Top 10 Signs You’re a Meth Addict
Methamphetamine, also known as meth, or crystal meth, is a growing problem. Because it’s easy to make and more affordable than heroine or cocaine, more folks are getting hooked at an alarming rate.
Unlike some other highly addictive drugs, meth is manufactured, many times in garages and basements. It’s made with dangerous chemicals and household cleaning products and can cause extensive damage to the body.
Though its stimulating properties feel great at first, crashing is very unpleasant, which creates a vicious cycle. Moreover, meth eats away the brain, contributing memory loss, loss of motor skills and more.
If you’re wondering if you’re addicted, you may be interested in learning the top 10 signs of a meth addict.
- Meth addicts have no appetite. A sure sign you’re addicted is major weight loss in very little time.
- A decline in grades, job productivity and excessive absences is another trademark of meth addicts. Many cannot hold down a job for more than a couple of months.
- You may have heard of “meth mouth,” meth addicts suffer from tooth decay and often have blackened or missing teeth and sore red gums.
- You smell of cat urine. Meth addicts sweat a lot and the smell is likened to that of cat urine.
- In addition to having a bad smell and rotting teeth, meth addicts often have an unwashed appearance and suffer from massive acne outbreaks.
- Meth addicts are often paranoid thinking everyone is out to get them.
- Many meth addicts stay awake for weeks at a time causing mood swings, irritability and paranoia.
- Your house or room is littered with squares of burnt tin foil and bits of lightbulb, which are used for smoking meth.
- Your skin is so itchy you can’t take it anymore. You scratch so much you draw blood.
- You have to have meth first thing in the morning. You feel you can’t get through the day without your drugs.
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I would imagine another sign would be the shortage of $$$, or shoplifting to get cash.
Reguardless of what the signs are,if you`re hooked,you`re hooked.im in recovery from meth abuse.i used so much ice in one day,i could qualify as an euphoric eskimo. Its hell detoxing and staying clean.and im home detoxing too.teeth crunchingly painfull
heres a few more signs, how about bent spoons, q-tips ends tore off, ciggarette filter peices ripped out,
Jezeee I know all the signs on here are true because I have been dealing with my other half like this for along time. and what really is stupid is seeing others be sucked into their habits because people thing this sutf wont effect them that badl.y. yeah right dont think that or you will get sucked into.
Yeah I think my wife is using she swears she isnt but her friend she hangs out with is a IV user of it. She says she has only done it once and says she wount ever agian. They hang out every day. The sad thing is I work in a treatment Facility and I cant tell if she is or mabey I just dont want to except it. all I know is that the drug causes distruction in every person it touches and if your best friend is using more than likly your using. Wow I just wish I could know for sure…
theis makes me so sad…i know my friend is using but my boyfriend is in denial … been recovered drug addict for 3 years… never used meth but see the signs…. now my bf wants his friend to house sit for us for the weekend and I am just scared…. i dont know what to do.
hello there. i would just like to here from others about my situation.iiam an addict my girlfriend is an addict .we have been clean for six years this jan.but now i have split with my girlfriend in sept finding out iam not the father of my 4 year old son,she is now with the father who is an herion addict and meth she says he is clean but myself and others have seen her car at dealer houses and smoke houses.she and i were very functional useers worked every day ect.now i dont belive her when she says she is not envolved anymore and i havent seen her since this all took place.but there has been a few signs like the houses ect.my question is can anyone give me a few signs to look for with afunctional user thank you and feel free to email me please and thank you rick blowenchev@hotmail.com
i know the sure fire way for me to tell if one of my friends are using again, or for my familyto know when i ws using is the “tweeker movement” the way you move around like a robot when you’re using. It’s uncontrolable and it’s pretty obvious. Also there is of course the pupils, and most people I know can’t put their phone or computer down, or they have some kind of project at all times.
hope this helps
meagan
i have to agree with meagan,
i just left my girl friend of two years. she still has a job she takes care of her kid. But,
she could never sit down and watch a show. she was always cleaning but the house wasnt getting clean. she was always looking at her computer or phone. She was in the house physically but not involved mentally. however. when she initially got high for the first hour she was friendly and talkative. still couldnt sit down tho. Watch for Q tips with black on them. they use them to clean their pipe out. i never could figure out what they were but i got on line and found out. you would never guess that this person was a user. you have to pay attention.
take care
john
I am woried about my 22 year old son ,i don’t know what meth looks like I have never seen him high that I know. However I feel in my gut theres something wrong and I have heard from is friends he might be doing meth. PLEASE someone tell me how do I know ? I have noticed he isn’t eating much he’s always tired and I thought signs of meth where staying awake is it possible he’s using it and not having the staying up sins? I know I sound stupid but I don’t know what I’m looking for i am asking for help before it’s to late if he is using it. Thanks for taking the time to read and worry about my son as I do.
