Drug and alcohol addiction and abuse. Recognition. Prevention. Treatment
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Letters to Kerry
Stories of Victory, Struggle, Tragedy, & Workplace Concerns
September 7, 2005:
My heart goes out to this mom, son, and her whole family. And I am glad to hear today: Sept. 20th that her son is still doing well. I am also looking forward to working with her. - K
I saw your story on the news tonight and immediately started to cry. My son, who is now 22 years old, has struggled with a with drug addiction for close to eight years. I am embarrassed to admit it because I work with At-Risk-Youth and am supposed to be able to help them and yet I could not help my own son.
It soon developed into a Crystal Meth addiction and brought our family to its knees. It has been a harrowing experience and yet I know there are people out there that are worse off than we are as, I am happy to say, my son has been clean for almost three months.
Our front window has been smashed in and our car windows smashed in on our own driveway by drug dealers who want their money and yet this pales in comparison to the horror of coming home to find your son trembling and picking "bugs" off his skin with his back pressed against the wall.
I felt I could not leave my house for fear he would "do" something and yet I didn't want to be here. My two daughters have been scarred for life from the horror of watching their big brother destroy himself. This epidemic is unbelievable to those who have not witnessed it first hand. If there is anything I can do to help your cause I would be more than willing.
- Anonymous
