Crystal Meth Addicts

Question: My friend is a crystal meth addict. i want to help him stop taking it forever. what should i do?

(Posted by: torontofabsingle on 2006-06-12 18:12:08)

PS. We live nearby. Should I knock at his door every other day to see if he is on meth. He looks pretty normal on meth anyways. I am worried about him.

Posted by: 12stepchic on 2006-06-12, 23:36:00

I am a former meth addict and let me tell you he will only stop when he is ready. I had to lose my apt,job and end up on the street before I was ready to quit. There is help out there its called "Crystal Meth Anonymas " a 12 step program that has meetings all over the country for people addicted to meth. Go to there website Crystal Meth Anonymous.com to find ameeting in your area. Its free and it could save your friends life it saved mine.

Posted by: fr_chuck on 2006-06-12, 18:15:51

Untill he wants to stop and goes and gets help from a treatment center ( or ends up iin prison) most likely they will not stop. You can be there for them, don't loan them any money, let them hit bottom and want to change

Posted by: Me again on 2006-06-12, 18:16:26

Get away from him. Stay away. Period. You cannot help him. Only trained professionals can.

Posted by: Daniel T on 2006-06-12, 18:17:10

Turn him in. thats the only way to get straight.

Posted by: gaurdianangelic on 2006-06-12, 18:17:43

Well for one do not try to help him yourself becuase this is way beyond friendship, this will need a doctors help and maybe for him to be put away to be broken from this drug addiction. please coach him to get some help because when addiction sets in its no longer a Mental addiction but physical one as well and so his body will need more and more of this drug to function properly. and this leads to overdoses

Posted by: angelalovin2003 on 2006-06-12, 18:17:48

Visit him, make sure he is eating and pray for him. God will hopefully watch over him and protect him. He would be welcomed to N.A. if he would go.

Posted by: mo on 2006-06-12, 18:32:00

You can help support him when he's straight. But as far as getting him off of any drug, he has to that on his own.

Posted by: bondablegreeneyes2000 on 2006-06-12, 19:01:26

You cant make him stop!! hes got to do it his self. but hopefully you wont do it!!!! i have a nephew that has that problem. i have seen him dissapear for days. i have known people that has gotten so fair out on that that they have lost everything. till hes or she is ready to stop, it wont stop. but hopefully you wont start.

Posted by: jenntwoenns on 2006-06-12, 19:33:36

I'm with Daniel on this one. Turn him in, let him go through de-tox, and he'll get better. He may hate you at first, but he won't forever. In the mean time, stay away from him. He'll only drag you down and make you question yourself. Get away!

Posted by: broken hearted hate on 2006-06-12, 20:27:26

Try to get him to stop taking meth nd hav him talk to a counselor and try to get him to go into rehab