Comments on: Cocaine Addiction http://www.spiritualriver.com Non-traditional recovery from addiction Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:09:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: anonhttp://www.spiritualriver.com/cocaine-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-39348 anon Sun, 06 Sep 2009 03:07:05 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?page_id=980#comment-39348 i can't believe i have to read this :( cocaine has became my boyfriends addiction. he doesnt even know how much pain he is cosing me i can’t believe i have to read this :( cocaine has became my boyfriends addiction. he doesnt even know how much pain he is cosing me

]]> By: Patrickhttp://www.spiritualriver.com/cocaine-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-33762 Patrick Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:56:34 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?page_id=980#comment-33762 Hi there Becster Sounds like your sister is on a bit of a crash course. Hopefully she will run into some hard consequences (like legal problems) that will set her straight in some way and maybe expose her to a solution that works for her. In the meantime you need to fight for your own sanity. You say you will "try to be as supportive as you can." That might not be the best idea depending on what you mean by "supportive." If I were you I would go to an Al-Anon meeting so the people there can help you to determine exactly what kind of boundaries you should develop. You need real world advice from real people in a face to face setting, in my opinion. That can give you some direction and hopefully some serenity in your own life..... Hi there Becster

Sounds like your sister is on a bit of a crash course. Hopefully she will run into some hard consequences (like legal problems) that will set her straight in some way and maybe expose her to a solution that works for her.

In the meantime you need to fight for your own sanity. You say you will “try to be as supportive as you can.” That might not be the best idea depending on what you mean by “supportive.” If I were you I would go to an Al-Anon meeting so the people there can help you to determine exactly what kind of boundaries you should develop. You need real world advice from real people in a face to face setting, in my opinion. That can give you some direction and hopefully some serenity in your own life…..

]]> By: Becsterhttp://www.spiritualriver.com/cocaine-addiction/comment-page-1/#comment-33730 Becster Fri, 17 Jul 2009 05:25:24 +0000 http://www.spiritualriver.com/?page_id=980#comment-33730 I have an older sister who has been a on again off again crack addict for about 4 years and she has manic depression on top of it. It all started when she lived in Flordia for awhile and got really bad into it using and prositituting and even exposed her childern to that environment. She lost her kids and she still see one of her kids sometimes on a regular basis cause she lives with my mom. My mother lets him stay with her when shes trying to get clean, my mother acts like my nefew is a burdon and drops him off there so she can have time to herself. My mom has a bit of a drinking problem herself. Her son, who is 10 has behavior issues as well because he's been though alot. I don't know if thats the best situation for him to be there with her alone. She calls me lately and is depressed and erratic in her behavior when talking to me. I live out of town to be able to deal with things better to create some distance. I've tried to ask her if she'd get some help and go back to rehab. She thinks she can do it herself, her boyfreind has distanced himself some too and she's really needy for attention. I see her sometimes but not very much and I don't know if that helps or herts. I just don't know what to do anymore, I guess just wait it out and try to be as supportive as I can. She just stresses me out when I talk to her, she has alot of energy and its hard to deal sometimes. I don't know if you can tell me anything more than what I had to deal with. But it has caused me to be more closed off with people and have trust issues. I just would like some sanity sometime soon. I have an older sister who has been a on again off again crack addict for about 4 years and she has manic depression on top of it. It all started when she lived in Flordia for awhile and got really bad into it using and prositituting and even exposed her childern to that environment. She lost her kids and she still see one of her kids sometimes on a regular basis cause she lives with my mom. My mother lets him stay with her when shes trying to get clean, my mother acts like my nefew is a burdon and drops him off there so she can have time to herself. My mom has a bit of a drinking problem herself. Her son, who is 10 has behavior issues as well because he’s been though alot. I don’t know if thats the best situation for him to be there with her alone. She calls me lately and is depressed and erratic in her behavior when talking to me. I live out of town to be able to deal with things better to create some distance. I’ve tried to ask her if she’d get some help and go back to rehab. She thinks she can do it herself, her boyfreind has distanced himself some too and she’s really needy for attention. I see her sometimes but not very much and I don’t know if that helps or herts. I just don’t know what to do anymore, I guess just wait it out and try to be as supportive as I can. She just stresses me out when I talk to her, she has alot of energy and its hard to deal sometimes. I don’t know if you can tell me anything more than what I had to deal with. But it has caused me to be more closed off with people and have trust issues. I just would like some sanity sometime soon.

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