If your son were using meth, one of the biggest signs would be insomnia or staying awake all night – even for days. He might be fidgety or intensely focused on the details of one thing for hours on end. He may seem chatty followed by an almost sullen silence. If he continues abusing the drug over time, he might drop weight quickly and you might find paraphernalia that could include short pieces of straws (for snorting) or needles (for injecting). Other side effects during active crystal meth addiction include feeling paranoid, hearing things and irritability. Hope that helps!
hello my name is karla well im a crystal heroin and crack addict im 16 years old and i cant stop i pickk my sking i have holes in my arms for piking to much i alredy lost 2 of my tooths i have 2 1/2 years doing it im all bone i dont eat i dont sleep i fight a lot i sell my stuff just to get meth crack or heroin i need help i fell that everybody is against me i see shadows i hear voices all the time i panic maybe the ones reading these are like dayuum stupid girl fucking her life these way well dayumm i need help my mom died 5 weeks ago my dad is an alcoholic and my brother is never home for those that read these thanks a lot and please i need advices WHAT CAN I DO.??
Hi, Karla. What you can do is ask a guidance counselor at school, the school nurse, or a health clinic doctor to help you get drug addiction treatment. Don’t wait, and don’t stop asking for help at free health clinics, at school – even from Child Protective Services until you get the drug addiction treatment you need. You need medical attention immediately. Find someone, anyone, who can help you get it.
Hi,
The most amazing man I have ever met was addicted to meth. It took his dad turning him into the police fro him to get sober. After two years of prison my man is smart, sexy, funny, intelligent, hard-working and kind. His life is owed to his dad, the support of his family never giving up on him, the police and sobriety.
I know that if you want to quit, you ca…he did. He has a career, a car, a house and a great family. Ask for help and do it.
Janey
Call the number on this site, Talk to someone now: 877.714.1319
Valeria is correct, counselors/nurse in school can lead you to the right direction. You need a good support system to detox. Over time without the drugs you will have a clearer mind, be stronger, and crave it less. But it takes time to get strong and not crave it. You wanting helping can turning things around for your pretty quick. You wanting to live and change, surrender that and run with that. Before you know it with a clear mind you can find peace again. But the key is to go to therapy and work out what got you to turn to drugs in the first place. Therapist will lead you in the right direction.
You guys are all squares, man. I do a lot of meth and I’m perfectly fine! I make over 100k a year. Also it keeps me nice and trim for the ladies
. Lighten up and quit hating on meth!
this is too everyone that thinks its okay to do meth!! Ill let you know that NO its not… I am a 16 year old, i am a junior in high school and all i want is too live my life and stop with all the complicating things that come from my family. My father ( who i live with) he is using meth. i have a 18 year old sister and a 12 year old brother i have 2 more sisters but they have a dif dad. well this is my story.. my father is a meth head our house is always messy with wires tools and ex. my dad go into an accident 2 years ago and lost his left hand other than half his palm and his thumb. after that he lost his job. we were back and fourth to my dads moms house for years cause we would always lose the places we lived. well after the accident he lost his job and everythiiing. he is a guartist and was a maintence man he work all his life till then. He felt that he couldnt provide for us we had nothing never payed rent cause no money the churches was paying our electricity, he couldnt get on disabiltty we were broke. I had a boyfriend and was in cheerleading and my brother had friends so we were barely home. my dad became depressed and started using meth as a anti- depressant. then we lost our house moved back in with my g ma and then this is were it begun . we didint know my dad was on merh at first. then he started leaving my g mas house and staying away for multiplke days at a time leaving me and my brother with my grandparents. not calling or texting anyone to let us no were he ewas when he was gonna be home or whatever we all knew were he was at after while we found out what he was doing. my dad doesnt care about us kids as much as he used to. when he was home he would either go into A sleeping coma pretty much and ot wake up or he woulod be out in the shed that my gtrandparents had bought him so that he could work on things it was winter and im from indiana and he would literly sleep on the floor of the shed in the midle of the winter. after we caught on. he made the excuse to me and my brother that he couldnt stand my grandma. so therefore on that part we understood casuse we had felt the same. after all this which there is so much more you all have no idea and of course theres the people out there that dont have a problem wiuth there family friends boyfriend girlfriend parents whoever that they are doing meth because they are either doing drugs on