Yes, his dad dying had a lot to do with his downward spiral of addiction. He has no uncles on his dads side. Over the years my father, the parents of his school friends his ex girlfriends dad , male tutors and professionals have tried to help. He even went to live with his step brother in France for a time. It was mostly alcohol, MDMA and coke back then.
It’s taken twelve years for him to get to this stage. He has been using heroin for about three years. The decline is rapid once someone starts using that stuff. He also injects cocaine when he can afford to.
Unfortunately I do have a lot of knowledge now about drugs, addiction and society. The dealers should be stopped. Drugs are supposed to be illegal, but look at us all here and our poor children, husbands, wives and partners. . Lives ruined all over the place, but the dealers? Well, they are just fine dealing away, and I’m not just talking about the ones with big houses and fancy cars. There are dealers in every street all over the UK now. Also, if they do get caught and do a short stint in prison, well they just continue to deal in there.
No one can really stop them. If you try, they use violence. The police, ( not all police ) so many stories to tell of their corruption. Yet, the dealers keep dealing. I mean there is a lockdown on, yet there are more drugs available now than ever. Demand is higher. It would be easy to stop all the heroin coming in from Afghanistan etc, but no. The police turn a blind eye while they hand out fines to the people who buy a bag for ‘recreational use’ as they like to call it.
Many young people experiment with drugs, only some become addicted, but to the dealers it’s more than just making money. It’s about power and violence. Anyhoo I could write a book after more than a decade of trying to find a solution.
I won’t ever give up. As soon as I am able to retire I will make it my full time occupation to protest against a system that doesn’t favour the addicts, and allows the dealers to openly ply their evil trade. I would do this just now if possible but I’d lose my job!
In the meantime I will just have to contend myself with raising money for some of the many amazing homeless charities, and practical hands on activities with the street team when time permits.
Ivy x