What to say to a drug addict???

[GloBug]

well i dont think you can say anything if his wife and kids left. you wouldnt be doing anything but either making him upset or just going in one ear and coming out the other.

herion is the choice for people that cant afford the pill habit. well at least in cali it is. but they are all readily available so i dont know. i would say to let him get evicted and then wash your hands with it because you never know what he will do when he is hard up for a fix. maybe hurt a u or your family. stay away from him he is a product of his own demise.

[area206]

Kinda hard to stay away when he is next door. My fiancee does get upset when he knocks at my door or calls me late at night all high. When I do talk to him he brings up the conversation, it always starts out as pills are a waste of money I am quitting today and never doing it. I say okay, " are you sure," He says, "Yes, I need my family back." He makes $33 an hour and he cant afford cable, electricity, clothes for his kids, food, bills, its just very upsetting. If I was making that much my family would be in a house with all our bills paid. He has stacks of pawn shop papers that he probably will not get out.

Did i mention that his baby momma is an addict on OC's too. She contradicts him saying that he needs to change his life but she does it too. All there money goes to pills. I have been trying to talk to him for almost three months now and its the same thing. I believe I am done and said what I have to say. I was just getting other opinions to see if there is anything else I can do to save him.

[sweetpea]

You can't talk someone out of a serious addiction unless they are willing and able to help themselves. There is nothing more you can do. And be careful if you are allowing him in your house and near your family... desperate people do desperate things.

[area206]

That is true, he does knock on my door but I will not let him in. I have told him that too. My girl just does not like him. He has mentioned going to a clinic but I guess the pills that he needs to stop him from withdrawals are like $160. The first thing he said to me was I can get at least three OC's for that....

[GloBug]

well maybe you need to call the cops if you feel he wont get the idea. i think that might help him. a few days or months in jail.

[area206]

I have thought about that and even thought about calling CPS on him and his girl but decided not too. His girl already left him and he cant see his kids as is. I never want to take someone from seeing their children.

[GloBug]

I have thought about that and even thought about calling CPS on him and his girl but decided not too. His girl already left him and he cant see his kids as is. I never want to take someone from seeing their children.

well he isnt making a effort and would you really want a pill addict to see his kids. i wouldnt. not a good idea. no cps as the mom has them but i think the police is a good idea. that guy is gonna end up doing something he wont like and maybe eiter get alot of jail time or get himself killed over a drug deal gone bad. it happens all the time. something to ponder for you.

or you can just say i will be there for him and try to get him off o it yourself.. u got 2 decisions.

[Lilred36]

Yeah sweetpea is right he's made up his mind.We had a doctor here several years back that was handing them out like asprin, finally someone died he got life.Terp also is right if he can get OC, thats what he knows, before long he will find other means.I ain't calling the kettle black,as I am a natural herb lover myself.I would advice staying close with this guy as his money runs out he will find other ways,OC is some bad chiit.

[thejuanupsman]

I've lost a few friends to drug use, mostly heroine, and the sad truth is there is not much you can do for them if they don't want to help themselves. I honestly advise not getting too involved. Sooner or later it just leads to heartache.

[woohoosue]

yeah the only guy that can help him is himself..the drug is over powering him to think clearly about anything. he will steal and hurt his own grandmother to get his drugs. be afraid of him till he recognizes he needs to be strapped down to abed to detox out and then he shouldn't be trusted becuz the brain always remembers the feeling and keeps urging him to "do it again" this is a lost soul. his only savior is himself.you can do nothing but offer him food when hes spent all his money on drugs and is starving. sorry i had a cousin on drugs most of his life...worthless