there own and dont care about anyone elses well being. then whatevre you think that its right but ha your the one dying from the shit not me,. your choice but i will let you know your dumb and for everyone that is actually trying to quit and has recovered from meth than im soo very proud of you cause you have made yourself so much better for overcoming something that serious adn sticking to it and that your worried about your well being. (: well my dad married this girl and she has been to prison for it. now that my dad is on disabitly we had our life back on track. we moved out of my grandmas because she started abuseing my brother and i emotonaly and she also hit me in my throat while i have a thyroid disease and a over sized goider it indeed hurt bad and messed my throat up more and she told me that if i wazs to tell anyone she would say i grabed her steering wheel. because this incodent happend in the car on the way home i really wanted to kill her not litorly but because of her doing that. she told my dad i told her he was on meth when i didnt so it made my dad think i didnt love him and i was talking behind his back so he said i had to pack my things and live with my mom and he was signing off on me and was disapprearing and never comeing back into anyones life. well things got resolved we moved out and lived in a hotel ( quality inn) for a week till i foud us a home too live in at nice and big 3 bedroom 2 bath soo nice at the time it was me my boyfriend my brother my dad and his wife that he just married and has only known for a couple months. so we move than the house starts to get messey we notice my dad up for 5 days in a row cleaning working on things loud music ( slipknot) and them types which of course i like but when you have to go to schoool early in the morning and music blarring then thats not somthing that puts you in a goood mood. well anyways my brother had known my dad was on it and got sick of my dad not caring what we do which we never done anything out of line. and from my dad barely talkin to us nopt giving a damn what we have to say mybrother was either at school or on his playstaion 3. so he tod his school that he was worried about my dadas use of meth. so when my mom found out my brother didnt tell anyone but he. eventhough all she wants is for us to kive with her so she could get a disabilty check for us. so shes money hungary. so he told herand she talked him into moving out and living with her. remind you he just turned 12. well the school had said somthing to me about my mom telling them she was coming and withdrawing me from school over fall break this year which is soon. and so i figured they knew what my dad was up too so i talked openly about it cause after we all found out bout my dad doing meth he became open with us kids about it. cause he didnt want to hide it anymore well last thursday while i was in school CPS and the police went to my home and searched the place they found meth residue in a bag a couple boats and the house was a distaster and since he havent turned the gas on tin the housewe have been useing the oven to heat inside well they figurted since house is messy oven on and open and one of nthe doors being open said my dad was cooking at this time my dad isnt in jail and from what they have found my dads wife is making him take all blame because she already has a class c felony for traffiking to an inmate and meth on her record 5 to 6 diffrent times it shows up. i dont think he should take full blame. its not that my dad is a bad person i love him with all my heart and ive tryed soo much to talk him into stopping before he loses me. i just dont know if he will i cant honestly tell you that my dad loves me like he says he does idk. but then the CPS said i had to find somewere to go fo the weekend until they find out what is going to happen to me and my father. i couldnt go with my mom causerumor has it that shes on heroin and she over takes her prescribed meds like oxys perks and opanas so shes constanly in and out of passing out spells and my grandma hit me and my aunt is crazy and thats all i hae i dont talk to anymore else so either i have to find a place to go or im going to foster care. well right now im sitting at my boyfriends moms house bc i had no were else to go. and im stressing about were im gonna be what they are gonna do also m mom has active warants for her arrest and we are not a nasty trailer trashy type family we are all very well dressed and what not you would never think if your an outsider that i have all this going on. well i just feeel that if i could get rid of his wife that he would be soo much more better i know this story doesnt make as much since as i wanted it too and its way to much too write everything down but i just want adice on how too help him without going to far. i just got a message from my fathre saying he was leaving her and i asked him if he was plannign on getting better and he said no…. im gonna get better(: it makes me happy but he could just be saying that you know hes leaving her and hopefully he sticks too it cause ive heard it before wish my lucka dn please im still taking advice
Karla,
do you have any other family?aunts/uncles? Any family that you can go to? You have to find help! I agree with Valeria, find a schyou can do it!ool counselor, CPS, a priest, ANYONE!!!
