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Anyone else got drug addicts for parents?

Yeah im glad I wasnt the first in my family to go to jail I am an only child but all of my uncles, my dad and my ex-stepdad are all either in jail or have been to jail.
 
Both of my parents were/are opiate addicts. My mother died, my father is out of the picture. My grandparents have filled in the parent rolls. My grandmother is a barbiturate addict (I am almost certain). She likes her Fiorinal. There is always Xanax around should she not have Fiorinal on hand. My 2 biological grandfathers were alcoholics (pretty sure), and I had one grandmother who didn't suffer from addiction issues (though all of her brothers and both her parents were alcoholics).

But yeah, as a little kid I remember my mother nodding out with lit cigarette in hand, always trying to read a novel. Often she would go down into the cellar and just sit leaning against the washing machine and drier nodding out for the entire evening. Often it was hard to maintain conversation, but she was always interesting. I remember her popping pills, and stashing opiate cough syrups under the mattress. She always had a look on her face nodding out if she was trying to hold a conversation, slightly confused, slightly interested. I will never forget that look.

My father, I too, remember nodding out, but my memories of his drug use aren't as "fond/glamorous" as those of my mother's. It may sound odd to say, but I think opiates made my mother a better person despite all of her mistakes. I deeply assosicate opiates with my mother, and perhaps that contributes to my obsession with them.

I have begun to assosciate barbiturates (butalbital) with my grandmother because of her addiction. I myself enjoy butalbital now and again, and the whole barbitruate thing is something my grandmother and I share on some weird level. It is odd, but true.
 
I can relate to you completly, at first I wanted to see how much worse my life could vbe with druged perants or non at all, my dad was exacly like ur I remmember pll running up shooting at the door, he was a gang banger he was succesfull business man and family fam then one u touch crack cocaine bac then I dunno, people tell me I should be grayefull that my dad ended up in jail and not dead, I don't see how since he's been in since he was 25 and serving 25 to life but slowly they are trusting him to go out , he has a house now just sleeps in jail. I wish I could see him here 1 day.
 
My mom is a longtime alcoholic (well, AA now) and my stepdad uses some stuff. His big thing is opiates, but he smokes some weed, and I've caught him stealing 4-MMC from me so I'm guessing he's a tweaker like me. Oh well, its called being human. If its not one issue, its another. I'd rather have an addict for family than, say, a child molester or a serial rapist.
 
Yea Angelz87 one day I will go visit my dad before I move and see whats good with him tho im not really to sure what im going to say to the guy as i havnt seen em or heard from him in so many years.
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haha yea dude forsure def glad my dads not a rapist or sum thit that would fuckin suck lol
 
CaPoNe. said:
I just wanted to see how many other people got drug addict parents and how they deal with it. My dad is a long time Crack Head and will do anything for the rock. When I was younger we used to live in the worst area in my city and it is well known for the crack houses that are all over. My dad was a gang banger and he would deal to try and make money and the only time he would come home would be to try and steal anthing that we had which wasnt much with my mom being a single parent who didnt recieve any child support. It was rough growin up cuz alot of poeple were after my dad and at night people would come to our house looking for him trying to break in our they would drive by our house and light that shit up and empty clips on our house which wasnt cool obviously. He then got caught up on a couple of murder charges and is in prison with a life sentence. So yeah thats my story anyone else relate?
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Fucking nuts. No way could I imagine how hard that must have been on you.

But my father is an alcoholic.
 
Yeh, my parents are addicted to culture, to the narrow walls of reason defined by their conditioning and fears, and to believing someone elses rap instead of relying on their own personal experience. They are also addicted to bland food, racism, homophobia, xenophobia but most of all they are addicted to fear of themselves.
 
Addicted to culture? thats a new one but I think most people have problems with culture depending on where you live. My whole family is pretty stupid about shit like that too though, you can just ignore shit like that. But if they are afraid of them selves it sounds like they need some help.
 
my dad allways smoked weed, he even gave me some when i got older, but hes allways maneged to take care of things and have been a good father i would say, i know weed isnt really that big of a deal, but just wanted to chime in anyways
 
My dad is a drunken ex coke/crack addict, he also smokes weed, recently started doing opiates (he had to get two of his fingers cut off, but he doesn't take the pills as prescribed.. he sniffs em), and is a women beater. The earliest memories I have are of my dad tearing down Christmas trees, throwing a TV through the living room window, taking all the food out of the fridge and throwing it against the walls, and beating the shit out of my mom. To this day the only phone calls I get from him are when he wants to call me a bitch, cunt, and tell me how much he hates me.

My mom used to do coke with my dad, but she stopped that like 20 years ago. She's an alcoholic, but a functional one.

...And they wonder why I'm a heroin addict??
 
Dad was a tweaker for many years, used to beat the living shit out of my mum - got arrested for it and spent a few years in prison. He used to come home at stupid hours, tweaking out of his mind to grab and sell whatever he could; all we had left was a 4ft vase at the top the stairs my mum got from her grandma (family heirloom so I've been informed) which he launched down the stairs as I, as a 4 year old, was on my way up, it narrowly missed my face but smashed and sent porcelain everywhere, still have the scars on my legs. He's an alcoholic now, and in no mean terms, a litre of vodka and 15 cans of lager is his usual regimen.
My mother eventually turned to alcohol after dealing with my father for so long and she's now an alcoholic as well.
Yet they threw me out for asking for help with my heroin addiction... funny world.
 
My dad is a (now clean) heroine addict-he was arrested when we were out at Applebee's together last summer and my mom was a drug dealer and she sold drugs when I was in the car with her on a regular basis. She is also an alcoholic. I'm 12
 
Red_bracelet said:
My dad is a (now clean) heroine addict-he was arrested when we were out at Applebee's together last summer and my mom was a drug dealer and she sold drugs when I was in the car with her on a regular basis. She is also an alcoholic. I'm 12
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If you are truly 12 years old you need to get yourself some help. Do you have relatives that you could live with. The business of growing up is hard enough with parents that have their shit together. If you do not have relatives that you trust that can step in and help, ask for help at your school. Have you tried talking to your mom about getting help for her addiction?
 
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