Help My Boyfriend Is Hooked On Herion And Ive Just Found Out Posted: 04-13-07 18:42pm
please
give me advice, my partner of 2 year in
whom i live with has just admitted to me
hes smoking herion, my heart broke in 2, i
just cant believe it. this morning he
asked for the car keys to go and get some
to ween himself off it, i said no, he
promised it would be his last time. im a
strong minded person and stood my ground
told him it will be hard but he will just
need to fight it. he lasted 4 hours said
he was going out for a human and
disappeared to come home later on it. his
mood swings are bad and i want to be
strong for him but its hard. i just dont
know what to do, please help me
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redjohn
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Joined: 15 Apr 2007 Posts: 28 Location: Fl.
Junk Posted: 04-19-07 21:15pm
First question that must be answered is,
does he want help? If so self detox is not
a good idea. This should in my opinion be
done in a professional setting. Just one
small dose to ween himself off is
nonsense. You were right to take a tough
stand. I know nothing about treatment
centers in the UK. Just don't let him drag
you down with him. If treatment is
available to him he should grab on and
hold on for dear life. Your love for one
another in the face of addiction is
irrelevant. If he is an addict very far
advanced heroin is his number one love and
you can't compeat.
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Shady41
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Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Posts: 28 Location: midwest
Re: Junk Posted: 06-14-07 15:33pm
redjohn
wrote:
First question that must be
answered is, does he want help? If so self
detox is not a good idea. This should in
my opinion be done in a professional
setting. Just one small dose to ween
himself off is nonsense. You were right to
take a tough stand. I know nothing about
treatment centers in the UK. Just don't
let him drag you down with him. If
treatment is available to him he should
grab on and hold on for dear life. Your
love for one another in the face of
addiction is irrelevant. If he is an
addict very far advanced heroin is his
number one love and you can't
compeat.
Here here, well stated!
You should get as far away from him as
possible and never look back. Believe me,
I was involved for almost 3 years with a
woman who "graduated" from oxycontin to
heroin use and all trying to help her did
was drive me into bankruptcy and devastate
me emotionally. I am still recovering from
the havoc of a sick codependent mess being
involved with a junkie wreacked on me.
Believe me, turning your back on him MAY
or MAY NOT help him reach his bottom and
make him decide to turn around, BUT, it
WILL help you to recover quicker from the
damage already done by remaining in any
way connected to the man. Best of luck to
you dear.
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sillyakchick
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Posted: 06-14-07 15:40pm
I am sorry, but I don't think you can help
him unless he is willing to get help
himself. And he will need professional
help, at that. good luck.
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MethadoneSupport
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Jun 2007 Posts: 3
Posted: 06-14-07 18:39pm
Nic.....this is what we do.....help folks
that are addicted to opiates (heroin, pain
meds, etc.). We have a "caregiver/loved
one's" forum that will help you and
there's much info, people to interact with
and some much needed support for you
and/or your partner. We actually have a
rep in the UK that might be able to direct
you as well.
I wish you all he luck....and
remember....people DO recover from opiate
addiction. We are all NOT dirty
"Junkies". Your partner is sick....and at
this point needs some help!......Carol
Nobody can be helped until they're ready.
I for one don't believe in the Methodone
maintenance program. IMO Methodone is a
worse drug than Heroin. To swap one for
the other is absurd. Detox, treatment and
then a strong NA/AA program is the answer.
No dope at all, that's the ticket.
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acidbathjunkie
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Jun 2007 Posts: 3 Location: Louisiana
Re: Help Posted: 06-20-07 21:22pm
redjohn
wrote:
Nobody can be helped until
they're ready. I for one don't believe in
the Methodone maintenance program. IMO
Methodone is a worse drug than Heroin. To
swap one for the other is absurd. Detox,
treatment and then a strong NA/AA program
is the answer. No dope at all, that's the
ticket.
I completely disagree. Methadone helped
save my life as well as my child's. If it
wasn't for finding the website *** and the
people in it, I would probably still be
spending all of my time and money looking
for dope and be at great risk of getting
my kids taken away, my family broken up
and a whole lot of other horrible things.
And before you ask, I have tried many
other routes before trying Methadone, and
none have worked at all. Don't get me
wrong, everyone has their own opinion and
Methadone may not be for everyone. But
please people, do your research before
making a decision one way or another. And
I'm not talking about asking people on
this website. I'm talking about experts on
Methadone. A lot of people are trying to
give Methadone a bad name. I'm just trying
to let you all know that Methadone saves
many MANY lives every day. Yours could be
one of them...