Hi I’m Rose I need someone to talk to ! When I was 16 I met my boyfriend of 24 it was a battle just to be with him he already had a daughter and I was just young and of course my father fought against it . Long story short I moved out when I turned 18 had a baby girl now 3 . Boyfriend used to do meth before I had meet him and stopped when we started seeing eachother which I didn’t know. Well into the 5 yr relationship he started doing it at wrk which I didn’t know but noticed a change and he finally admitted it and asked to do it together just one time . I said no for bout one month then said ok one time but only nexus he threw in my face that when I was 13 I did it for the first time and got arrested on fathers day . I never did it again till now with him . So I said ok. One time turned to ever other weekend . I hated it he just wanted to be by himself which made me leave made him not care made us cheat , fight and ect.. I stopped . When he didn’t want to stop . I had a friend that always did it but I always said no. But ended up doing it withought him knowing anyways 6 months after I had already been doing it not counting the 1yr he was doing it he stopps. But I do not Im not allowed to have friends not allowed for anyone to come over . He arks 3-4 days a week 12 hrs a day . I’m alone all day . It sucks when I do it its not even fun anymore . Now I see my daughter gonna be three and I missed it all. I’ve been doing it now I think 3 yes. All the friend I thought were friends are now gone or arrested and have stole from me. When I do it it’s not a rush anymore more like I get tired and I sleep and eat but I do it just becuz or I’ll be clean and my boyfriend is caught talking to someone and I say well here I go again. I’m tired of doing it . And my boyfriend sometimes feels even dreams I’m doing it. He says I you have a problem I’ll be here to help you but other days he says if I ever catch you doing it ! And u know. I feel it’s his fault but then again he had stopped only becuz his connect got fired . Whih used to wrk with him. I want help but I don’t want him or anyone I know to know about this problem. And I feel and look awfull I hate the way I look yet I still do it and the amounts increased and still has no affect I still have no friends and still alone . While he wrks and does what he want when he wants. Can someone hive me advice . I’m 22 now and havent lived life. Thank you for reading my life story!
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hi rose…… i’ve been searching on everything to find out questions i have that i cant find anywhere but your situation and how you explain how you are doing it but i don’t knowi just think you might be able to answer my question… even though idk why i’m asking someone using, as I. heres my situation;
me and my boyfriend do it, i’d say like,……uhh 100$ at the least worth. id say once every two weeks. i’ve been using for 2 years but never go on venges. i smoke it like i smoke weed. if i have exta fun money to spend on whatever, i’ll get dope. but i have/ know i can go without it with NO problem.
just one….. that this is fucking me all up, i listen to rap music, i have a fuck you attitue and i just am a asshole person on the inside. so i relate to rap, not even just the bad rap even the stupid happy (like too happy) song i like/ listen to.
but every time i hear a song mention it & c’mon it’s rap, it’s mentioned a lot…
or even a lyric that just reminds me of it.
i know i’m not addicted. but i do think about it quite a bit….. i have alot of self control, morals. why i do it? idk fuck it. bored with life. no one i know would ever guess i do it.
it’s just, i cant change who i am like what music i like. and i just cant handle it because it’s alot of the time…everyday… i get thoughts and crave it. but thats all it is… a thought. i’m not going to lie it’s my favorite drug. and i LOVE it. im just not going to let myself get “bad” on it and look like/be a crazy motherfucker. you know…. im a normal peron. i look normal. all the above.
it just fucks with my head and makes me worry i might be slowly getting addicted, and i have no idea….. im not planning on quitting, eventually – yes. but not now. & like i said the thoughts only come when i hear music that pumps me up, or says something about it. then im like “ohhh we should get some” other then that idgaf if i have it or not.
i’m just very lost………………………………………………………
I can really find nothing that gives me any good answers about sex without meth. I want to know if the old (pre-meth) sexual self will EVER return. Don’t get me wrong, I get turned on but it seems so different. I don’t think this will turn me asexual(?). I am really worried about how I am going to function or react when it happens again. I’m nearing 40 (and don’t really look it). But I know that it cannot be combined forever. Is there a time frame? I’ve heard that one should go ONE year without sex. I’ve been highly sexual for 25 years. This just does NOT seem like something I could ever do. I get really lonely and the combination often gives way to either way too much energy or me wanting to use. What should I do? I take non-stimulant medication for ADHD and bi-polar disorder. The meth, my doctor feels, was a form of self medication. But the meth always went hand in hand with sex for me for nearly 10 years. I am HIV positive. I tribute me being bi-polar to being part of that problem. I turned to meth to over come the stigma of being HIV positive. It all seems so complex (at times). Realistically what should I do?
