Your status as a drug user in real life?

[saramajara]

In my opinion, if you were living at home still, street drugs or the abuse of legal should not even be in your life.

What exactly did you expect to happen?

Maybe use this as a wake up call, and try to make things right with your family. I've been down the same road, and I'm sure many that post here can relate as well.
IF your home life is really a bad deal, then your focus should be on getting out, and supporting yourself. If it is NOT a bad place then I think you should respect your family, and yourself by keeping drugs out of the equation.

it's a real common problem, with a real easy solution. I hope you understand.

You know as well as I do that drug addiction isn't a choice. If any of us were capable of stepping back and saying, maybe I should shoot dope in my mothers bathroom, it's not respectful, we probobly wouldn't be addicts in the first place. I agree that doing hard drugs while living with your folks isn't right for most people, but it's not like it's gonna even come close I stopping us.


FYI: I don't live with my parents, and I no longer use hard street drugs. But there was a time when I did both, and for me it wasn't a choice or a lack of respect on my part. ( my use or my living situation. ) I did both out of necessity and survival, and only after months of hard work and lucky breaks was I able to get clean and move out.

 

[camjua]

You know as well as I do that drug addiction isn't a choice. If any of us were capable of stepping back and saying, maybe I should shoot dope in my mothers bathroom, it's not respectful, we probobly wouldn't be addicts in the first place. I agree that doing hard drugs while living with your folks isn't right for most people, but it's not like it's gonna even come close I stopping us.


FYI: I don't live with my parents, and I no longer use hard street drugs. But there was a time when I did both, and for me it wasn't a choice or a lack of respect on my part. ( my use or my living situation. ) I did both out of necessity and survival, and only after months of hard work and lucky breaks was I able to get clean and move out.

This x 1000. I never did hard drugs in the house... But I'd often have to get my fix and crash at home.. Knowing how awful it is to do to my family.. I'd just avoid them at all costs. Hide in my room, etc. Then again I ruined Christmas by being obviously spun on meth. Even though I hadn't used in well over 15 hours... I was on day 4 of no sleep. So trying to pretend to be normal.. While being that burnt didn't work out so well haha. I regret it every day but I needed meth at the time..it ruled me.

 

[woamotive]

In real life I am known as the kind of druggie who is sure to be found dead if another relapse occurs. My med records read polysubstance abuse, opioid dependant, alcohol poisoning, respiratory failure due to drug intoxication, suicidal. I am go big or not at all. Do and die.

Im in the END stages.

 

[inthetriptank]

My parents think I`m clean except for weed...which is good.
My friends know I do some drugs, but I try to keep it to the lighter stuff when talking about or using drugs with them. I will do some MDMA occasionally, smoke weed or hash, eat some mushrooms, but NEVER shoot up...Only 3 or 4 people knew I was on methadone, and that lasted for almost 5 years.
My best friend knows everything-he and my dealers are the people I use with mostly.
Regardless of how open-minded people think they are, certain drugs are still SOOOO stigmatized...there`s no going back after you tell someone you`ve been an IV opiate user for 6 years...it sucks, but that`s the way it is. After a few negative experiences, trying to be honest with partners and other people, I now keep things pretty private.