I didn’t know my son was on heroin until it was too late, he had already become addicted. Believe me, the give-a-way signs will come. It’s the after effects that are awful, flu like symptoms, irrational, desperate behaviour, begging for money and help to the point you feel so desperate for him. Also eventually, he will become careless, you will, believe me, start to find needles and other things lying around his room. Things start to go missing, anything he thinks he can sell. I think we all see heroin as the EVIL drug but to be honest, not sure if it is any worse than coke, all I do know is that eventually and in time, what he is taking will not be enough and he will want more or something stronger for his next fix and will do anything to get it. Looking back, I wish I had been stronger and harder from the start. I have only just learnt not to show any emotion to him or let his manipulated convincing stories touch my heart strings.
