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replying to xsb95

Hello, and thank you for your response it means a lot to me. It’s been a very tough 4 years I was living away at university when I found out from my brother about her addiction when he found a pipe in her bag. I managed to graduate university as a nurse with a 2:1 I don’t know how because i cried myself to sleep every single night. However my brother hasn’t been so lucky, he stopped seeing friends, dropped out of university, hasn’t had a job he is now 22. All I have is my mum to blame for this, although she never takes responsibility for her actions always someone else to blame. Well now people are starting to notice that she looks like your typical addict.

Sharing my story has gave me a little bit of relief. I know I shouldn’t be embarrassed of my mum, but I am. I wouldn’t wish this on my worst enemy I think it’s been harder for me because she used to be ‘normal’ but addiction has got the better of her. I just wish she could see the pain it has caused her children but I suppose you can’t force something to get off drugs. I feel like I’m missing out on mother and daughter memories because everyday I wake up worried that she’s going to die.

Our family haven’t ever been supportive at first they tried to help but now no one bothers with her.

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Hello, I’m sorry to hear about your son. My dad was a heroin addict who got my mum on drugs 4 years ago. What I’ve learnt from this is that drugs come first no matter how much pain their addiction causes, only they can stop no matter how much you try and support them if they do not want to get clean they won’t.

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She needs professional help to get her on the right track to being clean, but only she can do that. My mum is a drug addict and she begged me not to tell no one when I found out, I wish I had told someone sooner because I beat myself up everyday wishing I had told my grandparents sooner, before her addiction spiralled out of control.

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