
Families & Friends Of Addicts Support Group
Addiction affects more than just the individual. This community is dedicated to the families and friends of individuals suffering from any form of addiction. Mental health professionals are increasingly considering alcoholism and addiction as diseases that flourish in and are enabled by family systems. Family members react to the addicted person with particular behavioral...
Stay Strong.
I know you pain. The hardest thing I ever did was on October 3 of this year, I handed my son the telephone number of a rehab center. My son had been on a 28 day crack binge and come home because he had run out of money. He told me he needed to sleep. I told him "No."
You cannot stay here anymore.
I will feed you, let you shower and call to make arrangements to go to a rehab home - but you cannot live here anymore. I was surprised how firm I was on this. It pains me everyday to see what is happening to our youth but my prayers are with you.
Addiction is a very powerful disease and unfortunately heroin is the most powerful drug out there. I have never seen any heroin addicts truly recovered unless that work a very strict and serious program. And that starts with a detox, rehab, etc. Your son is really young and probably very scared. You cant prossibly know what his path is in this life. What you can do, is love him and be there for him, as long as you are also taking care of yourself. Addiction is a disease of the family and it affects not only the active person, but also their loved ones.
It sounds like you have health issue yourself. Try to take care of yourself first. YOu can't be there for him unless you take care of yourself first. I learned that the hard way. Try going to some Al Anon meetings... they helped me a lot.
And remember - you cant control your son and you can't fix him unfortunately... no matter how much you want. PLease take care of yourself. You and your son are in my prayers...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2o8BwTn38QI
and a link to one that I made
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0dERqyCiHQ
I will pray for you and your family. God Bless.