re: Anyone have a family member that threw their life away with drugs?

Cousin. Wealthy,prominent family. If you're from Beaumont-Port Arthur you might recognize the name. Had every material advantage growing up. Was a very good tennis player, always going to camps. Somewhere along the way she went from being a tennis fiend to being a cocaine fiend, then a heroin fiend. At one point she was living on the street in Houston. After several relapses she finally got clean and seems to be doing alright except for a case of Hep C that will eventually require a liver transplant. All her money is in a trust that pays her living expenses directly. She has minimal access to spending cash.