot up too much, although she did a little. She wanted to quit when she saw her friend with track marks up and down her arms and thought, "That will be me one day!" But it took her another year and a change of environment to actually stop using. Detach. You can not fix your child. Go to every Narc-anon meeting you can and you'll get tons of love and help and understanding. Take care of YOU or you will be useless for both this child or anyone else whom you love! [/QUOTE]
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