Comments on: Heroin Addict’s Parent: “Our son was a monster…” http://www.jmblog.com/2009/08/17/heroin-addicts-parent-our-son-was-a-monster/ the web journal of Jere Matlock. Observations on Website Design, SEO and much more.... Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:14:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Madalene Kincade http://www.jmblog.com/2009/08/17/heroin-addicts-parent-our-son-was-a-monster/#comment-53130 Madalene Kincade Mon, 14 Jun 2010 05:39:20 +0000 http://www.jmblog.com/?p=335#comment-53130 Great blog post, I will be sure to save this post in my Reddit account. Have a good day. Great blog post, I will be sure to save this post in my Reddit account. Have a good day.

]]> By: Tina http://www.jmblog.com/2009/08/17/heroin-addicts-parent-our-son-was-a-monster/#comment-12032 Tina Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:50:33 +0000 http://www.jmblog.com/?p=335#comment-12032 My son is using also. We took him to Narconon only to have them kick him out because he came back with a dirty test. Now, I am losing it. I am barely holding on. We found out he was getting the drugs from his doctor who knew he was in rehab. The doctor is now in prison! BUT......I can not afford to send him back and I have no help for him. I do not know how much longer I can take. He is a monster. I just want my son back. Why don't they take some of the millions of dollars they froze of the doctors and pay for a good rehab for the people he screwed up. You can not imagine what this does to a family unless you have walked in their shoes. I am dangling by a thread. My son is using also. We took him to Narconon only to have them kick him out because he came back with a dirty test. Now, I am losing it. I am barely holding on. We found out he was getting the drugs from his doctor who knew he was in rehab. The doctor is now in prison! BUT……I can not afford to send him back and I have no help for him. I do not know how much longer I can take. He is a monster. I just want my son back. Why don’t they take some of the millions of dollars they froze of the doctors and pay for a good rehab for the people he screwed up. You can not imagine what this does to a family unless you have walked in their shoes. I am dangling by a thread.

]]> By: kristen hunter http://www.jmblog.com/2009/08/17/heroin-addicts-parent-our-son-was-a-monster/#comment-8828 kristen hunter Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:45:27 +0000 http://www.jmblog.com/?p=335#comment-8828 My 17 year old son is a recovering heroin addict. He is currently in rehab after 3 years of iv drug use and a barrage of other drugs, marijuana, LSD, opiates, etc. It took me a long time to realize he was an iv drug user, lots of denial and ignorance. Reading this letter could have been about my son. The nightmare is one I could have never imagined and I wonder if it will ever entirely go away. I go to a lot of Alanon and Naranon meetings to help me cope with living with the disease of addiction. I don't have the finances or health insurance to pay for rehab and couldn't force my son in to treatment, no lock down facility and admittance has to be their choice unless court mandated. My son lived under the radar, no criminal record. I always feared that my son would get in trouble and his life would be ruined if he became a part of the court system. Now, I am grateful for that system. My husband called the police when my son was "coming down" from heroin, trying to detox on his own. He had prescription drugs in his pocket and was arrested for "possession". That gave him a probation officer and a free ticket in to a great drug rehab treatment center. He thought he could "kick it" on his own and was scared of living in a residential treatment center. He has been there since August and will probably be there till mid January. After that we hope he will spend a year in a recovery house with an outpatient program. I wish I had called the police on him a long time ago, stopped enabling him and let him face his own consequences. The fear of incarceration scared my son in to treatment. I read about heroin addiction and get really scared, doesn't seem like a very hopeful situation. I have learned about living one day at a time and having gratitude for all of my blessings and the love in my life. This disease has made me have to look at myself and how I live my life. I pray all the time for my sons' recovery and hope that he can find the inner strength and connection with a higher power to live a life of sobriety and serenity. This is a lonely disease for the addict and the family. I appreciate the stories from other families of addicts, especially when they give hope and understanding. Sincerely, Kristen Hunter My 17 year old son is a recovering heroin addict. He is currently in rehab after 3 years of iv drug use and a barrage of other drugs, marijuana, LSD, opiates, etc. It took me a long time to realize he was an iv drug user, lots of denial and ignorance. Reading this letter could have been about my son. The nightmare is one I could have never imagined and I wonder if it will ever entirely go away. I go to a lot of Alanon and Naranon meetings to help me cope with living with the disease of addiction. I don’t have the finances or health insurance to pay for rehab and couldn’t force my son in to treatment, no lock down facility and admittance has to be their choice unless court mandated. My son lived under the radar, no criminal record. I always feared that my son would get in trouble and his life would be ruined if he became a part of the court system. Now, I am grateful for that system. My husband called the police when my son was “coming down” from heroin, trying to detox on his own. He had prescription drugs in his pocket and was arrested for “possession”. That gave him a probation officer and a free ticket in to a great drug rehab treatment center. He thought he could “kick it” on his own and was scared of living in a residential treatment center. He has been there since August and will probably be there till mid January. After that we hope he will spend a year in a recovery house with an outpatient program. I wish I had called the police on him a long time ago, stopped enabling him and let him face his own consequences. The fear of incarceration scared my son in to treatment. I read about heroin addiction and get really scared, doesn’t seem like a very hopeful situation. I have learned about living one day at a time and having gratitude for all of my blessings and the love in my life. This disease has made me have to look at myself and how I live my life. I pray all the time for my sons’ recovery and hope that he can find the inner strength and connection with a higher power to live a life of sobriety and serenity. This is a lonely disease for the addict and the family. I appreciate the stories from other families of addicts, especially when they give hope and understanding. Sincerely, Kristen Hunter

]]> By: Drug Addiction Stories http://www.jmblog.com/2009/08/17/heroin-addicts-parent-our-son-was-a-monster/#comment-6328 Drug Addiction Stories Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:38:39 +0000 http://www.jmblog.com/?p=335#comment-6328 True, the Narconon program really works. But, the first thing is to get the drug addict into rehab. How? He/she needs to be motivated! <a href="http://addiction.narcononrehab.com/" rel="nofollow">Drug addiction stories</a> are proven to motivate them. My blog http://addiction.narcononrehab.com is daily updated with stories on drug addiction. Check it out! Nice blog btw. True, the Narconon program really works. But, the first thing is to get the drug addict into rehab. How? He/she needs to be motivated! Drug addiction stories are proven to motivate them. My blog http://addiction.narcononrehab.com is daily updated with stories on drug addiction. Check it out!

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