Real Life: SBB Readers Share Personal Stories
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Several SBB readers have submitted personal stories about their experiences—or their families’ experiences—with addiction. We offer these stories to give you an inside view of how drug addiction can affect people’s lives.
We are posting these comments as we received them, unedited, except as reflected in the Sara Bellum Blog guidelines.
@Dale My son is 33 years old and badly hooked on bath salts. Like the girl that wrote her dad talks underneath his couch because he thinks people are under there my son thinks someone lives in his attic and people are climbing the trees around his house and watching him. He has pawned most of the stuff in his house to get it. I have been thru his coke addiction with him and he was clean for three years. That was bad, but candy compared to this. He has lost his job, his son he raised, most friends & family & hurt me when I refuse to give him money for this. All I can do for him is pray for him.
@James Hi, I was a teenager who abused drugs. Not just cannabis, as in this post, but many drugs. A lot of people believed I was doing it in an act of rebel, a way to say ‘[expletive deleted] you’ to my life and society. In some regards it probably was but a part of it was I was battling some major inner demons, as the case with a lot of kids.
When you’re growing up and you’re falling into a chaotic pit of mental health issues, you can often feel alone. You definitely feel like an outcast. You feel like you’re the only person in the world who’s going through this. “Why me God?” is a common question. Drugs, such as cocaine, induce a sense of euphoria and they allowed me, and probably many others, to forget just for a couple of hours, just to get away. It was bliss.
I am not supporting drug abuse. Drug abuse did more damage to my life than I could possibly imagine. For one, I didn’t go to college nor did I finish high school but that might not have happened anyway on account of being hospitalized numerous times over the course of those years.
My point, however, is to make it clear here that drug abuse is often never just the problem itself. It’s a nasty side effect and, regardless of a suspension or kicking them off the football team, a teenager going through serious issues will never stop. If you want them to stop, get to the root of the issue. Don’t get me started on how wrong it actually is to knock children off their favorite extra-curricular activities because of this. This will do more damage than good.
So yeah, this is my view from a reformed drug addict who is now the lead technical director of a marketing company. I think my opinion counts.
I’ve just shared something I haven’t shared in a good few years.
what happended to Dale is very sad and i know it is very hard too. And sometimes prayer does held.i hope he wil get better soon then some speacial help:(
sincerly,
7th grader nikki marshall
what happended to Dale is very sad and i know it is very hard too. And sometimes prayer does help hope he wil get better soon then some speacial help:(
sincerly,
7th grader nikki marshall
however, a drug addict is a negative thing. they must be rehabilitated until it is completely healed. for everyone, it is best to melakukanl positive thing to fill out daily activities .. [commercial link removed, per guidelines]
however, a drug addict is a negative thing. they must be rehabilitated until it is completely healed. for everyone, it is best to melakukanl positive thing to fill out daily activities. [commercial link removed, per guidelines]
The guy with the son and the bath salt, your son eats bath salt?
however, a drug addict is a negative thing. they must be rehabilitated until it is completely healed. for everyone, it is best to melakukanl positive thing to fill out daily activities. [commercial link removed, per guidelines]
Simply put; drug abuse may have some underlying problems, but people need to realize that it is first-and-foremost a disease. Some people’s brains are simply much more susceptible to the call than others; it’s chemistry. And you won’t know that you’re one of them until you pick up the pipe. The best we can do is aiding those we love in getting clean, no matter the cost. We must realize that nothing makes them feel the way the drug of choice makes them feel, and that is the root of the problem. The costs are too great.
drug addiction is a very bad thing. just pray for him and help him work this out. mack sure to not let him get neer drugs o alchohol the best thing for him right now is the health piramid. oh and dink lots of water you can get trew this. (i would send him some special help so h cvan talk this out) I like to express myself by painting have him pick up a brush and create! (if it is a painting with things that are good for him like a pretty senery painting you know hes getting better)
Peace out and good luck!
bella
Me and my friend are crying their eyeballs out. OMG SOOOOO SADDDDDD
I will pray for your family
i have expirienced things with drugs so i understand the consequences.!!. i will pray for u
I have did drugs befor and its nothing to play with
stop doing drugs
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i have been addicted to k2 ans other synthetic drugs. it is a very hard thing to get rid of…good luck ill pray for you and your son