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Greenlighter
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- Apr 5, 2017
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- 17
Thanks for this, I understand. I am booking her in for treatment first thing in the morning. She's lucky that it is the easter holidays so she has a break from college for the moment, as I would really hate for her to mess up her course or get kicked out. As for her condition, she has not improved, and has taken some more pain medication as she is feeling ill, but I think we have convinced her that this is what she needs to do, if she wants to get better. I really hope this works...First of all make sure she gets a proper medical taper I can't stress that enough. If you make her go through unmedicated withdrawal lifes gonna get ugly. Also she sounds depressed possiby suicidal. I started shooting heroine at her age because I wanted to die and hey if I can feel great and die at the same time then hell yeah. 5 months is not a long habit at all so I wouldon't recommend impatient rehab just a quick trip to a 5 day detox. Then she needs a full physiological evaluation. I would venture to guses there's been trauma in her life? I was sexual abused and until I started unraveling that disgusting stuff I didn't want to quit heroin. Your goal as a loved one is to create an environment where she feels loved and supported not punished and untrusted. Forget that shot about the police and never mention it again please they don't care about her.
I am also encouraging her to get some kind of therapy to help deal with the depression, but she says she won't talk to anyone. She hasn't had any major trauma in her life - I think this depression is just due to her feeling lonely, and isolated. That's what she told us, anyway. I don't know how to help with that side of things, except to suggest she socialize more.
And everyone, thanks for the info. I am using this to the best of my abilities.
Will let you know how it goes.