Hey patrick… I hope you come back and see this, but I too am in a very similar situation as are many people. I really hope you have a decent ASO where you live (aids service organizations, but they also equally service hiv) , unfortunately that can be restricted to major cities and I would assume more scarce in the US than where I live Canada). I was just diagnosed. Its absolutely terrifying, I was 21 when I found out, dropped out of uni, became homeless, started the drugs, (which were less integral but part of my life pre-hiv) but i just aged up. I bet you probably hate this line as much as I sometimes do, but you REALLY need to educate yourself now more than ever. Its not a death sentence, yes there is no cure so for now it is a life sentence, but now days the meds and stuff basically ensure you will live a full life, and with very little risk of ever getting aids, unfortunately theres the odd side effects from meds. Yes, the stigma, is vast and unfortunately not nearly up to date on where the research and education is, because people don’t want to learn, theres not enough people teaching, and well, theres alot of people on this planet.. And the large personal belief most people have “It isnt the kind of thing that would ever happen to me” (I thought that) I realise im totally turning this into an HIV lecture, I apolagize everyone but I think it is integral Patrick for you to really come to terms with it. Isolation is a factor, but there are SO many support groups out there.. Im HOPING you live in a larger city. It is very common with men I know who are HIV Pos to also be Meth addicts, I think it is well known (im assuming your a part of this-terribly sorry if not) the gay community is definitely one of the most ravaged of all groups by this Meth endemic. I would be lying to say I don’t use occasionally, but from needing it to get by, and cope, I now once every few months do it as a treat.. A horrible one I am working on stopping too. To answer you again in something more concise I would seek support for both HIV and the Meth addiction. Counselling, groups, groups for both in one if you are in a hub city are all available. A big thing for you is feeling isolated and as sad as it is, the city I live in 1/4 men in my community are HIV positive. Its just not advertised so there isnt a since of “well why bother we are screwed” I am not sure where you live but drop an email and I will get at you ASAP, I have since gotten involved with volunteering as much of my time to ASO’s. I might beable to hook you up with some good info! Best of luck Patrick you will be fine, it just may not seem that way right now. Heck maybe we live in the same city. Meth doesnt define you, you just use it as a coping mechanism and you CAN stop. Hiv doesnt describe you, its just a small part of the great person you are, and isn’t a big deal, bigots who think it is can go educate or excuse me for this, but STFU. Yes it seems hard to start dating, thats my big thing right now, I actually havent met anyone near my age who has it, its more where I am your age range. .. But yeah.. again.. You are able to overcome this Patrick not to sound uber cheese.. Just have to really want it, and follow some steps, that a counsellor would be way better suited to aid with
. Hope you are being VERY honest with your doctors. They cant snitch you for the meth, and it is important to share. They won’t judge, if they seem its upset its only because they are worried. Holy cow this is long sorry everyone.
Good luck to every one of you!
I have been with my boyfriend for seven years. He started doing meth four yers ago. I don’t do drugs at all I don’t even drink. Meth has made him crazy. I am scared all the time and he gets mad and znd dont undersatnd why. Im tired of living not know what will happen next. I cant sleep anymore he flipps out at night and thinks someone is hiding under the bed and i’m having sex with them. He has screwed all the windows shut and I cant have a house key to my own home( that I have paid for). Im not allowed to have phone or if I get permission to call my mom I have to talk on speaker phone. I have been around other people doing meth and they dont act this way. Could something more be wrong. I left this morning and am on the run with my kids. He fliped out at 1 am and poured a bottle of cool aid on me nd my 5 year olds head while we were asleep. That was my breaking point. My kids dont deserve it. Hopefully he wont find us.
