Back in July 7, 2015, Liz Szabo of USA Today, reported that more women (two times more in the last 10 years) and more people in the middle class are using heroin.
It has been suggested that prescription drugs such as Percocets, Oxycontin, and Vicodin have been over prescribed. Because of the epidemic in addiction to these drugs, Doctors have been encouraged to stop prescribing them as readily.
Have you ever had a life changing event? An incident that marked your life forever? I had such an event last year.
My family and I had gone on vacation to Niagara Falls at the end of summer in the year 2014. As we walked around and viewed the wonder and beauty of the falls, I noticed that I started having tightening in the chest. I felt no pain, just a tightening and being out of breath. It was alarming.
What is it about heroin usage that grips its victim to the point where he or she feels like “Heroin’s Puppet?” Or any substance for that matter that a person becomes a slave to?
I once had a childhood friend who was addicted to the smell of Vicks Vapor Rub. He would carry a jar around with him and sniff it throughout the course of the day. Not to speak of those I know that are alcoholics, or recovering alcoholics.
Drug addiction of a family member can take a staggering toll on the rest of the family. Especially if the situation lingers. Those families who have gone through it will understand completely, and those who haven’t probably will not.
The main point I want to write with this blog is, what do you do in parallel with prayer and exercising of your faith? Are there any legal steps that can be taken? Especially when a loved one does not want to get help. Do you just watch them deteriorate before your eyes?
My daughter came home one day for lunch and our home had been broken into. The person came through the porch window that had a makeshift lock. The person also ripped off the little hook lock off the back door in order to gain entry by yanking on it.
Only the 60″ TV was taken. Now this wasn’t any TV, this one had great sentimental value. Our son had bought the TV for us a Christmas gift a year and a half ago. We were saddened to see it missing.
What is it about substance abuse and addictions that have such a great pull over people’s lives? It can be very devastating.
Tonight I was mulling over my life and the situation with my family. Substance abuse has a way of darkening the environment. Constricting the very air around you, or so it seems.