re: Have you ever had a family member struggle with drug abuse? (Updated)

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I was a heroin addict for well over a decade

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Guy that worked for me was in recovery then eventually relapsed. He has relapsed about 5 times over 10-12 years he told me and he had me fooled that this time was really going to work. He was sober for 9 months before he fell off again and was a great employee during that time.

He told me how hard the first week being off of it is and how sick you get. It made me question how you could ever want to go through that again and again but I am no addict so it's hard for me to understand that side of it.

He fell off the last time by starting with roxy some chick he was dating gave him then got back on Heroin. He is now 9 months into a year long treatment in Texas and by all accounts doing well according to his mom. The bad thing is he is facing two federal charges when he gets back. One for theft over $500 and one for stealing a pistol from me.