We will help you get your mom off drugs!

He lost his cusines to foster care , his drug addict mom came back into his life and then in feburary of 07 his dad (who is biologicaly his grandfather) died. I know he is not a bad kid. The life he has had would be hard for an adult to cope with . he is doing what he feels he has to to survive. I need to know how to help him .there is alot more to his story i could right a novel . but any suggestions would help and please dont condem him . thats part of the reason he is where he is now .
he was not born to be bad
my parents adopted him from my sister they have had him since birth his real dad wants nothing to do with him

My fiancee still wipes his 8 year olds butt and thinks he should still be sleeping with us. I honestly thought the little boy was afraid to be alone I didn’t realize he still needed his but wiped when he used the bathroom. Grandma does this too. This kid yells for them to come to the bathroom and wipe his but. I told my fiancee when we moved in together I was not sleeping in the same bed with him because a lawyer advised against it in case allegations would be made by his drug addict mom if she came back. My fiancee sleeps with him now and not me. I think they are hurting his independence. I am pregnant and I think these people have some screwed up parenting going on and I am worried. Isn’t 8 too old to need your but wiped? Shouldn’t he be sleeping in his own room? I was a daycare worker and I have noticed some red flags in this little boy for serious problems and I think these people are making them worse. Do you have any advice?

If you have been thorough this but never got help:

12- parents divorced
14- first love killed himself
15-grandfather died of skin cancer
15-step-dad committed suicide
17-close friend dies in drunk driving accident
19- very close friend dies on xmas eve from someone runnin redlight
17-23 was verbally/physically abused by b/f
Brother is a drug addict
Mom has horrible anxiety and work-a-holic

I am sad alll the time. I just want to be able to smile. I wonder why I am so sad, and think maybe I should face all these things? i am almost 25.
I think I am bi-polar. Should I of gotten help a long time ago? Or does everyone go through this and i am just complaining?

Let’s start with I live in a crappy row house that always gets water bugs & stuff always dirty (im the only one that cleans) Its packed with my grandparents,aunt,aunts bf,baby on the way,cousin,2 dogs,bird,& 2 friends of my grandparents that use our house as a flop house & me (3 bedroom house 1 bathroom). Im so tired of living in a crappy place but i dont have much choices. i get screwed from all angles because everywhere i pick im hurting myself or someone else. im not supposed to move till highschool but i cant wait any longer. my other choices are my overprotective aunt & uncle,drug addict mom & old woman grandmom (no offence to either),or where i am now. im always getting yelled at & told wat to do & my dreams are being crushed by the choices of my family. how do i bring it up that i want to leave without hurting anyone,where should i go & to make it better technically i dont belong to anyone considering half custody is nothing when my moms out of jail. please help?!!

I grew up in an odd way. My dad was an alcoholic and drug addict. My mom was as well, but not nearly as bad as my dad. Whenever my dad smoked marijuana, life was great. However, he never just smoked marijuana…he got drunk most nights and he was a very violent drunk. When he mixed his alcohol with pills, he was dangerous. When I was little, my stomach hurt me all the time because it was always in knots from stress.

My dad was a good man…he was just messed up. He played guitar, sang, painted, wrote poetry and so forth. He lived a rock star life in a small town. When I was 11, my mom divorced my dad and ran off with a man worse than my dad (my dad had been in jail countless times, but they were all misdemeanors…this man had been in jail for shit like rape). I stayed with my mom for a while, but when her boyfriend hit me I left. I lived with my dad in a 1 room trailer that had no water, electricity, heat or anything. We had 1 piece of furniture…a love seat in which most nights my dad was passed out on, so I slept on the floor. We had a kerosine heater that cooked our food and kept us warm. We had cement blocks stacked up out back that we could do our “business” on. Despite everything that was bad, I was happy. Sure, my dad put me through hell…but, he was my dad and I loved him.

When I was 13 my dad left me. I moved in with my mamaw. My dad had moved about an hour and a half away…we know because the hospital in his new town had to call us several times because he was a regular patient (he got the crap beat out of him a lot apparently..but he didn’t feel or remember anything because he would be drunk). That’s all I’m going to say about that time in his life, because I can’t stand to think about it.