I finally had to come to realize that my boyfriend is doing meth and it has now become a problelm. I had to kick him out of the apartment last night. He showed up at my job today, and I had to tell him that I will get a TRO on him if he did it again. I don’t know what to do – he lost his job and has no insurance, and probably wouldn’t go get help even if he had the means. He is in serious denial, even tho I confronted him about all the symptoms. Does anyone know of any type of program that is free? He is also on the streets and does not have any place to go – burned all his bridges with his family, including his mother, who got him started on this crap in the first place. Nice, huh? What a freakin horror show. I’m not going to enable anyone – I mean, I love him, but he doesn’t love or respect himself to be capable of loving or respecting anyone else, so he had to go. I can’t support him, or deal with his mood swings. I think he started doing this crap in order to escape some realities about himself that he does NOT want to deal with – personal issues that, according to him (altho not out loud) cannot be dragged into the light and examined, and need to be. These issues are nothing bad at all, just something that he doesn’t want to deal with because he thinks it’s weired. May be different, but not weird. Continuing to run from and getting high on this crap to get rid of your demons doesn’t ever work, because you are always you in the end. Not to mention, seriously, smoking, snorting, shooting something that some hillbilly in a trailer park made? Give me a break. Any ideas? I feel really, really alone. Totally sucks.
I feel your pain. I had to file an eviction on mine and refuse to let him see the kids. I guess i’m hopeing that a little tough love will make him realize he has a problem. He has no where to go and calls me crying all the time. I tell him to call his so called friends who are feeding him meth and see if they can help. Im so scared all the time that today will be the day he will kill me. I feel so sorry for him but at the same time I have to think when has he felt sorry for me or the kids when he chose to do meth. Im tired of being scared. I’ll pray for you.
i am in exactly the same situation LG. i haven’t kickd him out tho. only because i feel like he will b worse if i do. i’m so scared for him. he was clean for almost two years and his mom and his sister got him hooked again. he told me he was only doing a little because his sister had some and he ddnt want her to do it all coz he was worried for her. but i knew that was just an excuse to me. he tries to hide it from me because he’s afraid i will do it too. but i have no desire to. he has personal issues too that he becomes incredibly depressed about. and i think that has a lot to do with his use. i love him so much and i just want him back to the way he was when i met him. there is no one i can talk to because i don’t want him to go to jail or anything. but i don’t want him to die either. i’m so lost. i cant talk to him because i dont want to fight and if i was to confront him, im sure it would be a huge fight. he gets super moody when he is coming down. talking to him while he is still high is easier but….he denies that he is addicted so he just makes excuses why its not such a bad thing. he didn’t eat for 3 days. i finally had to ask him to please eat something. he doesn’t see how important he is to me or how much i need him. i want to be able to be there for him and help him but its so hard. i don’t know if i can. it feels like i am completely powerless. how do you help someone who is addicted to meth? especially if they don’t want help.
My name is Tiffany and I think my ex my be using meth. My brother told me that they did it together before. I seen my ex a couple of weeks ago and he has lost weight and his teeth have black lines on them. He claims that his weight loss is from working all the time and his bad teeth are from smoking cigarrettes and not brushing them. He says he would never put this in his body cause it split his parents up. As far as I know he eats all the time, sleeps good, and is all the time working. I am not sure if my brother was telling the truth but I don’t know why he would lie about that but he also has lied on my ex before. But i know that my ex and my bro has done drugs before. Is there any other way to tell? Like how can I tell if that is whats making him loose weight? Please help me.
meth is death
i know lots of people including myself who dont show any of those 10 signs and u would never guess are users, alot of people u would think are probably dont even use that much and just dont care about how they look or things in general lol :p
wanda, im happy you did that he needs that too kno what he took for granted. that was harsh on my part it just makes me mad that he would do that and you would let it happen. i give you BIG props tho, the feeling of this might be my last day alive EVERYDAY sucks. your not the only one tho. steer clear of crazy skitzer guys who lock you out of your huose and pour koolaid on you. seriously
Karla, the county should have a place for you to deal with your drug abuse. Also, the Salvation Army has rehab. Call churches. Get online for “free drug rehab places” There are places “IF” you want to do it bad enough. I am 66, been sober 36 years. My son is currently a meth user and I am having difficulty dealing with it but go to church, read my bible, speak with my counselor. TURST ME WHEN I SAY THIS, YOUR FAMILY ARE WORRYING SO MUCH I CANNOT EVEN BEGIN TO EXPLAIN THE PAIN DEEP DOWN IN THEIR HEARTS, THE FEAR OF WHEN THE PHONE RINGS, IS THEIR CHILD DEAD. WHAT WILL BECOME WITH THE REST OF THEIR LIVES? ADDICTIOIN IS A FAMILY AFFAIR.
