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...
My son overdosed last night. I had to call 911 because I could not revive him. My husband (his step father) told me that he was hearing "weird noises" from my sons bedroom. We had just spoke to my son and he and I had eaten and done the crossword puzzle in the newspaper. I went into my son's room and found him on the bathroom floor struggling to breathe. They took him to the ER and he is home sleeping now since last night when they gave him narcan and ruined his "high". He would most certainly been dead if my husband had not mentioned the
"weird noises". I am beyond sad and mad. I can't even cry yet. I really thought my son was doing better. He had gone to a clinic and got an antidepressant and seemed to be doing better. I am so not sure what I want/need to do.
"weird noises". I am beyond sad and mad. I can't even cry yet. I really thought my son was doing better. He had gone to a clinic and got an antidepressant and seemed to be doing better. I am so not sure what I want/need to do.
I had put in my mind years ago that our sons' heroin addiction would end one of two ways 1.) he would seek the help he needed and DO it completely (many stints in rehab, maybe 8 or 10 prior) 2.) he would die of an overdose.
So in my own head, I had prepared myself for the latter of the two. To accept it. Sadly. I became cold to everything around me, not just my son, but anyone in my life or situations in my life. The numbing effect.
Long story short, it is normal, it is sad but do NOT feel there is anything wrong with you. You are in 'survival mode'.
I will keep you and your family in my prayers. Be gentle on yourself, don't beat yourself up for your feelings, they are YOUR feelings and real and validated. And know that you are NOT alone in these feelings! Be good to YOU!