Question by Jeanie N: In your opinion is their anyway a person can stop doing meth without any type of counseling?
I’ve been married for almost 10 yrs and my husband has had this addiction for that long also…we split up finally..after years of my heart breaking over this…and now he promises he will stop because he loves me more than anything and he didn’t know it had been hurting our family so bad. But, I have a hard time believing that he can just give it up….like nothing…because if it was that easy….wouldn’t he have quit before?
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Answer by Magik
Drug addicts will say anything they have to?
Ten years should have taught you that.
What do you think? Answer below!
http://www.na.org/
Have your friend go to a NA meeting.
That’s the standard response from an addict….I’ll quit…I promise.
Nope. Been there. All drug addicts LIE!! Tell him if he really loves you then he needs to go into rehab before you will even consider taking him back. Be strong and don’t fall into his lies!
Every person I knew growing up, did Meth at some point… and everyone of them now, have quit. We are all in our 30s and 40s… None of us sought professional help, it just reached a point where enough was enough and we stopped, each of us did it at different times.
If your husband has reached the point where he is ready to quit, it is possible for him to do it on his own, professional help could make it more likely for him to succeed; however, if he is not ready to quit for himself, no amount of professional help will make a difference.
I would give him a chance and keep my eyes open… if you have to give him a chance from a distance and give him an opportunity to prove it to you!
I hear it’s more addictive than crack, cocaine, heroine. And because it is cheap it’s unlikely he’ll stop on his own.
I know from alot of experience that he will never stop unless he stops hanging out with the people doing it with him. He also does need counseling. It is good you are away from him because he could eventually hurt you.
No he’s not going to quit. Especially after 10 years of using and know what? You know that already. Tell me what is there to love about this person? I ask because I have been in your shoes before with a man so messed up and I didn’t even know about it for years. You did the right thing FINALLY by splitting up with him. But you should be very careful. People that are on Meth or even give it up can be very violent. You hear it all day long on the news. It takes good people and destroys them. It can make him totally insane. I hope you don’t have children involved.
Is he going to give it up for love? Absolutely not and you know that. And even when he decides to do it for the right reason HIMSELF, will be a very long, difficult road. I wish him the best, and you as well.
look hes not ready to quit his drugs are the most important thing Right now in till he goes to rehab and am not talking out patient he has to do inpatient care least for a year . and then hes needs council ling and the family
I agree with Majik and WTF32 ….
dont sit around fooling yourself…move on…tell him to come back after a year of being clean…
no. He’s telling you what you want to hear so you won’t leave him and so that you will continue to enable him.
contact your local chapter of Al-Anon or Nar-Anon to speak to people who have been in your place dealing with a loved one addicted to drugs.
It is possible to stop.But in order to you need to start cutting people out of your life.And it wouldn’t hurt to move.{if he doesn’t know anyone he doesn’t have any connections it’ll be easier to stop using}.It worked for me maybe it’ll work for you too.Just remember no addiction is easy to quite and having someone by you can make all the difference in the world
Meth is probably the most horrible drug out there right now. Tweakers are just disgusting. They will lie, steal, abuse…there is no end to it. In the are I live in it is an epidemic. YOU need to wake up! Rarely doe any kind of addict of 10 years plus recover just on their own. It does not matter if it is coke, alcohol, meth…after that long they need professional help. Plus meth is one of the most addictive, distructive and difficult to quit drugs. There is no way he is quitting on his own. He needs years of help. You obviously can not provide this. Leave him to get the help and stop enabling him! He will tell you what you want to hear becuase he needs a roof over his head and food in his mouth and a ten year meth head can not do this himself, you have been doing it for him. Stop it…make him get help and you get some yourself. Get on with your life before you wake up at 50 years old and have not a pot to piss. Sorry to be so harsh, but you do not need to be comforted, you need to be told the truth.
There are reasons why people submit to addictions, the human will is strong enough, so there is always a reason. Counselling is the best way to combat this (short of propper rehab) this will ensure that the person stays clean permanently and more importantly, doesn’t just submit to the next drug or fasionable addiction.
No not without some type of rehab. and you just answered your own question.
you dont have to go to rehab or counseling to quit you just have to WANT to quit. but it wouldnt hurt for him to go to some meetings. before you just take him back talk to him about the 2 of you going to meetings together. he also has to stay away from the people whom would be the major reason he would relapse. you have to be able to admit that you were enabling him this time too and that you wont do it anymore. good luck
it’s the meth monster talking when he promises to quit just like that. Did you know that only 1-5% of meth addicts ever recover fully? Don’t believe him when he says he can quit alone. He needs support to tackle it, perhaps an NA or CMA (crystal meth anonymous) http://www.crystalmeth.org/ meeting is in order.