What Is the Best Way to Convince a Drug Addict That It’s Just Not Worth It?
Question by jessica: What is the best way to convince a drug addict that it’s just not worth it?
[rewrite]It’s like they have to hit absolute rock bottom. My bf has stolen from my Mom and others. He lies like crazy. We helped him get into a state funded rehab but it was only 11 days so it was kind of a joke. His drug of choice is Heroin. He has slowed down on using it but if he doesn’t have it, he now gets really drunk. He also smokes pot like crazy and does coke when it’s around. He’s been to jail but only for a night at the most. He’s known people (but not well) that have overdosed and seen people almost overdose and have to go to the hospital. He sees how it makes him look and act and how it’s affected his personality. We’re separated and he’s even sleeping with a girl with Hep.C (she admitted it to me when we were friends) and I think using her dying sister’s drugs. I want my old bf back. I also am an addict but I am staying away from all these people and am in methadone treatment. I still drink once a week so I am still not clean but I’m alot better. (cont’d)
I know both of our health has been affected greatly. He’s only 30 and already bald. My teeth are rotting. I used to be drop dead gorgeous but I look haggard and like I’ve lead a rough life (I’m only 34). Thank God, we don’t have kids! I am not going to leave him or give up on him. He is cheating on me ’cause of the drugs and because I hurt him when I was using heavily and not coming home for days on end. I don’t blame him but I think he’s punished me enough. He needs to be around me so I can show him how much better you feel sober. Is there such a thing as a “scared straight” program that’s free? I mean, maybe if he could see junkies in the streets of the city and how bad they are (he’s always had a place to live), see how many end up in the morgue or spend a week in prison, it’d scare him straight! HELP!
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Answer by b4_999
You have to quit and not hang with anyone who is using.
There are no alternatives. You need your blood back. Right now yours and his belongs to drugs. Without your blood you are nothing.
This will take sacrifice.
Your life is worth it. Isn’t it?
AA helped my friend. I just quit.
Answer by ktrb
As you know from your own experience (and congratulations on pulling yourself together), no one can make him stop using; it has to be when he’s ready. I know this is something you may not want to hear, but it’s possible that the only leverage you have on him right now is your presence in his life. Tell him that if he doesn’t go into treatment, it’s over: you won’t see him, you won’t talk to him, you won’t help him with anything except getting into treatment. Right now he’s danger to you, not just to himself.
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