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My drug addiction help?
i'm 15. I'm having a really hard time staying sober. I recently overdosed on pills Triple C's or Coricidin Cough and Cold. I've been sober since the night of my overdose which was 4 weeks ago. I have been to rehab Tarzana Treatment Center in Lancaster, California. I only lasted there 8 days before i got kicked out. I'm tired of disappointing my friends and family and being dependent on artificial things. I know i should not be alive right now. I was so close to dying. Call me crazy but when i was on the Coricidin i actually saw myself in the hospital bed die and they couldnt do anything to revive me. Some of the drugs i've done are vicodin, morphine,acid,pot, coke, Xanax, Esctasy, and many others. Does anyone have advice for how i should continue my life sober?please nothing about God. thank you.

Why does drug addiction, especially Meth make people's faces change? (Photo)?
Here is a collection of photos of people who are Meth addicts. methfree.mesacounty.us uploadedImages Methfree Images addictfacesofmethL.jpgI just don't get why their face changes so much. I understand the sores, and their faces getting skinnier but some of their faces change so much like as if they got bad nose jobs or something. Like this friendsofdave.org images Faces of Meth 2005 F4.jpg

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Where are examples in the book Tweak of depression Stress and insecurity? as they relate to drug addiction?
page numbers would be helpful

Mother is mentally ill with a drug addiction.?
my mother has been on drugs for 14 years. Prescription meds. preferbly hydrocodone but now she is off the hydros due to drug courts and rehab programs. but my mother has replaced one high for another so now shes using benzo's which is zanex. a nerve pill. she gets drug tested but the problem here is that shes prescribed the zanex so when she tests dirty for it she gets to go free but her program hasnt responded to my requests to test her levels of the drug in her system cuz she takes more zanex than whats she daily prescribed. ive tried calling her probation officer, ive tried contacting her counselors and still this is going on. Does anyone know of a program that will help her? and me too. im going thru a lot of stuff taking care of her on my own and giving her money and cigarettes im supporting her and its killing me to see her like this please help because rehab and counselors havent

How do you help friends with drug addictions?
it seems like most of my life ive been around drug addiction.like my friends are on cocaine,painkillers,just about most drugs you can think of.lost a friend a long time ago to meth.it caused him to have schizophrenia some crazy stuff to watch.still trying to figure out how to help.rehab is out of the question for the people i know that have these problems.i wasn't sure what category to put this in.they are not afraid to admit they have this problem.so it makes it a lot harder to convince them to stop.for the fact that its in there life style daily.yeah the funny thing is its more than one friend.i used to do drugs,but because of this main reason i stopped.i just smoked weed which is fine with me.im sober all the way because of drug addicts.it just seems like it was meant for me to be around drug addicts for some reason lol.or maybe im a drug addict magnet.i know its nothing to joke about.thats how it seems.

How many drug addictions start in heavy smoking? (10 points)?
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Is drug addiction a "spiritual disorder"?
creativespirit.net learners counseling docu35.htmSearch for " Addiction as Spiritual Emergency"

How do you get someone help with a drug addiction?
Hello Someone very close to me, who is bipolar with other mental disabilities, etc... is addicted mentally, not physically to marijuana, hes generally ok if he has it, but once or twice a year he flips out & breaks something huge & important, SHITS IN THE LIVINGROOM theres no toilet in there , attacks the household pets, burns most of his most loved stuff, says hes going to shoot himself & that he hates everyone, & this time around smashed up the living room & took an axe to the new grill for no reason other than be a jackass & because he doesnt have any for a few days.he has a caseworker for his mental problems which were brought on by the stress of being home ridden due to a serious back injury sustained on the job & his inability to provide income he has done something like this several times & this is his second or third time in a mental facility for psyche evaluation but he called & said he will be out & for everyone to be ready.HOW can you help someone like this that cant help himself? simple incarceration for 4 6 weeks in a drug free environment would fix this & hes been saying for a long time that he wants to quit, but then never follows through.P.S. I fu king kid you not, he has SHIT IN THE F ING LIVINGROOM & IN OUR SHOES BEFORE JUST TO BE AN ASS this is not a joke it sounds funny but its not living with his poopin smashin ass.