When I was 14, my dad died of a drug overdose. My heart became broken beyond repair it seems. For a year after he died, I didn’t leave my room except to go to school…and I’m not exaggerating. I didn’t leave the house for anything…well, around Christmas time I did go to the store to buy my grandparents presents. But that was it.

I wanted to die. I contemplated suicide every day…I even had a suicide not. However, I never acted…I was too afraid of what would happen afterward. I was like that for 3 years. In the past year, I’ve improved some. I’m still not happy, but I don’t hide in my room anymore. Sure, every other day I want to tell the world to f*ck off and go listen to Pink Floyd…but I don’t. Will I get better? Or am I forever screwed up?

I can’t afford to see a psychiatrist so I’m hoping some of you can give me some kind words. Thanks!
Sorry, I meant to tell you my age. I’m 18.

1. Illegal stimulant with dangerous effects that has seen an increase in use in recent years (1 point)
heroin
marijuana
methamphetamine
cirrhosis
2. Permanent mental and physical problems in babies whose mothers drank alcohol while pregnant (1 point)
tolerance
fetal alcohol sydrome
cirrhosis
overdose
3. Sharing needles while using this illegal narcotic can lead to HIV infection (1 point)
stimulants
marijuana
methamphetamine
heroin
4. What you may suggest when refusing drugs or alcohol (1 point)
alternative
overdose
tolerance
stimulants
5. Drugs that speed up the body’s fuctions (1 point)
marijuana
stimulants
heroin
methamphetamine
6. Scarring and destruction of liver tissue (1 point)
fetal alcohol syndrome
tolerance
overdose
cirrhosis
7. Condition in which there is a need for greater amounts of a substance to achieve the same effect (1 point)
cirrhosis
overdose
tolerance
alternative
8. A drug that comes from the hemp plant (1 point)
marijuana
heroin
methamphetamine
cirrhosis
9. To overcome an addiction and return to a mostly normal life
(1 point)
tolerance
recovery
alternative
overdose
10. Taking a fatal amount of a drug (1 point)
overdose
tolerance
alternative
fetal alcohol syndrome
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
11. A physical and mental need for a drug is called tolerance. (1 point)
True
False
12. A person in drug rehabilitation lives at a facility with other recovering addicts. (1 point)
True
False
13. Alcoholism can be cured. (1 point)
True
False
14. Al-Anon and Alateen are community support groups to help the families of alcoholics. (1 point)
True
False
15. Alcohol carries short-term and long-term risks. (1 point)
True
False
16. A person’s body weight does not affect how alcohol may affect the person. (1 point)
True
False
17. In the Unites States, it is illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to drink alcohol. (1 point)
True
False
18. Drug abuse affects all sides of a person’s health triangle. (1 point)
True
False
19. Hallucinogens are drugs that relieve pain. (1 point)
True
False
20. The best way to avoid being pressures to use illegal substances is to use refusal skills. (1 point)
True
False

1.(Points: 2.5)
The leading cause of premature adult death recognized by the World Health
Organization is:

a. obesity.

b. cancer.

c. alcoholism.

d. smoking.

2.(Points: 2.5)
A common outcome when in vitro fertilization is used to assist in reproduction in the
United States is that:

a. many of the babies develop learning disabilities in later childhood.

b. almost half of the pregnancies result in low-birthweight twins or triplets.

c. asthma is common in IVF children.

d. mothers are slow to bond with their babies.

3.(Points: 2.5)
Gus has been picking up some extra shifts at work to make ends meet, including taking
some all-night shifts. He has been making some costly errors on the job that he’s never
made before, even when he worked longer hours. What has caused the change?

a. The work is more stressful now that he is older.

b. His lack of sleep slows his thinking and his problem-solving abilities.

c. His age-related farsightedness is affecting his work.

d. Trying to keep up with the younger workers makes him nervous.