My boyfriend is in total denial. He became aggressive last night. He scratched my chest and pulled my hair. I want to report him and intervene. He needs help asap!
I ‘am’ very close to my roommate. i saw signs my roommate was using had drugs as he has been acting ‘weird’ for a very long time (years). Unfortunately all physical evidence did not exist. I later learned, after he slipped and confessed, he was doing the drugs outside the home.
He had all the classic symptoms. Paranoia, jumping, not sleeping, agitated constantly, lying, stealing from me, hanging out constantly with his undesirable friends. Before I learned of his Meth addiction, I was starting to think he really hated me.
Yesterday he was arrested for having a meth pipe in his possession. The jail house performed drug tests and confirmed he had Meth in his system. Unfortunately they are releasing him today without getting him assistance.
Due to the circumstances, I do not want him back in my home. I want him to get help, but he cannot do it with my support as I see someone has to be with him 24/7. I am no longer emotionally strong and, in all honestly, an enabler. Does ‘tough love’ really work?
Hi, my names Amanda and I was with my boyfriend for 4 years. He was arrested last night for physically beating me. He is an ice addict and I found out a month ago when his friends came to me, they told me they were extremely worried about his using and that they have tried to help and it hasn’t done anything. I confronted him about it and he admitted everything that day and promised to never do it again. Things were going really great for about a week, I had my suspicions still because they would be little things that would make me think he was still doing it. Our 6 month old son went into hospital a week after he had told me everything, he was at the hospital with me and then when we left in separate cars I didn’t see him for 2 days, he would text but wouldn’t answer my calls or text. When he came home none of his stories added up or made sense and we got into a big fight and that when the first physical abuse happened. I reported him to the police and went to court and had a intervention order put on him. The next day after court he rang!!!! And was crying and said he couldn’t get help without me and he just wanted us back ect.. Well I got sucked back in… Same story it was good for a week and for some reason I put up with the seedy call the coded msgs, him not answe his phone for days and not ever having time to see me, in this time he manipulate my family and his into thinking I was the one with the problem and he had been trying to help me. I lost my family because I wouldn’t leave him, honestly I thought I could help him and get him better. Anyway 2 nights ago we went to a hotel in the city to try and make things better, you know have a good night and try and remember why we live each other ( at this point he is still claiming he hasn’t touched it since the day I let him home after his friends had told me everything) so during the day he slept and wouldn’t wake up, in the at on the way to hotel he slept, when we got to the hotel he all of a sudden had all this energy. We ordered room service and he went back to sleep until it came. While he was asleep I went through his phone and found msgs that were clearly in code. When room service came I woke him up and we sat down and I asked him about it… He flipped it threw his meal at me grabbed my phone was yelling screaming calling me names saying I cheat and I do this ( all in true) then the physical violence came, the pulling of my hair, grabbing my arms and ripping me around and even blighting my face and my back. Then he would start crying, tensing up and saying ” help me I dont know why I’m doing this I live u” and then bang he would flip again, he would either get violent with me or pretend to hang himself or grab a knife and say he was going to stab himself and then the crying again!!!! I finally carmed him down and got him into bed and he fell asleep. But while I was laying in ed it came to me that while he was doing all these things he didn’t care that our 6 month old son was crying and wouldn’t let me get him and if I tried he would just attack me. So he slept again from 12:30am to 11:30 am I tried waking him many times from 9:30am but he would just open his eyes mumble something an go back to sleep. Before we left the hotel he was very apologetic. He slept again for 45 minutes on the way home and then again until the police turned up. Thank god for my friend who lied across the road came over and saw all the bruise and convinced me that what he was doing was wrong and for mine and my sons safety I had to call the police. I haven’t heard anything from the police since I made my statement but what I want to know is why do I just want to pick up the phone and tell him to come back? Why do I still want to be with him? Why do I still want to prove that he is using? Why do I still want to help him??
Hi,
I would appreciate any advise I can get. I have a friend who is in his 40′s. I believe is a meth addict. Some of the signs I’ve read match and some don’t. First of all, he admitts to being an alcoholic. He admitted that he use to do meth, but quit on his own. Ive seen him consume very large amounts of hard alcohol from 6pm on and at 5 am he is still going strong wanting to shoot pool and keep partying. I couldn’t believe he was still standing let alone shooting pool. He has admitted his two friends who are always at his house are meth addicts. They show up at odd hours 3,4,5 in the morning sometimes. I’ve seen the cut straws. Ive seen a pipe, but thought it might be for pot. I’ve seen towels on his sofa that were wet from his sweating. His mood swings are unbelievable. He can be the meanest most hateful person
I’ve ever known. He doesn’t go out to bars, but has friends to his house almost every night. Ive told him he’s like a hermit. He works part time hours for his family’s business. He has money, because of the business. His family is disgusted with his work ethics, but keep paying him. His teeth are definitely rotting. His skin does get a very oily look to it sometimes.
