My Mom’s a Drug Addict?

Question by Allie: My mom’s a drug addict?
[rewrite]So my mom was a good mom when i was very young, she was stable. She met my step dad who is like a father to me but he has issues of his own. He was always into drugs, so my mom is now to… my mom has a severe problem with opiates, and sleeping pills, every day she come’s home from work her eyes are all dilated and she’s so out of it she falls asleep standing up. It’s actually very annoying. My dad smoke’s a lot of MJ, but he is the same way just more controlled i guess. We move everywhere, I’m only 17. And I’ve lived in Ohio, Florida, Utah, it’s been an adventure but not a fun one. Switching high schools more than 6 time’s is very hard. My parents, mom and step dad, split for a couple of month’s so my mom became a raging alcoholic she has seizures always had since she was little. So it made life very hard, she was in and out of the hospital, tried to commit suicide couple of time’s in front of little sister. So they put her in a mental institute, she left within two days and still kept drinking. She has slowed down now but take’s pills at same time. She is just a mess i love her more than anything but don’t think there’s anyway to help someone who doesn’t want to help themselve’s. Help please!
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Answer by Victoria
Thats horrible and I’m sorry you have to go through that and your so young ! I think you need to let you mom know everything she is doing and tell her that you aren’t happy with anything she’s doing tel her you want her to live . unfortunately theres not much else you can do but try and support her and love her and hope she makes the right choices , its all really up to her . If she refuses to change i suggest you go live with somebody else or get your own place so you can succeed with your life , just because she chooses to live like that doesn’t mean you or your sister have to , love. Take care . You’ll be in my prayers.

Answer by Jessie Garrison
Oh my god . I feel terrible for you. Sounds like you have went through a lot . It won’t be easy but you need to snap on her, withdraw , let her know she will lose you if she keeps this up. Because trying to reach out and help her might just aggravate her more. Give her a reason to to want to get better. It doesn’t sound like its doing her any good by staying with your step dad. But you need to be serious , straight forward and blunt with her about this. Showing her sympathy will do nothing. It will just make her want to keep on drowning in her own misery. I mean don’t act like you don’t care at all, but let her know your not going to keep on living with her bull crap. Make her choose.

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