[sandra]

Thank you for your comment, it is comforting to know there is someone who understands. I used to cover up for him with his siblings and dad but have stopped doing that now and it has made things easier for me as I don’t feel quite so isolated. He is undertaken to do a programme in the community and is on methadone now, he used to take heroin, but don’t know if he can stick to it, he has tried in the past and failed, but I have to hope that eventually he will get better as I will never be able to give up on him x

[sandra]

I also have a son of 37 who has been a drug addict for 14 years with brief periods of being clean. I sympathise so much with you as feel at the end of my tether. He has cost us a fortune over the years and as a result I am still working at 69! I cant turn my back on him and feel completely trapped. Others in my family are critical of me and say that I am his enabler but I try hard not to help him all the time just when I think he is in dire trouble. Sometimes I just wish it would all end one way or the other, so fed up with all the lies but think I am his only real friend so will try and keep on going.

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