Most people associate drug addiction with a seedy location with people who are all high on one thing or another. The fact is, however, drug addiction can happen anywhere, at any time, to anyone. It can even start, innocently enough, by taking a medication that has been prescribed by a doctor. Most people do not set out to become drug addicts, particularly those who are just following a doctor’s orders. The fact is, however, that is often what happens. Narcotics and Opiates which are often … [Read more...] about Treatment for Prescription Drug Abuse
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LIFE WITH A DRUG ADDICT: GETTING OUT ALIVE part two
part oneI began getting calls and visits from strange men looking for Keith because he owed them money for drugs. Afraid that my young daughter and I would be injured by his rough friends in order to “teach him a lesson,” I eventually refinanced my home – which was almost paid off - in order to settle his drug bills. He used to bring his paychecks home and just give them to me to pay bills, but he eventually got fired, of course, and he never gave me money after that, he only took, took, … [Read more...] about LIFE WITH A DRUG ADDICT: GETTING OUT ALIVE part two