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Question by Mike: serious question about drug abuse?
hi im 15 almost 16 years old and a sophomore in high school. my mother has been addicted to drugs for years now, even thoguh they are prescription, fioricet, ambien cr, xanax, etc, she has massive amounts of 100′s in her cabinet and last night she couldnt walk it took her 10 or 15 minutes to get up the stairs and she was slurring her speech. my father is aware, but she seriously needs help. i was terrified and deff knew she oded, or took a lil to many. idk how to live she always has mood swings, and its been so bad. im so stressed and im trying to do good in school at the same time.

i jsut cant sleep at night thinking about this and my brother was once a street addict he has been clean for 2 years! so thats the only good news. i dont know what to do. and im hurting so badly. i have withdrawn from my friends at school tyring to help her and its gotten me nowhere.

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Answer by Nini
I am so sorry to hear this. addiction is a very serious psychological problem. did you ever think about getting her help. like sending her to rehab. i know that sounds extrem. but if its really that bad then thats what u have to do. the thing with addicts, they need to be whiling to change, if not…they wont! some might have to hit rock bottom before they finally realize what they are do to themselves and their family. try and get your family together and have a heart to heart conversation with her. maybe something is really bothering her thats making her do this.

take care.
I hope for the best for you& your family.

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Question by Elena R: If a person has a serious drug addiction to meth and nothing has worked so far,what are they supposed to do?

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Answer by gokart121
Get a job detailing cars. Gives em something to obsess on for 15 hours…

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regarding the reason one becomes, and remains, an alcoholic. Do you feel that people choose to be an alcoholic or do you feel that it is a disease and the individual has little control over it?

I am NOT endorsing recreational drug abuse. I think it is a waste of a life to be an addict. I just think if you are an addict or if you are young and want to experiment, you are going to get the drug so easily. Shouldn’t it be a safer product that benefits someone other than gangs and international drug growers and terrorists and smugglers?

Parents need to take responsibility for their kids and teach them the dangers of drugs just like with alcohol, trans fat, crossing the street, etc. We need to STOP believing that just because there are laws against drugs, our kids can’t get them.

Lets face it: school age kids can NOW get their hands on illegal drugs easier than cigarettes. If kids want to experiment with drugs, they can get them no so easy. I’d rather trust the pharmacist at Rite-aid to say no to my kid then the drug pusher or gang banger.

Tax money could be directed to high risk kids and free treatment! Drug Dealers & Gang Bangers put instantly out of business!
Wow- So many people in agreement. (or at least not in disagreement). I’m a little suprised. I kind of expected to be flamed by at least half. And some really thoughtful answers. I’ll be hard to pick a best answer here.

I am 24 year old female, been drinking quite heavely for nearly 4 years, it has gone from severel bottles of a wine per week to this last year a bottle every night. I have counted these past few months my average weekly alcohol intake is between 70 – 140 units per week. I hear that it takes at least a decade of heavy drinking for cirrhosis of the liver to occur. Do you think i have done any serious damage to myself already?

I dated a guy for over 2 1/2 years whom had been battling addiction to drugs. We were in a long-distance relationship, so I was not aware of how seriously he was involved & the extent of his using. As far as I knew, he was receiving psychiatric treatment & counselling and participating in a methadone program. Apparently he had an entire “secret” life I knew nothing about. I can only imagine the things he might have been involved in.