4.(Points: 2.5)
Desmond and Lucy, both in their mid-50s, wish to maintain their excellent brain
functioning into their 70s, 80s, and even beyond. The best way to accomplish their goal
is to:

a. solve crossword puzzles daily.

b. get at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise daily.

c. maintain good general health.

d. include at least five servings of fruits and vegetables in their daily diet.

5.(Points: 2.5)
Gender differences in senescence indicate that:

a. men age more slowly.

b. women age more slowly.

c. men and women age at comparable rates.

d. women age more quickly but refuse to admit it.

Like fools, my husband and I were convinced by my mother who was recently divorced and had no where to go that we should sale our small home and buy a new big home that would accomodate her moving in with us. We didn’t really want to as, the house we had was small, but very affordable, but she’s my mom and I felt bad for her.So She gave us $20k and we bought a bigger home. Now, 6 months later it is not working out to say the least, our one condition of her living with us was that her ex-husband who is a drug addict & a criminal was never allowed to be in my home. She told me he moved to the east coast & he was gone.I was suspicious cuz things in my home appered to be tampered with.I installed surveillance cameras & caught him in my home.Now I am having her evicted but she is syaing she owns 1/3 of this house.I am giving her $20K back no problem, but she really thinks she owns a 1/3.Her name is on nothing and we have no contracts or writen agreements.Does she have a case?

a lot has happened this part yeah and half. fiance at the time had to quit college because we could not afford it, i got pregnant (which later lost the baby) so he decided to join the military. we got married and moved away after his training was over..money has been a tight squeeze every month for the past few months. we have had lots of fights because i have not gotten along with my brother in law or mother in law lately. which i prefer to never have to deal with them again. and i am fine with my husband seeing them where ever (its family) all of this has caused him to hit rock bottom. not wanting to be around me, any of his friends, he no longer wants to go out he just wants to stay home and try to drink away the problems. which alcoholism runs in his family and i do not want that to become an issues. he has gotten to the point he wants a divorce because he just does not know how to deal with all of this and i do not think that is logical thinking at all. i want him to stop running away. he has agreed to go to see a therapist so that is a start. i want to be the back bone for us because i do not want a divorce and i don’t want him to be depressed. would it be a good idea if maybe i tried to make emends with my in laws to show him that i am trying to make an effort at this and then the ball will be in there court…is having my husband see a therapist a bad idea…do you think it will make matters worse…and is there anything else you can think of that i can do to benefit from this and to better our marriage?

with her house if it meant using all the money you have in the world and there be no guarntee that you will have a place to stay the next month or she might put you out and your drug addict brother might be stealing everything of yours including food and the mother our mother never says anything to him. so would you give her every dime you had not know if she will not f*uck her money the next month and have her house in forclosure again, then you still will not have a place to stay? or should i keep it and try to pay for my own cheap apartment?
my mother is around 73 and my brother is around 43 and has been on drugs for a long time and this is not her first time f*ucking up money for the house. my other brother who was paying the bills quit his job and now she is left with no one to help pay the other 400 needed. but like i said there is no gauranntee that me and my 2 kids will have a place to stay or be safe with the brother a drug addict and all

I have my mother in laws daughter like if she was just a phoster child gets to visit her mom once out of the week for one hour.my husband lets them visit longer and i think it’s a problem because when she don’t see her mom she doesn’t wine or pout,but she tells her mom that i don’t feed her after she gets home from school i don’t give her a full meal just a fruite so she don’t spoil her dinner that’s at 6:00pm and her mom tells her over the phone that she needs to tell us she needs to have gram crakers and milk when she gets home from school.the kid is only phoster till June we have the choice to have her as legal guardian of adopt her my husband don’t want to adopt her because he don’t want to take her away from his mom the lady is a drug addict and munipulates the little girl when she sees her now the little girl think that what i make for all to eat she should get different.I have three kids of my own and the smallest is already trying to pout if he don’t get his way.what can i do?

My mom was a drug addict. I couldnt save her but i feel it is my obligation to help others. What would i have to go to college for and how long?

