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Any ideas how/why addicts use a pocketknife?
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<blockquote data-quote="squish" data-source="post: 762874" data-attributes="member: 30121"><p>I used to be very similar when I was addicted to oxycodone, I didn't realise how bad it was for my family too. It sounds very similar to your situation unfortunately. It was very hard to find motivation and all I wanted to do was hide from my problems and stay in bed all day. It took me a while before I felt I was ready to even face quitting or trying to get better. The main issue I felt was the scrutiny from other people, every time I was called an addict or told I wasn't good enough. All I'd do is take more to remove the pain I felt from those words, asking myself why I wasn't good enough and getting deeper and deeper into that brutal cycle. Sometimes support and understanding is the best way to help people through times like these, most people start taking drugs for near enough the same reason. Pain, and lots of it. No one ever really realised how bad it was because I never spoke to anyone about it. And that's the main issue around drugs. A lot of people don't really understand why people get into that cycle. They have no idea how much people are actually struggling, on the outside they seem perfectly normal. Everybody is different but what helped me was knowing I had people around me that understood my situation and didn't pass any judgement for my reasons for taking. At the end of the day the only person who can make anyone quit is themselves. They have to come to that decision on their own, all you can do is gently guide them to try make that decision. Depending on the drug of choice or if they are even taking any, some will be more difficult then others but they need to know it is possible. And if they tell themselves it's possible, they will do it. if you're still unsure if they're taking anything, it might be good to even just ask, it might be difficult and you might not want to hear the answer but it's important to tell them you're not going to judge and you just want to help, when I was in this situation I was very worried about being judged or seen differently because of it. And I think that might be made even worse if they have a child too as they might be worried the child might be taken from them. Let us know how it goes! I wish you and your grand daughter the best.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="squish, post: 762874, member: 30121"] I used to be very similar when I was addicted to oxycodone, I didn't realise how bad it was for my family too. It sounds very similar to your situation unfortunately. It was very hard to find motivation and all I wanted to do was hide from my problems and stay in bed all day. It took me a while before I felt I was ready to even face quitting or trying to get better. The main issue I felt was the scrutiny from other people, every time I was called an addict or told I wasn't good enough. All I'd do is take more to remove the pain I felt from those words, asking myself why I wasn't good enough and getting deeper and deeper into that brutal cycle. Sometimes support and understanding is the best way to help people through times like these, most people start taking drugs for near enough the same reason. Pain, and lots of it. No one ever really realised how bad it was because I never spoke to anyone about it. And that's the main issue around drugs. A lot of people don't really understand why people get into that cycle. They have no idea how much people are actually struggling, on the outside they seem perfectly normal. Everybody is different but what helped me was knowing I had people around me that understood my situation and didn't pass any judgement for my reasons for taking. At the end of the day the only person who can make anyone quit is themselves. They have to come to that decision on their own, all you can do is gently guide them to try make that decision. Depending on the drug of choice or if they are even taking any, some will be more difficult then others but they need to know it is possible. And if they tell themselves it's possible, they will do it. if you're still unsure if they're taking anything, it might be good to even just ask, it might be difficult and you might not want to hear the answer but it's important to tell them you're not going to judge and you just want to help, when I was in this situation I was very worried about being judged or seen differently because of it. And I think that might be made even worse if they have a child too as they might be worried the child might be taken from them. Let us know how it goes! I wish you and your grand daughter the best. [/QUOTE]
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