especially addicts in recovery or thier families
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My cousin and her husband were really big meth addicts. they had 2 baby girls at the time. Age 1 and 3. My aunt which I stayed with a lot live on the street over from them where they would drop their children off on us everyday and be gone for hours and sometimes a whole day. How could you refuse to watch innocent babies when you know that their parents are doing meth. Anyway, needless to say, they ended up running a meth house, after they molested their two girls and left them strapped in car seats in front of television and washed them in tide with bleach tablets when they had no soap. They spent 3 months in jail for this and are now out back on the streets. However those 3 months in jail gave my grandmother just enough time to gain custody of my little cousins which are now treated like princesses which they fully deserve.
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I noticed that this question has been open for awhile, so you might have found what you are looking for already. However I just wanted to mention that AA and more specifically for your situation probably, NA do have stores that you can get products for people in recovery. I would try contacting your local chapter of NA and see if they have a store in your area, or look them up on line and see if they have any products available that you might be looking for. You can also try www.sober.com
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I hate to say this but you can't deal with alcoholics.  When they reach rock bottom and have lost everything maybe then they will want help, but until then you're wasting your time.
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Check with your local mental health department or department of human services to see if there is a local rehab he can go to.  He needs help.  I work in a pharmacy and I see so many people come through that are addicted.  You see it first hand and I know it is not pretty.  Get him help.  He might be mad at first but he will say thank you in the end.  Good luck!
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You don't help them at all. You support them and be there when they need a friend but if you try to do more than that it could be counter productive to their recovery process. It's not suppose to be easy.
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have you tried ALANON?....it's a program, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, that helps those who have a problem with family members or friends.  Do this quickly...I'm an alcoholic and I know the pain you're going through.
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family in some of the people u been around
70950
You can look at it two ways. You could see that a couple who are both addicts are more likely to remain addicts because you have two people with the same problem and if one fails at giving up, the other is likely to fail too. Maybe one person in the couple doesn't want to give up as much as the other? That would present a pretty big problem as well.\n\nOr you can look at it another way. You are in a very close relationship. You can build on and increase this closeness by developing a joint goal to beat this addiction - TOGETHER. You can use your love for each other to help each other through and stop harming yourselves and you can both unite in your love for your children - you can do this as parents. I personally believe that the closeness and solidity of your relationship and love for your children is the most solid foundation you could possibly have for beating this. good luck.
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Rational Recovery, Secular Sobriety...... I'm sure there are more.
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I don't know how to help you, but you should go to AlAnon, the group for people who are family members of alcoholics.
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I have a family member in AA. You're doing fine. The reason people tell their stories is so you have something to relate to and you don't have to feel alone. Most of the people in the program are really great people and will help you with anything if you just ask. And just so you know its OK that you relapsed  5 times, people do that you are just human. Just as long as you don't give up on yourself and, yes, keep coming back.
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Do the whole world a favor and turn this person in to the proper authorities. It isn't fair to the folks who are going to rehab to end up with a counselor who isn't honest about THEIR sobriety. There are those who take all that as a joke, but it isn't a joke to ones who are serious about getting their lives back under control! Let this person find another line of work (preferrably one that is legal) and stop the fronting.
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There is always a chance of relapse with a former addict, no matter who you are.  You have to decide yourself if you will be abe  to deal with it if does happen again.  The temptation will always be there, and you need to help them cope with it if you truly want to be with them.
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look for free wellness centers.  call your local information service..  in ny they have one just for addicts.
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I am a recovering addict myself, and willing to share my story if it would help. I have now been clean for 4 months and have NO desire to go back to where I have been. I had been on drugs(meth, coke, crack,pot, pills, etc.), for 15 years too. Let me know how to contact you and I would be glad to talk to you about my experiences with drugs and recovery. I can totally relate!
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A addict will chose drugs over sex any day. It is really sad, but true. All you can do for somebody that is addicted is not enable them, and be codependent to them. That is usually what is going on, and they are just taking advantage of you to use the drugs.
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there are really good chances of your friend staying clean with the right treatment and help. I think this is the wrong place because you have stupid people saying there is no chance, but then really nice people like there have been being supportive which is exactly what ure friend needs at this time, if people dont believe him/her why should he believe in himself? People seem to forget that everyone make mistakes in life and is a learning process. Im currently doing a degree in mental health and there are so many things to help your friend, sadly addicts only seem to realise when they hit rock bottom and lose everything, but that could be a good thing as they learn to pick themselves up again, please dont pay anyattention to people being narrow minded its because they dont understand addiction or are ignorant, he has a good friend by the sounds of it and that what they need, SUPPORT so the best thing is to go to the GP and see if they can get involved in some sort of therapy or interest. One of my favourites is art therapy and it creates so much self awareness and a new focus on life ! something different and rewarding with lots of love and support from loved ones like friends and family i hope ive been some help and good luck to him everyone deserves a second chance !