I am a 29 year old mother of three kids and was married fir eleven years to a drug dealing spouse and though he did that line of work he never paid bills always was out in the streets doing who knows what and recently in July of 2010 he dropped me and my kids off in another state which is my home state to basically fend for ourselves.I have no money no credit and just got a little piece of a job to support myself and kids.I live with my bipolar coke head mom and my dad is a vietnam vet suffering from alcoholism.My husbands parents are here too,but his mom just doesn’t acknowledge myself and my children she won’t even help babysit while I go to work and she is fully capable and alot safer than my own mom.Instead she would rather her son,my husband abandon us even longer to so called get himself together,but he can’t survive without my support so that will be never and on top of that he says he has a new girlfriend that attends law school and he is really into her,this hurts me because I could have been doing that and much more had I not been so gullible for him and doing everything that he said to do….Basically I am on here looking for a life coach to help me get my life back and keep me positive.Please is there anyone out there? I am not looking for handouts just a helping hand and resources.

I am a 19 year old single mother. My name is Cady, and i am under insured. I just went to the dentist today and found out i needed more than 12 root canals. All My teeth are destroyed. Due to drug problems in my past, and caffeine addicted. IS there anyone who can refer me to someone who can help me. My insurance who help me and my teeth need fixed.

I lived with my mom up until I was 13 in Hemet and i moved away from her because she was unfit and moved to LA with my grandparents and at the time my dad was a drug addict. So I was alone until I was 14 then i moved back with my mom in hopes she CHANGED but sadly she didn’t. I’m on summer vacation and visiting my grandparents. My dad is now living with my grandparents temporarily. I end up falling in love while in LA with a boy who doesn’t live far from my grandparents. Should I stay in La? or go back to Hemet? I told everyone that I was going back but I secretly want to stay. If i go back to my mom I know what’s going to happen but she needs me, more than I need her. You see, its never been about me. When I lived with my grandparents they ALWAYS took great care of me and never hit me or shouted at me. My mom is a drunk…but she needs help. I’m only 15. Sometimes I feel like the parent. Should I be selfish or selfless? what do i Do!?

I need help for my alcoholic father. Because of his alcoholism I was kicked out, he shut off my cell, took my car, he is getting a divorce from my mother but is currently cheating, he put our family in debt for years and caused a lot of trouble for us all. I have tried talking to him about it, I have even taken him to AA meetings and took him to the hospital when he was Detoxing. He refuses to admit he has a problem, he is drunk 24/7 and even drinks and drives, goes to work drunk. He picked me up from work yesterday and was drinking vodka in the car. I need some advice on what to do, is there any numbers I can call so they can take care of it? I know there are CPS, but is there something for adults? He needs medical help, or jail time. What can I do?

I want to be a therapist. Most likely for recovering drug addicts and alcoholics (my mom is a recovering drug addict and alcoholic and I was addicted to pills in 7th grade and I’m fine now so I feel a need to help people who are into drugs and alcohol). Is there a specific name for a therapist who works with recovering drug/pill addicts and alcoholics and maybe sex addicts? Kinda like Dr. Drew. Lol thanks

My mom a few years ago got into a bus accident (she was on the bus) and became very depressed. She got worst and was really really really bad for about 8 months. All she did was sleep not go to work and watch tv on the couch not saying a thing. It was really hard for all of us but then when summer came, she got better but started to drink more and more and more than she already was.

Later, she started to take vodka shots from my dad’s vodka and replace it with water. At one point we got her to go to those AA meeting and she stopped drinking for about 4 months, were then she started to drink again and now she is back and getting worst again. She’s at the point again were she is taking shots from my dad’s liquor and im getting very worried. She always try’s to find a way to stay home, when my dad is working 12 hour shift, she stays home because she knows hes not going to be there.

Also, recently at work, her boss is giving her a hard time when she knows that my mom has a depression and she is still treating her like crap and things like that, her boss gave her a bad revue at her annual revue thing because her boss has been giving her new things to do that she never did before and she’s going really slow and having a hard time understanding it. My mom contacted her union and they are going to be talking to her boss about that but I don’t know if its going to be enough.

