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It's very difficult to see a dear friend, family or loved one chew up their lives willingly. Of all the people I know, there were a few options that helped, one was 'intervention' he was basically given one option & that was to go to rehab, driven within the hour - he's been clean for 20 years now. One was hearing his best friend died within 2 hours after he left him - it was a 'party night' & his friend ended up choking on his vomit. One was total abandonment from his family & friends - they didn't give him money, didn't give him any love, didn't feed him, pretended he didn't exist until he got help - he's now recovering.
The one that wasn't a success probably hurts me the most since I was the one who 'found him out' when I was 13 & told his mother that a few bags of coke fell out of his jacket. They didn't think anything of it (or thought that I was too young to understand what I saw). Twenty years & hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of dollars later, he finally decided that his family didn't deserve the suffering he imposed on them & jumped out of a building in front of his family's eyes.
Whomever you are, no matter what brings you sadness, anger or frustration, get the help to deal with it - coke/heroine/crack are just a vicious cycle that will create other mountains you'll have to climb. Your family, your friends, your co-workers need you & believe you are worth the love & effort it will take to help you - start helping yourself by contacting someone for help. It feels so much better when you've overcome your obstacles with your brains & willpower.
Good luck.
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