Relapsing Heroin Addict?
Question by iAmberr: Relapsing Heroin Addict?
I think my good friend has started to snort heroin again.
Just by the way he is acting all over again.
What should I do?
And what are some of the symptoms?
Best answer:
Answer by I love Daisey
Heroin is an opiate which would make the person very tired, and groggy. You could have an intervention for the person.
Answer by rlbjr22
As a mental health professional with 20+ years experience, now retired, much of my practice which was involved in alcohol and other drug abuse and dependence, I must advise you that at some time, and often times sooner than many people want to, you must allow the person to “sink or swim” on their own. Many rehab programs say that dealing with addictions is not a matter of will, but then, as you read further down the small print, you find that they say the very revealing words: “Of course, the success or failure of the individual in our program depends on their level of participation and adherence to the program”. In more readable words, what they’re saying is EXACTLY what they said wasn’t true, that the success or failure of an individual in dealing with their addiction IS a matter of will, THEIR will, and others can’t keep running around trying to rescue them from their relapses. Those that do, like yourself, are called co-dependents, and aren’t helpful to the addicts success, but help in their failure. So, you can worry about his symptoms and what you “should do” now, and every successive time he relapses, and wear yourself out on an endless downward spiral of addiction, or you can drop him until he very successfully achieves sobriety over a specified period of time. One thing you each may find is that you don’t need each other, because that’s what an addiction relationship is, a NEED, rather than a WANT. You may find you don’t need him anymore, and you may finally realize it’s a NEED you’ve been addressing in ya’ll’s relationship, and he may discover he doesn’t NEED you either. As tough as that sounds, at least you have the opportunity to find a relationship you and your partner WANT, as opposed to NEED. God Bless you.
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