Reply To: my journey with a crack addict

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coco1212
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Hi Briannar96

We’ve all been where you are and it truly is heartbreaking and while their out thinking their having a great time your there going out of your mind with worry.

Unfortunately this is something you can’t control he won’t stop until he wants to stop and in order for that he has to admit there’s a problem.

Has he ever done something like this before or used other drugs before ?

My ex was on crack for 18 months and it was the worst experience of my life , it was the loneliest time of my life. Not only that but I didn’t recognise myself it made me become anxious, depressed and withdrawn because I went on a mission to find out where he was and who he was with but it was all a waste of time. He also at some point started doing heroin.

But on the positive one day after many arguments he finally got help and that was in the October, didn’t hold out much hope as he was still using and I thought what’s the point but in the January it stopped and to my knowledge and I’m quite confident he hasn’t used since he’s now been clean for 16 months. There is light at the end of the tunnel but it could take alot of time and do alot of damage. I still struggle with trust and I can’t forgive what he put me and our children through, I had social services involved because of it and I was terrified of losing my children because of his stupidity.

I wish I could say do this and he’ll stop but it doesn’t work that way.

I hope you and your son will be OK maybe with it being so early on if you kick him out it might give him a reality check but don’t be surprised if it doesn’t.

I know exactly what your thinking with last part what kick him out and push him further to the problem but you need to think of yourself and son too and your mental health. If you look on alot of these you will see it takes it’s toll on the families too.

Take care xx

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