Is Drug Rehab the Only Cure for My Mother’s Severe Heroin Addiction?
Question by Dave S: Is Drug Rehab the only cure for my mother’s severe heroin addiction?
Me and my mom has been on a trailer park for 2 years now. Since my father left us for his “legal family” my mom got so devastated that she resorted to heroin. Every Monday she would go under the bridge which is about a few blocks away from our trailer to buy her stash from spoiled white-suburban kids. I feel so helpless because I don’t have the spine to stop my mom from destroying her life. My only option now is to place her under a rehab program in the hope of saving her from her addiction. Is this a wise decision? or must I try to talk some sense in her before placing her under a rehab program?
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Answer by nono
Hi I have lived with an addict & I can tell you now that talking sense won’t work she may lie & tell you that she will kick it but it just won’t happen on her own.
You need to get her to rehab there they will know how best to deal with her addiction.
Its hard not to feel spineless but the truth is your not spineless you are activly searching for a way to help your mum.
I am under the impression that you are a teenager??? (I may be wrong) have you got family or friends that can help you out if she goes into rehab?
I hope she goes okay & kicks this habit for both hers & you sake.
Goodluck.
Answer by red_eyejon
I suggest that you read Anthoy Keidis’s book “Scar Tissue”. It gives a great insight to the mind of an addict. Simply put yes you can force your mother into rehab. But it will only work of she wants to be clean and goes through the steps. And once she is off of the H she will need to do something in place of the drug taking. Helping out at meetings or doing community work forces you to think of your responsibilities.
I used to work in a store in the red light district of my city. I had a lot of H users come in and I got to know that they will say one thing and do another as the drug turns you into something bad.
At best an intervention is a quick fix but it will only work if she realises what her addiction is doing to everyone else.