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Re: Is there any hope for my daughter
By:meme
Date: Sunday, 24 September 2006, 7:43 pm
In Response To: Re: Is there any hope for my daughter (Jo)

> There is hope for your daughter but i know
> that as the mother you are really going to
> need to take care of YOURSELF during this.
> It is great that an intervention is taking
> place for her. The intervention is no
> guarantee that she will elect to get into
> treatment and if she does it is no guarantee
> that treatment will end the problem but what
> is important right now is that THE RIGHT
> STEPS ARE BEING TAKEN TO TRY AND GET HER
> HELP.

> Methamphetamines affect a part of the brain
> that affect conscience. A person strung out
> on Meth is not the same person they were
> before the drugs. Meth actually affects the
> brain in the area of conscience. It is why
> an addict can hurt people and not
> necessarily care. Hopefully she will accept
> help and continue with support. Some people
> need to have some bouts of relapsing before
> anything sticks. Even while they are getting
> help they may not seem like they care about
> anything but getting ahold of the drug. With
> enough time away from it and support etc
> they can get better.

> What is very very important is that you take
> care of yourself right now. I don't know if
> you are in America but wherever you are if
> you are in the West there is probably
> something like "Al-Anon" and maybe
> depending on where you live something
> specific to support for family and loved
> ones of someone addicted to
> Methamphetamines.

> This can be a huge help to you.
thank you

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