gonna join this community just to post this cause it really hits me hard here. dated a heroin addict for couple years. he'd been doing it a lot before i met him, a little while i got to know him, not so much once we started dating. really one of the most amazing, caring people i've ever met in my life. such a good person. i loved him more than i've ever loved anything. well, after about a year and a half he went back to using all the time. i lost my best friend. physically, he's still here. but beyond that... i can't even have a conversation with him. i know he's sick, i know anyone with this problem is sick, i understand that. but please, if not for you, get some help for the people who really love you. i lost my heart over this shit. i know you've all heard this before, i know its not that easy, but if you can think of someone you really love, please find some help for them, if not for yourself. don't leave them like i've been left. please, please, please try to get through this. its such a waste of so many good lives. i couldn't help him but maybe this will hit home and help someone else... please. you're above this. don't sink so low. be the amazing person everyone knows you are.