i wish i knew.

i understand it, but i could not go there.

those that smoke that stuff are worse than animals - they dont even know they exist. i saw the movie salton sea and it did not come close to depicting what this stuff can do. it does paint a grim enough picture for people NOT on it.

i am a trapper, and i know of no greater chemical trap for people than methamphetamine. you very quickly become the biggest joke you know, but by then you cant function without it. very few give it up without getting very sick or killing themselves. but then, what is the difference? the damage that gets done is almost impossible to mitigate. it robs you of everything of any meaning. you have no faith, no hope, and no love beyond your next bump. the total mental and nervous exhaustion has no cure but more meth. all you can do is be there if there are any pieces left to pick up. stay away until then, unless you like train wrecks and possibly being involved in one yourself. believe nothing they say - you cant and live in reality. i am sorry.

that being said, they are like anyone else with regard to getting well - they have to read and believe and do. the one cure will work for them, but that does not mean they will ever want it enough to do it. i am sure they could, if they wanted. but what will convince them may also do them in. it is so sad.

in the past few years i have lived in 2 cities and 2 small country towns meth is evrywhere now and getting much more popular , in every groupd of friends i have some one or many of them are hooked..these people are from 16 to 29 years old . they are your next door neihbor they work at mc donals they drive truck they work at malls they work at radio stations etc... your write nicole it is much more addictive than anydrug know to man even heroin this is well documented . i see no hope for them . i figured in this small country community of 2500 people it would be rare to here of , i just found out a meth dealer lives 4 houses away from me and he has MANY comming to him. my friends sister is 14 and she is now hooked and her parents still dont know .

yeah, that is really sad. I used to be addicted to it, but when I watched people becoming homeless and even dying, it woke me up. There isn't much you can do for someone who doesn't want help. Like Trapper says, you better stay away from that trainwreck. Maybe make some new friends or hang out alone until they either quit or die. A lot of people DO grow out of it, like me, (I don't even take asprin now!) so don't be too depressed about it.

Don’t want to sound cold or uncaring but your friends aren’t looking to be saved. Your “friends” use drugs because they choose to do so, and it is not within your power to make them stop. Leave the situation alone and find new friends, set goals, move on and experience life. I know what I am talking about.

I first tried drugs in the 6th grade and have battled this nightmare off and on most of my life, I am now 44. Only two things have happened to make me stop using: number one, finding out I was pregnant* (haven’t touched a needle since then and the needle is just as addictive as drugs are) and secondly, flushing, which made me lose all of the cravings for drugs that I have always had, immediately.

*I know MH, I know.


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