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My little brother is a full blow Heroin junkie and the ripe age of 27. He has been to county jail five times, almost lost his foot to infection from shooting up, drained my parents for over $100k and that's not the half of it.
I want to beat the [bleep] out of him every time I see him. My mom is a total mess and this whole ordeal has taken years off her life.
I never realized how much this drug has taken over. There's kids dying everyday around here from it.
He met his match yesterday, had a parole violation, went to court and the Judge sent him to Prison. I am relieved because he is not going anywhere, don't have to worry about him shooting up and my parents hopefully will get a nice long break.
Anyone else struggle with this in their family?
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they can get it in there, make sure no one sends him any money.
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Addicts get no quarter in my family. Be it booze or otherwise. If you can't keep your schit together you're ex-communicated until you can.
Seems to work.
Travis
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Sorry to hear that my friend but don't give up hope. I have a friend who was into shooting meth. He lost everything he had including his marriage. I prayed for him for 16 years without any contact with him. One day he walked up to me in Walmart and asked me to take him to church. He's been clean and in church with me for nearly 2 years. Recently he has been bringing his ex wife and his mother with him. Sunday he hugged me and with many tears told me just how glad he was that God has changed his life.
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I wish it were that easy deflave but my parent's took the wrong approach, IMO.
You would think 3 months at Cook County would have done something...
R_H, I hope he finds God in Prison because it seems that's the only way he is going to be saved.
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My neices daughter died last year from a OD. Beautiful girl with the world by the ass.Died a junkie whore. Very sad but very true. The heroin is to good. Lots of junkies dying from it. ED K
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I have a beautiful great niece. She is lovely in every way and a great mother. Her husband got hoked on heroin to the point where heroin is far more important than his wife and kids. My wide and I put her and her five kids on the plane to put more than 2200 miles between him and them to protect them. She is in school and working to support herself and her children. She is one of the heroes in my life.
Him I might run over if I saw him in the street.
The first time I shot myself in the head...
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I wish it were that easy deflave but my parent's took the wrong approach, IMO.
You would think 3 months at Cook County would have done something...
R_H, I hope he finds God in Prison because it seems that's the only way he is going to be saved.
Matt Write him a long letter telling him all the reasons you're mad at him and all the reasons you love him. Pray for him and let him know you are praying for him.
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I have no use for anyone that uses drugs.
Life is hard enough to get through when you're sober. I hate to think how bad I would have messed things up if I'd been a drunk or a druggie.
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Full blown drug addiction like that is one of the most awful things. The addicts entire life revolves around the drugs...the drugs control their life...the drugs become their only reason for living. It destroys families, takes many years off of the lives of loved ones, and drains the finances of loved ones. It causes physical, emotional, and spiritual bankruptcy to those directly affected by it.
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Problem is that lots of folks get hooked on the prescription variety, and then move to cheaper heroin when the prescription source dries up.
I've never had an addict family member, but a good friend of mine has a daughter who is one. Tough to cut your little girl loose and let her hit rock bottom given what happens to pretty girls with addictions. Addiction is just brutal on young women, as there is always some loser guy willing to take advantage of them and their addiction. Destroys families, depletes bank accounts, etc.
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Anyone else struggle with this in their family?
Matt: I had a good friend who started out a heroin addict in his early 20s and died a heroin/opiate addict in his mid-50s. It is an addiction that is extremely difficult to overcome. My friend died of Hep C and all kinds of other complications. I learned that addicts will lie from you, steal from you, cheat you and do anything they have to do to get their next fix. Heroin destroyed his body and soul. Good luck with your brother. Hope he can overcome it. It won't be easy. Jordan
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My little brother is a full blow Heroin junkie and the ripe age of 27. He has been to county jail five times, almost lost his foot to infection from shooting up, drained my parents for over $100k and that's not the half of it.
I want to beat the [bleep] out of him every time I see him. My mom is a total mess and this whole ordeal has taken years off her life.
I never realized how much this drug has taken over. There's kids dying everyday around here from it.
He met his match yesterday, had a parole violation, went to court and the Judge sent him to Prison. I am relieved because he is not going anywhere, don't have to worry about him shooting up and my parents hopefully will get a nice long break.
Anyone else struggle with this in their family?
Matt Praying for you & your brother. After seeing what God has delivered me from I know He can deliver your brother. I hope you take courage in the fact you are not alone in this.
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I wish it were that easy deflave but my parent's took the wrong approach, IMO.
You would think 3 months at Cook County would have done something...
R_H, I hope he finds God in Prison because it seems that's the only way he is going to be saved.
Matt Exactly! Without going into any details I watched my parents put up with and support a situation that I would have walked away from day one. A parents unconditional love is something that almost nothing can overcome. Even worse is that it drives a wedge of separation between those other children and family members with opposite opinions towards the situation. And in the end the scars of pain and hurt are still there. It's easy to forgive but not so much to forget. Godspeed to you and your family Sir.
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Pretty sad when it gets to the point where a person's family is actually relieved when he goes to prison.
Hopefully the judge sentenced him to some kind of treatment program as a part of his sentence.
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I wish it were that easy deflave but my parent's took the wrong approach, IMO.
You would think 3 months at Cook County would have done something...
R_H, I hope he finds God in Prison because it seems that's the only way he is going to be saved.
Matt Exactly! Without going into any details I watched my parents put up with and support a situation that I would have walked away from day one. A parents unconditional love is something that almost nothing can overcome. Even worse is that it drives a wedge of separation between those other children and family members with opposite opinions towards the situation. And in the end the scars of pain and hurt are still there. It's easy to forgive but not so much to forget. Godspeed to you and your family Sir. Most parents think their job is to make life better for their children than it was for them. Often they fail by giving to their children rather than awarding them for accomplishments. A reward not earned has little value and brings no benefit. It's in the struggle to attain that we grow and learn.
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I wish it were that easy deflave but my parent's took the wrong approach, IMO.
You would think 3 months at Cook County would have done something...
R_H, I hope he finds God in Prison because it seems that's the only way he is going to be saved.
Matt I'm not saying it's easy. But it is the only choice a family has. Your brother's decisions have impacted his life. The only way to protect yourselves from his decisions is to cut him out completely. Otherwise the rest of your family will just get hurt more. And I'm also not really giving advice. I'm just stating that is how my family handles family. Travis
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My wifes brother is a worthless druggie, last time he came over I told him to leave and to never return or he would die, he took me serious as he has never returned. he does call my wife once in awhile used tr be to try and get money but never succeded so he calls a lot less.
I wish he would get ahold of some of that good heroin as if he did things would be a lot easier on my wife and her mother.
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Bad schit.
About two months ago we got called to a house where a father found his only son dead do to a heroin OD. I knew this kid since he was 12. Loved to hunt, standout ball player, but fell in with a bad crowd and had no family structure to depend on. He was trying to get things straight, had been in counciling for several weeks and had, as far as we could tell been clean for 7 weeks or so. His dad found him when he went to pick him up to take him to an inpatient rehab.
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I feel for ya. I have a buddy that has a son that is hooked (he was using pain pills and they sent him to rehab where he met a female junkie that got him hooked). It's been horrible for his family. You want so much to help but you really can't . I think this kid finally got back into rehab and I heard he was doing well, but you know how that goes.
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