He sounds hours & hours making spread sheets for racehorse betting. He is also a bookie.He does have paranoia issues. Checks & rechecks locks. Keeps th blinds closed.Something else I think is really odd is he dates young women 19-26 yes old from sites like Seeking Arangements. The Sugar Daddy/ Sugar Baby stuff. The girls go to his home and party with him and his friends. I’m guessing because woman who have it together wouldn’t be ing hanging out at his house.
However, his house is a disaster. I’ve seen the same dishes in the sink for a week. He could stand to lose 15 pounds. No acne or itching. Gets his haircut every few weeks. Likes to cook.
If I think he is an addict. What if anything can I do? Thank you!
I haven’t heard from my 23 year old daughter for 2 months. She finally called me today and told me she was addicted to meth and cocaine. She says she was snorting and smoking it and injecting it with needles. She has two kids and has gotten them taken away from the state. My grandson is with the paternal grandparents and my grandaughter is with people I don’t even know. We live in a different state and had no clue that this was going on. Apparently she took a drug test for the county that was a condition for child services and failed. Out of the blue she calls me and lays all this on me, wants to come home and said she went to one NA meeting. I am very leary of letting her come home fear she might rob me blind and hurt me and her stepfather. Does anyone have any insight on what I can do to help her and protect myself?
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Hello,
My girlfriend turned 17 on june 1st. that was the first day she tried meth. for about 3-4 months after that she was an addict to meth. She was living with her shittty friend kayla whos mom was the one who turned her onto the god forsaken devil drug meth. i have smoked weed before but never thought of doing any hardcore drugs. Basically, i rescued her from this crack house she was living in and brought her back to her fathers house which is perfectly safe, functional….. drugfree. we started dating late october. she has been clean ever since.
HERE is where my problem with her comes in. I LOVE THIS GIRL WITH ALL MY HEAART because deep down she has a wonderful personality and truely cares for me. She wants to go over to one of her co workers apartments. there is going to be a cocaine dealer there. im not really worried about her doing any drugs because its just not her anymore. but i brought it up to her that im worried that shes going over there because of the people thats there. and she kind of got defensive. how can i talk to her about this without her getting slightly upset at me? or rather what would be the best approach on asking her not to go over there?
Hey Ryan, we’d be glad to give you advice about this situation and answer any other questions you might have. Always feel free to call us at 877-714-1319. Our counselors are very experienced and they can give you some helpful information.
Hey everyone…I am not sure if this is the right forum to post, but I suspect a close person in my life is using drugs intravenously. I caught her once and she swore to me that she would never do it again…I have done my share of harder drugs in the past but am now clean with the exception of a little marijuana. Anyways, this person has been extremely irratable and often snaps at me. She has always been a little edgy, but very much so lately. She has lost from what I can tell, maybe 15 pounds in the past few months, she has very poor eating habits lately. I also found a spoon with some residue on it, and what looks to be like the end of a Q-Tip. I am unsure if this is the same from when I caught her in the act, but I doubt it. I don’t want to think that my wife is lying to me, but I know when a drug has you, you will say anything to get someone off your back.
So to sum:
Previously caught her injecting Roxycet or something like that.
Previously used Oxycontin (snorted)
Weight Loss
Irritability
Spoon with Residue and Cotton filter
What do you all think?
Hi Matt, it seems like your loved one might be in trouble. Please know that you can always contact us at 877-714-1319 if you want to talk with someone about your situation. Our staff is very compassionate and highly knowledgeable, and we would be glad to help.
my name is tadpole an im 14 years old and ive been doin crank for 2 years, im trying to get into rehab but its to expensive, and i have NO suppport, ive tried everything, and its getting to the point were ill be skipping school to cook meth and then smoke ALL of it by myslelf, i have nothing left, i live in an empty home, my mom sleeps all day, CPS is involved, ive been to foster care. i cant stop. i know i need help. but how am i supposed to do that when all i hear is my own echo when i ask for help D:
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