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Absolutely. I won’t try to claim that Obama has made all perfect decisions or used all perfect judgment during his administration, but he clearly wants to do what’s best for the American people. A large part of his problem in getting things done has been the insane amount of opposition from Congress. Once he’s no…

I lost my son a year ago August 30. He was in an out of jail/rehabs/half way houses for years. So many nights I’d be up at the hospital until 4 in the morning and than have to get ready for work and pretend everything was fine. When we had his funeral, the pastor asked if we wanted his addiction mentioned. Since so…

The other night I was walking across a church parking lot when a panicked-looking man came up with a handful of flyers with a photo of a young woman on them. He wanted to know where the NA meeting was, in case his daughter might be there or someone might have seen her. Fortunately I was able to direct him to the…

Thank you. I feel for your daughter because although I don’t know her, on some level I know exactly what she is feeling every day. And I feel for you to have to live with that anxiety. That sucks and I’m really sorry for doing that to my loved ones. It’s been three years and I'm always worried about relapse but I…

I’m very thankful that my dear friend’s son is clean of heroine. It’s *so* challenging.

That is awful. Loving someone with an addiction is hell and I think being a parent of an addict must be the most excruciating. I hope you guys can find some coping mechanisms, and I hope talking about it here has been cathartic for you. I hope your daughter finds peace, and you and your husband as well.

tomorrow i’ll have 16 months off heroin (and all other mind altering substances) it IS possible. but it’s hard. (i did it with AA)

I’m guessing your talking about Suboxon? (SP?) my spelling is pretty bad, forgive me. No it’s not like that at all, the problem is you have to detox before you get the shot (It’s once a month.) otherwise you go straight into withdrawal. But once you get the shot it helps with the craving AND it blocks those receptors…

My brother died of a heroin overdose in June. It was his first hit after 3 years of sobriety. My family has been very open about his cause of death for just this reason, but it can be HARD to be honest about it for a few reasons...

Gosh, I am sorry for your terrible troubles. This is a hard road for you. Blessings on you, wherever you can find them.

I feel this. But not just happy that she’s safer and sober. Happy that everyone else she loves is also safe from her.

It took forever for me to admit that I was abused- I was ashamed that I had allowed it to happen to me at all let alone in a continued manner for so long. Eventually I realized that if I knew anyone who had gone through this I could have maybe reached out if only for a calm voice reassuring me that things would be…

My son died by suicide and I don’t think his cause of death was in the obit. We were too fucking blindsided to fucking think of it. His dad wrote something up and I checked it for typos, that’s all I remember. I don’t know if I would have requested that it be there tbh because I had just gone from not knowing anyone…

there by the grace of God go I... I am a recovering heroin addict, clean for 6 years thanks to suboxone and a loving and supportive family. I grew up middle class, got started with painkillers for chronic pain and was on and off heroin/pilss for years, as well as coke. I stole from my parents, my jobs, my friends. I…

I really, really hope she can turn things around. She does have youth on her side, which I know is small comfort, but god knows I’ve seen people come back from some pretty harrowing circumstances, and youth is definitely an advantage in terms of comebacks. Of course it’s hard not to be sucked along for the ride while…

I have a cousin who “has problems.” That was what we were told- he was “having problems.”

My husband has been struggling with heroin addiction for a few years. By all accounts he is a kind, friendly, sensible person, and yet getting clean has still been a struggle. He has ptsd as well, which makes things harder. He heading in for inpatient care right now. This thing is insidious.

I am the director of services at a behavioral health center, and heroin, hands down, has been the most challenging for our residents to quit. Out of all the people who come through with heroin issues, only one had a positive outcome (currently sober after many, many, many, many, many years of use). I’ve worked with…

my sweet, mild mannered guy is in recovery after ten years of heroin use. he’s from an affluent neighborhood and amazing family. this stuff is becoming an epidemic in suburban america because it’s way easier to procure than pills most of the time. a former classmate of mine od’d this week and the amount of people…