Heroin Addiction: Methadone & Heroin Facts

Question: My daughter has had a heroin addiction for several years. what more can i do? serious only this is life/death?

(Posted by: soozemusic on 2009-11-18 00:03:05)

My daughter is in her mid 20's. She has had little clean time over the last 4 years. She has been through rehab centers and jail. She is now a convicted felon. But I received information from a trusted person (she does not live with me) that she "has one foot in the grave. " She looks horrible, expensive daily for H, so she is prostituting daily. Therefore, I called her local crisis center to try and force (green warrant) her into treatment. But I was not getting much help. So, I called the police who promptly told me if she did not answer the motel door (where she is living) there was nothing he could do. But, they agreed to check her out, and if there were were drugs in sight, etc she would be arrested. I love my daughter so I would rather she be alive and in jail. A little later my daughter calls me screaming wanting to know why I called the police. I understand her addiction, which seems to have spurs, so I told her because I love her. She told me "now you will never know where I am again " and hung up on me. I am at a lost for help. She has no health insurance and because she is a felon she is limited to assistance.

Posted by: letterstoheather on 2009-11-18, 00:29:51

I'm sorry about your daughter and the situation she's found herself living. Most addicts start using because of emotional problems, and they are self-medicating to escape their own reality -- eventually it escalates into an addiction. Believe me i know... i'm not a heroin addict, but i am a recovering alcoholic. Either addiction can kill a person While you can't fix your daughter, there is help out there for you. You can opt to attend OPEN Narcotics Anonymous meetings. These meetings are open to the public, not just the addicts. You will find that many people who love and care for an addict are in attendance... and perhaps this will be a good place to find some comfort, help and advice for yourself. Narcotics Anonymous also has a website. You can find it by doing a Yahoo search. There you will find lots of good information Take care of you. hugs