I just can’t take it anymore. Its starting to be too much for me. I started to smoke weed a few months ago to help and it did but she’s getting so bad that weed isint doing the same thing anymore and ive seen those shows where they talk about teenagers that are addicted to these hard drugs because of things like that but I don’t want to be one of them. I don’t want to take harder drugs but I don’t want my mom to go to that state where she wasn’t there. I just want everything to get better. THAT’S IT…is it so much to ask for.

(and my dad does know that I smoke pot but he thinks its because its something that I like to do with my friends witch is also true but only as a side thing)

well my parents have a drug abuse history they usto do alot of drugs and were addicted so they are now on methadone, but my dad started using crack/cocaine and my mom is now doing cocaine and they are both taking pills, my sister now has a drug addiction problem & my brother sells drugs, they are both in trobule with the law. and as for me i am majorly depressed, and have tried to commit sucidide, and also cut myself. i can’t stand being alive, i am 16 and already dropped out. i have no reason to live & im nothing and i have nobody. all i did have was my mom and know shes slowly fading away and i can’t deal with this. i know whens shes using and i can’t stand it. the time i did try to commit sucicide she was doing drugs, she didn’t even care to help me. we fight majorly when she uses because i can’t stand it. i have a pshyctrist now, but i did not tell her about my parents drug abuse because i am afraid they will take me away from my parents, i dont want that. what should i do? help =[

A chronic liver disease caused by excessive alcohol consumption is known as:

Cardiac sympathy

Cirrhosis

Pancreatitis

Parkinson’s

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Gender, emotion, mental status, and amount of time throughout consumption are a few factors that can change the effects each time alcohol is consumed by an individual.

true

false

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All 50 states enacted a BAC limit of .08 as the legal limit for drunk drivers over the age of 21.

true

false

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The following does NOT have the same alcohol content as a 12 oz. beer:

Depends on the type of beer

5 oz. glass of wine

1.5 oz. of 80 proof distilled spirits (shot)

none of the above

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The best way to avoid a dangerous situation involving drunk driving is to:

Avoid alcohol and drugs altogether because you don’t need them anyway.

Do what your friends tell you to do.

Drink just a little or limit your drug intake.

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All of the following are symptoms of alcoholism except for:

craving

physical dependence

tolerance (you have to drink more and more to get “buzzed.”)

self-control

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Alcohol in the stomach…

is partially absorbed from the stomach.

interferes with digestion of essential vitamins and minerals.

can lead to gastritis and ulcers from long term use.

All answers are correct.

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Drinking alcohol can effect the heart, liver, stomach, and brain.

true

false

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If you are the driver of a vehicle, there is no safe level of alcohol consumption.

True
False

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Moderate to Excessive Binge Drinking can cause:

health benefits for the heart, including reducing chance of heart attack

Cardiac Arrhythmia (abnormal rhythms) and sudden cardiac death

reduction in blood pressure and/or chance of stroke

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Mandatory license plate revocation is ineffective against drunk driving.

true

false

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___________ are more likely to become alcoholics.

children

adults

woman

children of alcoholic parents

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Which of the following is a problem a baby may have if the mother drinks alcohol while she is pregnant?

motor skills problems

hearing and vision problems

premature birth

may include problems with motor skills, hearing and vision

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There are less alcohol-related fatalities for 18, 19, and 20 year olds than for the population over 21.

true

false

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According to research what would be the single most effective deterrent for drinking and driving?

Automatic license revocation

Inability to post bail if arrested

Jail sentence

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This law imposes potential liability on the host of a party if alcohol is served to an obviously intoxicated person or a minor.

adult liability

social host

MADD law

minor party law

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Blood Alcohol Content (BAC), is a standard used to:

Determine what type of alcohol had been consumed

Determine how many total drinks have been consumed

Determine between sobriety and intoxication

Determine how long since your last alcoholic drink

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Examples of important functional skills that are not visible to others, but are affected by alcohol, are thinking skills like evaluating risk and processing information. This means that steering, braking, lane changing, and response time could be affected in a driver that has been dr