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Posted by: onlymatch4u on 2010-05-01, 15:08:11
First of all, you can thank our glorious DRUG COMPANIES for introducing heroin to America. They imported it from Europe and told everyone that it was not like morphine that was addictive. They sold it over the counter to little children and adults alike. If this person is truly your friend, you need to have a serious sit down talk with her and let he know how you feel about this issue. If she is your friend, she will listen. If she is not, she won't. That you need to know before you continue the relationship. If you find she is not your friend, realize that at some point in the future, she will turn on you and you will not only be disappointed, but may find yourself in lots of trouble. Heroin addiction is difficult to deal with because it takes about 3 days for the body to be free of the PHYSICAL ADDICTION, but it is the EMOTIONAL ADDICTION that is the hook and not easy to overcome. Anyone that is emotionally addicted to a drug, cigarettes, alcohol, etc. either have a death wish or are set on proving that they are in control of their life and no one is going to tell them what to do. So when you tell someone with that kind of attitude that taking drugs is bad for you, you are simply feeding the very reason they are doing it, so it is NOT a deterrent or a reason to quit, but supports their emotional reason for doing it in the first place. I worked in a drug house decades ago with heroin, cocaine, and barbiturate addicts and found it very frustrating to see how emotionally attached people get to these drugs and what they will do to get them. The most disturbing thing about this lifestyle is that the people end up dying young, wasting their life, and negatively affecting everyone they come in contact with. The other thing you have to realize is that the lifestyle is like a bad habit as well. The person learns that by doing the bad things, it helps her get the satisfaction she needs to resolve one or more mental unresolved problems. What I found works is to talk to them openly about what they are doing and focus on understanding why they are doing it, without criticizing them. That takes some resolve and is not easy because you just want to tell them the obvious, they are destroying their life and to stop. Once you spend the time understanding the underlying causes of why they are really doing this, those discussions really help the person to start evaluating their own reasons. At some point, they have to face reality and deal with their problems in other ways, or they end up dead. good luck to you |