If you ever have been in rehab for alcohol or drug addiction?
Please tell me what you've learned and how it helped you and people around you.

A spiritual crisis hit after I quit my drug addiction. I cannot make any sense of it?
I just quit a 4 year addiction marijuana and a lot of " stuff" is coming out. I am not going psychotic, and I am working with a spiritual advisor. It started with nightmares about demons and the end of the world. Then, I began having horrific panic attacks about my own existence. Issues like, " What am I? What is my soul? What is reality?" , etc. I understand this is a spiritual crisis. But, I am still experiencing the emergency. I am getting moments where I desperately want this to all go away. It feels like the greatest suffering. I imagine going through this experience permanently, as if my soul will be reborn over and over, only to suffer so much more human suffering. Please help

Am I in deep denial over my husband's drug addiction?
My 50 year old husband is a drug addict. He has battled addiction throughout our marriage of 12 years. It started out with pain pills and progressed to crack cocaine. He was clean for 3 years and relapsed last year. Relapse started with cocaine but now I think it is more pain pills. I am the only one working and we don't have the money for cocaine. He has pawned and traded just about everything we have. Has borrowed money from a former boss and when he asks him to work it is to " work off" what he owes. He swears that he has done nothing since 1.5.2010 but there are days when I come home from work and I suspect he has done something. Of course, he denies it when confronted. He is unemployed and what I make is barely keeping our head above water. Our home is being foreclosed on goes up for sale 3.18.2010. When confronted about getting a job he makes a joke about it and says " when I know that I can pass a drug test" . Am I in some serious denial or am I not giving him a chance to prove himself. He made a comment about if roles were reversed, he would stand beside of me. I have stood beside of him for many years through this addiction. I can't stand anymore. I have thought of divorce but I know that would probably send him over the edge. What do you think?

Dealing with a family member with a drug addiction.. help!!?
OK my sister has been addicted to Ambien for about 4 years now. She has through detox and rehab twice and hasnt gotten better. She is still very much addicted and supoosed to be going into another detox rehab. She has been supposed to go nor for 2 weeks but everyday comes up with new excuse or chickens out. I have been supportive or encouraging but now its getting hard for me to be that way cause it hard for me to believe that she is actually going to go. She gets mad when I try to give her " tough love" . She gets mad that my parents and I never went to some type of counseling to learn about her problem. She says that since I have never been addicted I dont know what its like. I understand that, but it doesnt take a rocket scientist to know that its going to be pure hell to go through detox and rehab and stay clean. I just dont know what to do or say to her anymore. Has anyone been in this situation? What should I say or do? She is 34 and Im 26

How to stop a drug addiction?
liek its not me but lie ksomeone i knwo and like care about very much has one and liek she he doesnt want help form liek a mentaly ill place wiht crazy peokle no offence to them but liek i jsut i NEED THE HELP I CANT LET HER HIM DIE I WOULDNT ALLOW IT NEVER HELPPPPP

Teenage friend with drug addiction?
so i have this friend and we have been together since babies and we have been through everything, so like 5 months ago she saw online that sniffing sharpies will get you high, so me and her tried it and for like 5 mins we both felt really dizzy and the room was spinning but then we got really bad headaches so i decided to not do it again, but she likes it and she moved on to other inhalants and then she stole some of her mom's pain meds to get high, she also doesn't sleep much so she takes a lot of caffeine, is this ok or should i help her??, she doesn't have access to weed or anything else cause she is still in high school.this is a re post cause i didn't get enough answers and i had some additional info she was bullied since the beginning of her school career and suffered severe depression when she was younger but it was treated, she has since been going to see a child psychologist, but she has only told me this and she might feel uncomfortable if i asked any of my mates to help with this problem, she is now thinking of taking the pain meds again, in her room she has a schedule so her mom can never discover she is missing pills please help